RUSH - The Movie

Just last weekend as I watched the legendary movie "Le Mans" with Steve McQueen, and I wondered why no one had made a similar in quality race movie in more than thirty years. Not that its bad, just that it has been so long since race fans had something good to watch.

Having said that, thousands of race fans and yours truly hope that Ron Howard's film "Rush" will be what we have been waiting for. The two-time Academy Award winner teamed up with Peter Morgan to produce this spectacular big screen re-creation of the merciless 1970s rivalry between James Hunt (aka Bad Boy) and Niki Lauda and the 1976 crash that almost cost Lauda's life.

Below the official trailer of the much awaited race movie.


The epic action-drama revolves around the two very distinct and contrasting characters of James Hunt and Niki Lauda, whose clashes on the race track were monumental to say the least.

Based on a true story, the movie portrays the exhilarating story of two of the greatest rivals (a la Senna-Prost) the racing world has ever witnessed, on one side the handsome English playboy Hunt and on the other the methodical and brilliant Lauda. The movie follows the drivers as they push themselves to the breaking point of physical and psychological endurance.

Ladies and Gents, mark your calendar for September 20, 2013 is the scheduled release date for Rush in the U.S.A.

Thanks for reading and see you at the movies.

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