Invercargill, Neuseeland, am Ende der 1960er Jahre: Der verschrobene Motorrad-Bastler Burt Munro (Anthony Hopkins) hat einen Traum: Einmal will er mit seiner eigenh‰ndig modifizierten Maschine Typ "Indian Scout" bei dem allj‰hrlichen Hochgeschwindigkeits-Rennen auf den Salzseen in Utah dabei sein. Per Schiff bricht Burt in Richtung Vereinigte Staaten auf und geht in Kalifornien von Bord. Auf dem Weg nach Utah macht er Bekanntschaft mit einem betr¸gerischen Autoh‰ndler, lernt die Drag-Queen Tina kennen und st¸rzt sich in eine ebenso leidenschaftliche wie kurze Aff‰re mit der schˆnen Witwe Ada. Mehr als einmal sieht es w‰hrend der Reise so aus, als w¸rde Burts schwaches Herz ihm einen Strich durch die Rechnung machen - aber am Ende kann er sich und dem Rest der Welt beweisen, dass weder er noch seine Indian zum alten Eisen gehˆren...
| Anthony Hopkins | Burt |
| Iain Rea | George |
| Tessa Mitchell | Sarah |
| Aaron Murphy | Tom |
| Tim Shadbolt | Frank |
| Annie Whittle | Fran |
| Greg Johnson | Duncan |
| Antony Starr | Jeff |
| Kate Sullivan | Doris |
| Craig Hall | Antarctic Angel |
| Jim Bowman | Cook |
| Alison Bruce | Doctor |
| Phoebe Falconer | Janice |
| Charles Pierard | Bank Manager |
| Barry Ryan | Burt's Neighbour |
| Bill Richardson | Burt's Neighbour |
| Mick Rose | Brian |
| Tony Wilson | Captain |
| Wesley Dowdell | Troy |
| Todd Emerson | Purser |
| Daniel Sing | Ken |
| Mark Ruka | Crewman |
| Campbell Cooley | Engineer |
| James Gaylyn | Customs Official |
| Latham Gaines | Passport Officer |
| Steve O'Neill | Interrogating Officer |
| Dan Moody | Second Officer |
| Carlos La Camara | Cabbie |
| Carlos Lacamara | Cabbie |
| Martha Carter | Girl |
| Noelle Lee Kaine | Hooker |
| Chris Williams | Tina |
| Kristen Marie Hullinger | Waitress |
| Paul Rodriguez | Fernando |
| Tom Jacobsen | Clerk |
| David Stevens | Second Clerk |
| Chris Kendrick | Customs Guy |
| Charles Halford | Gas Station Attendant No. 2 |
| Mark Kolodziej Jr. | Kid |
| Mark Kolodziej, Jr. | Kid |
| Saginaw Grant | Jake |
| Diane Ladd | Ada |
| Juliana Bellinger | Jackie |
| Annette Wright | Rhonda |
| Morgan Lund | Leroy the Cowboy |
| Bill Osborne | Cop |
| Patrick Flueger | Rusty |
| Chris Lawford | Jim |
| Gavin Grazer | Mike |
| Bruce Greenwood | Jerry |
| Tim Farmer | Warren |
| Michael Mantell | Glenn |
| Nicholas Lanier | Bystander |
| William Lucking | Rolly |
| Walton Goggins | Marty |
| Eric Pierpoint | Earl |
| Jessica Cauffiel | Wendy |
| Laurel Moglen | Ali |
| Chris Bruno | Bob |
| Joe Howard | Otto |
| Brian Clark | Nevada Cop |
| Masaharu Inaba | Executive Producer |
| Kyle Shearing | Antartic Angel |
| Charles Hannah | Executive Producer |
| Alex Cunningham | Antartic Angel |
| Megumi Fukasawa | Executive Producer |
| Aaron Geange | Antartic Angel |
| Satoru Iseki | Executive Producer |
| Dallas Ryan | Antartic Angel |
| Barrie M. Osborne | Executive Producer |
| Andrew Tree | Antartic Angel |
| David Gribble | Director of Photography |
| Jarn Hayes | Antartic Angel |
| John Gilbert | Film Editor |
| Glen Ridd | Antartic Angel |
| J. Peter Robinson | Composer |
| Jeremy Holmes | Antartic Angel |
| Douglas Cameron | production sound mixer |
| Jeff Manson | Antartic Angel |
| Mike Westgate | sound |
| Tony Morris | Antartic Angel |
| Tim Prebble | Supervising Sound Editor |
| John Sievwright | Antartic Angel |
| Dave Whitehead | Sound Editor |
| Craig Hubber | The Band |
| Matthew Lambourn | Sound Editor |
| Peter Skerrett | The Band |
| Michael Hedges | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Morgan Bickley | The Band |
| Gethin Creagh | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Roger Chilton | The Band |
| J. Dennis Washington | Production Designer |
| David Goodall | The Band |
| Rob Gillies | Production Designer |
| Mark Hofeling | Art Director |
| Roger Guise | Art Director |
| Sir Anthony Hopkins | |
| Sir Anthony Hopkins | |
| Kent Houston | Visual Effects |
| Robert Gillies | Production Designer |
