The World's Fastest Indian - Softcover
The real Burt Munro, inventor of the world's fastest Indian motorcycle, in his own words. A fascinating collection of Burt Munro memorabilia including photos from his family album, newspaper clippings, and interviews with Burt himself, this book reveals the real Burt Munro—the man behind the movie. Roger Donaldson has been studying Burt Munro for many years. He made a documentary on him back in 1971, called Offerings to the God of Speed, as well as the 2005 international hit The World's Fastest Indian. During research for both films, he collected lots of material which has never been published, and Burt's son also released Munro family scrapbooks to Roger, allowing them to be published here for the first time. In preparation for the doco Roger interviewed Burt and also taped Burt chatting to several of his cronies and coworkers. These tapes have been transcribed for this book, presenting the real Burt Munro in his own words.
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Roger Donaldson is a high profile director of movies, from home-grown Kiwi movies, such as Sleeping Dogs and Smash Palace, to Hollywood blockbusters such as Cocktail, Cadillac Man, and The Bank Job—not to mention The World's Fastest Indian. Originally trained as a geologist, he soon turned his attention to photography and advertising and then on to his real passion, film-making. He is now based in California but returns to New Zealand regularly.
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- PublisherRandom House NZ
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 186979480X
- ISBN 13 9781869794804
- BindingFlexibound
- Edition number1
- Number of pages288
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The World's Fastest Indian
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Penguin Random House New Zeala, Auckland, New Zealand
(2015)
ISBN 10: 186979480X
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Pictorial card cover, excellent clean copy, hint of self wear to back cover, illustrated throughout with both colour and b&w photographs. The World's Fastest Indian. This book is about Burt's addiction to speed and his lifetime commitment to his ancient motorcycles. Burt was a Kiwi do-it-yourselfer in the finest tradition. the idea for this book was hatched many years ago when Burt first showed me his scrapbooks. Years later, while doing research for my film, The World's fastest Indian, I discovered Burt's son John now had these scrapbooks. I believed it would make a great record of Burt's life if I could reproduce pages from these four scrapbooks as well as include images from other sources I had tracked down. This book is Burt in his own words, as well as the reminiscences of some of his friends and others who, like me, found him to be an irresistibly entertaining personality. Weight 1.4 kg (Unpacked would require additional postage particularly International) Size 305 mm by 218 mm. Seller Inventory # 000380
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