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The World's Fastest Indian (2005) --> A charming New Zealand film starring Anthony Hopkins, The World's Fastest Indian tells the story of a Burt Munro, an elderly man who wishes to race his 1920 Indian motorcycle on the Bonneville salt flats in Utah before his time on the earth comes to an end. Under the coaxing of a lover, Burt mortgages his house and makes the trip across the world (he, like the film, is from New Zealand). After plenty of setbacks, Burt races his Indian to a land speed record 47 years after the bike's manufacture (the race was held in 1967) and with it realizes a life long dream.


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My Date with Drew (2004) --> This documentary chronicling one man's struggle to get a date with the object of his childhood affection was both captivating and humourous. Using the money he won from a game show ($1100) to finance a 30-day pursuit of an elusive dream, Brian Herzlinger grabs the attention of every regular guy in the theatre. Wanting him to succeed and prove that with a little hard work and some luck everyone can gain their aspirations, the average Joe roots for Brian for the whole length of the film.

It took Brian longer than the 30 days (the length of time you can buy a video camera and still return it for your money back at Best Buy) but in the end his dream was realized and everyone left the theatre happy in his success. Even if you understood that this film would have never met the light of day if he didn't actually meet Drew, and therefore no suspenseful buildup would be believable, you enjoyed it anyway.


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Sahara (2005) --> An average adventure film starring Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz, Sahara tells about McConaughey search for a lost treasure of coins in an American battleship buried under the Sahara sand. Cruz crosses paths with McConaughey while she is investigating a possible plague killing off hundreds of Africans in the same area as McConaughey's search. When a nuclear waste disposal plant is discovered to be the cause McConaughey and Cruz join forces to both stop the polluter and find the treasure.


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The Interpreter (2005) --> Leaving the executive producer's chair to return to directing, Sydney Pollack succeeds with this political drama about a Secret Service Agent (Sean Penn) and a United Nations interpreter (Nicole Kidman) who try and stop an assassination on the floor of the UN general assembly. The story is gripping enough to keep you focused and the characters of Penn and especially Kidman are developed enough that you actually care about what they are going through.


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