The World's Fastest Indian

Tuesday January 10, 7:00pm The Harvard Exit
Thursday February 2, 7:00pm The Uptown Theater
Opens Friday, February 3

Take a little Cervantes, throw in some Monster Garage, add an afternoon tea break and you’ve got Burt Munro. He’s a sweet old motorhead with a heart condition, who mows his lawn with gasoline and a lit match. Sir Anthony Hopkins is perfectly cast as the Kiwi curmudgeon who dreams of taking his ancient drag bike half way around the world to Speed Week on Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats. The World’s Fastest Indian chronicles the true story of Munro’s impossible 1967 journey. He manages to avoid one disaster after another while endearing himself to a colorful menagerie of characters he meets along the way. The twenties era Indian Motorcycle is a work of art and the high speed film effects on the salt flats are wonderful. "This guy is the real thing!" Anyone with a jones for vintage motorcycles and lost causes will love this reckless and happy little film.

Coming attractions...

In honor of Black History Month, Seattle Theater Group and the Paramount Theater in their ongoing series of silent film present the 1927 Colored Film Players Corporation production of The Scar of Shame, with special guest Melvin Van Peebles, Monday February 6, 7:00pm.