Boys of Bonneville
MovieTitle | Boys of Bonneville |
User score | 6.7 |
Release date | Apr 13, 2011 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Curt Wallin |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Lone Peak Productions |
Run time | 80 min. |
This documentary tells the story of an unsung hero and self-made man, David Abbott Jenkins, who, with almost superhuman stamina and boyish charm, set out to single-handedly break every existing land speed record on his beloved Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah. More than a century later, many of "Ab's" records remain unbroken and the legacy lives on in his custom car. Looking like something Batman would have owned, the story comes full circle when Ab's son Marv, restores the 12-cyclinder, 4800-pound "Mormon Meteor" to its glory days for a ceremonial lap on the salt.