Rust to RUSH

[GentleBen]

Ron Howard's latest movie RUSH was released today and it details the battle between James Hunt and Niki Lauda for the 1976 Formula 1 Driver's Championship and it is amazing. The racing scenes are spectacular and leaves you with a sense of "It takes more skill and nerve than I possess to drive at ten tenths like one of these drivers".

It takes place during the entire 1976 season and you can follow the ups and downs of both drivers plus the others such as Andretti and Regazoni.

The only downside is that it was not filmed and shown in IMAX.

[Datawiz]

My daughter and I plan on seeing it this weekend. :seasix:

[Burro (He/Haw)]

Wife bought me tickets. :cert:

[Craig]

I'll add it to the queue in Netflix.

[Shrike6]

Excellent racing scenes!:seasix:

[Datawiz]

****ing awesome movie!!!

The last 3rd of the movie takes the cake for sure. Howard definitely did a great job of mixing in original footage into the movie. I am SO GLAD I didn't even know who won the championship going in to the movie.

Very intriguing. I'm now researching both drivers, especially Lauda, after the movie.

[ApexOversteer]

For the hardcore F1 history buff, the film will bug the shit out of you in a few spots. Grid changes, cars that never raced side-by-side in '76 locked in battle, and pre- or post-race events moved around, that kind of thing. We all know that when taking a true story to the screen some license can, and sometimes must, be taken to create a narrative flow, but that doesn't matter when you damn well know that X and Y never Z'd, but here it is on the screen.

For the casual F1 fan and the rest of the world, the film is fantastic.

If you compare Rush to Apollo 13 as historical dramas, they aren't far apart, but Rush is a tiny bit more drama, and Apollo 13 is a tiny bit more historical.

What blew me away were the performances. I've seen literally hundreds of interviews with both men, during that time, and recalling it later, and Hemsworth and Bruhl absolutely nail Hunt and Lauda.

Bruhl is the Oscar contender here, his Lauda is amazing to watch. Nikki has changed over the years, so talking to him today might not be as helpful as pouring over the hours and hours of period footage that exists. Still, Bruhl captures the young Nikki perfectly.

[Datawiz]

Lauda admitted in a 2009 interview with the German newspaper Die Zeit that an advertiser currently pays €1.2m for the space on his famous red cap.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/Datawiz/220px-Lauda_Frankfurt_1996_crop_zps353ab89c.jpg

[ApexOversteer]

****ing awesome movie!!!

The last 3rd of the movie takes the cake for sure. Howard definitely did a great job of mixing in original footage into the movie. I am SO GLAD I didn't even know who won the championship going in to the movie.

Very intriguing. I'm now researching both drivers, especially Lauda, after the movie.

This 1973 film documentary is possibly the best primer into Formula One in the 70's. It's a bit dark in spots, but that was the feeling in those days. It's also a bit graphic as well, so definitely not for kids. But this is how it was 'back in the day'...

Lauda and Hunt both appear... and it's narrated by Stacy Keach, so you kinda can't beat that.

Champions Forever The Formula One Drivers - YouTube

[73sbVert]

I plan to see it next weekend!

:seasix:

[...Whitepower...]

The only downside is that it was not filmed and shown in IMAX.

Them not mentioning his political beliefs and activism in regards to antiapartheid an additional downside to someone like myself.

Slackpile » The James Hunt You Don’t See In RUSH Was An Anti-Apartheid Crusader (http://slackpile.com/2013/09/24/the-james-hunt-you-dont-see-in-rush-was-an-anti-apartheid-crusader/)

[Burro (He/Haw)]

Lauda Lauda Lauda. Everyone forgets what a swordsman Hunt was. :lol:

[Grey Ghost]

Looking forward to seeing it and the Snake and Mongoose, movie.

The first F1 stuff I remember is with the gold/black JPS cars of Andretti and Peterson. NBC sports or some network would replay the races. I missed most of the '80s stuff and started watching again when Nigel M. was ending his career in the early '90s.

[ApexOversteer]

Lauda admitted in a 2009 interview with the German newspaper Die Zeit that an advertiser currently pays €1.2m for the space on his famous red cap.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v706/Datawiz/220px-Lauda_Frankfurt_1996_crop_zps353ab89c.jpg

The Rat is a shrewd mofo. He's so savvy, he owns the trademark on his name in the font they used to use to put his name on the side of the Ferraris he drove. He licenses it back to Ferrari, so they can, in turn, license it for use on models, of the Ferraris he drove.

I don't believe another driver did that until Dale Earnhardt Sr. trademarked his "signature."

[ApexOversteer]

Looking forward to seeing it and the Snake and Mongoose, movie.

The first F1 stuff I remember is with the gold/black JPS cars of Andretti and Peterson. NBC sports or some network would replay the races.

I believe it was ABC's Wide World Of Sports, they of the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, that had most of the F1 from the 60's through the late 70's. Andretti and Peterson were before my time, but I remember Jim McKay and Jackie Stewart talking over Nikki and Giles Villeneuve and Nelson Piquet on track.

[Milton Fox]

Saw it this afternoon - awesome! The acting and film was great. There wasnt enough real racing footage for me and if you are an F1 fan - kinda fake, but the close up and detail shots made up for it. :thumbs:

[trewyn15]

It looked good in previews, i'm pretty excited to see it

[jda67gta]

:drivingskid:

I understood that Lauda is one of the greats, but that is one badass sonofa*****.....