The World’s Fastest Indian

E910488

biographical film film sports drama film

The World’s Fastest Indian is a 2005 biographical sports drama film starring Anthony Hopkins as New Zealander Burt Munro, who sets land-speed records on his modified Indian Scout motorcycle.

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Label	Occurrences
The World's Fastest Indian	2
The World’s Fastest Indian canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11175589 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The World’s Fastest Indian
Context triple: [John Gilbert, edited, The World’s Fastest Indian]

A. Chennai Express
Chennai Express is a 2013 Indian action-comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty, known for its blend of romance, humor, and high-energy spectacle as a man’s journey to Rameswaram turns into a chaotic adventure.
B. Iron Man of India
Iron Man of India is the popular epithet of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Indian independence leader and first Deputy Prime Minister known for his decisive role in unifying the country after Partition.
C. Ten Indians
"Ten Indians" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that appears in his collection *Men Without Women*, exploring themes of racism, adolescence, and emotional disillusionment.
D. Pump City of India
Pump City of India is a popular nickname for Coimbatore, a major industrial city in Tamil Nadu renowned for its large concentration of pump and motor manufacturing industries.
E. Star of India
The Star of India is a historic emblem and chivalric order created by the British Crown to honor loyalty and service among princes and officials in colonial India.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The World’s Fastest Indian
Target entity description: The World’s Fastest Indian is a 2005 biographical sports drama film starring Anthony Hopkins as New Zealander Burt Munro, who sets land-speed records on his modified Indian Scout motorcycle.

A. Chennai Express
Chennai Express is a 2013 Indian action-comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty, known for its blend of romance, humor, and high-energy spectacle as a man’s journey to Rameswaram turns into a chaotic adventure.
B. Iron Man of India
Iron Man of India is the popular epithet of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Indian independence leader and first Deputy Prime Minister known for his decisive role in unifying the country after Partition.
C. Ten Indians
"Ten Indians" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway that appears in his collection *Men Without Women*, exploring themes of racism, adolescence, and emotional disillusionment.
D. Pump City of India
Pump City of India is a popular nickname for Coimbatore, a major industrial city in Tamil Nadu renowned for its large concentration of pump and motor manufacturing industries.
E. Star of India
The Star of India is a historic emblem and chivalric order created by the British Crown to honor loyalty and service among princes and officials in colonial India.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographical film ⓘ film ⓘ sports drama film ⓘ
basedOn	Offerings to the God of Speed NERFINISHED ⓘ the life of Burt Munro ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy	Roger Donaldson NERFINISHED ⓘ
character	Burt Munro NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	David Gribble NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	New Zealand ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depictsEvent	Burt Munro’s land-speed record attempts at Bonneville ⓘ
director	Roger Donaldson NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributedBy	20th Century Fox ⓘ Magnolia Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy	John Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresVehicle	Indian Scout motorcycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation	Bonneville Salt Flats NERFINISHED ⓘ Invercargill NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	biographical film ⓘ drama film ⓘ sports drama ⓘ
hasAward	New Zealand Screen Award for Best Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand Screen Award for Best Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainLocation	Bonneville Salt Flats NERFINISHED ⓘ Invercargill NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy	J. Peter Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFact	Anthony Hopkins plays New Zealander Burt Munro NERFINISHED ⓘ focuses on a modified Indian Scout motorcycle ⓘ
portrays	Burt Munro NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Gary Hannam NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Donaldson NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	New Zealand Film Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceania Media Finance NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate	2005-10-13 ⓘ
releaseYear	2005 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	127 ⓘ
screenplayBy	Roger Donaldson NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	1960s ⓘ
starring	Aaron James Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ Anthony Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Christopher Lawford NERFINISHED ⓘ Diane Ladd NERFINISHED ⓘ Iain Rea NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Rodriguez NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	land-speed records ⓘ motorcycle racing ⓘ
writer	Roger Donaldson NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Gilbert → edited → The World’s Fastest Indian ⓘ

Roger Donaldson → notableWork → The World’s Fastest Indian ⓘ

this entity surface form: The World's Fastest Indian

Roger Donaldson → directed → The World’s Fastest Indian ⓘ