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From the Movie - Nevada did have no speed limit over thirty years ago

posted 15 years ago by ILoveWinona-1
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I just watched the movie on DVD for the first time and found it very enjoyable. The only fault I find in the movie is that the officials at Bonneville Salt Flats would never let him clock his bike on the flats with so many problems with his INDIAN bike. Race organizations have strict rules. ----- But it's only a movie, isn't it, so just enjoy it. ----- But one really true thing mentioned in the movie that's true from over about thirty years ago Nevada really did have no speed limits on rural highways. (Within reason of course, if it were raining or snowing, of course, you had to slow down) --------- (the scene when Anthony Hopkins is pulled over by the Nevada Highway Patrol and told to slow down was a great laugh) ----- It was fun to get in your car sometimes and crank up to 100 miles an hour or a little more, once in awhile just north of Las Vegas on the highway heading to Reno. ----- Anyway, no matter what faults the movie may have for some of us, Anthony Hopkins was so enjoyable to watch in this movie. ----- ----- Rusty

"On screen Winona stands out like a polar bear on black velvet" Timothy Leary about his Goddaughter

[–] christianlatt123 15 years ago

How do you mae all those cool icon things? :-/

[–] christianlatt123 15 years ago

Radical!

[–] ILoveWinona-1 15 years ago

It looks like you found out about (markup enabled) with your last message ----- ----- But if I'm wrong you can find all of those great icons when you reply to a message and click onto (markup enabled) below your subject line. ----- ----- Rusty

"On screen Winona stands out like a polar bear on black velvet" Timothy Leary about his Goddaughter

[–] christianlatt123 15 years ago

Thanks Rusty.

[–] ILoveWinona-1 15 years ago

----- Glad to be of help. I love using all of those icons we can choose from. ----- ----- Rusty

"On screen Winona stands out like a polar bear on black velvet" Timothy Leary about his Goddaughter

[–] jeffhead 14 years ago

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/CMSIcons/emoticons/confused/giveup.gif
bollocks; can't do it

I can do it; dead easy too

[–] 14 years ago

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[–] hjm-6 14 years ago

I can assure you that the events shown ion the movie are all correct in essence. The speed trials on the salt are in the official records of AMA. This was my father and I have in my possession the many trophies awarded to my Dad on the salt. He visited there 14 times between 1955 and 1974.
Regards
John Munro
One man's dream! We could all achieve our dreams if we had this depth of determination.

[–] caseyrook 12 years ago

Was the story about your dad's twin brother, Ernie, true?

That story really stuck out to me for some reason.

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[–] hjm-6 14 years ago

[–] smoogster 14 years ago

re: your comments about the race organiser's strict rules: while the events depicted in the middle part of the movie are all a load of cobblers (the road trip to Nevada beguiling and charming people along the way scenes), the events at the end when Munroe actually got there are indeed pretty accurate.

[–] DeepFriedJello 14 years ago

It was nice of Munro's son to post here. Nevada has always been a wild uninhibitted state

[–] rockmail 13 years ago

Movie writers often don't get all the technical details correct, they are paid to create emotional connection and drama. Reality often needs to be suspended in your mind.