Go see RUSH

Niki Lauda & James Hunt

Since the news spread some 2 years ago that Two-time Academy Award winner Ron Howard would be making a movie about Formula One racing in the 1970's, motorsport fans around the World have been anxiously waiting to see it. And so have I.

The movie portrays the exhilarating true story of two of the greatest rivals the world has ever witnessed—handsome English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl). Set against the sexy and glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing, Rush follows the two drivers as they push themselves to the breaking point of physical and psychological endurance, where there is no shortcut to victory and no margin for error. Below you can watch a trailer.



Saturday I had the chance to go see it and I can honestly say that "Rush" is the best racing movie I have seen since the Ayrton Senna documentary and of course, Steve McQueen's epic movie "Le Mans".

So, go see it, and take your friends and families with you. The more the movie grosses, the greater the chance that studios will fund this type of movie genre. Go see it, if only to see Olivia Wilde on the big screen! Click here to go to Curacao's "The Cinemas" page.

Also on this blog, more on "Rush": Ron filming on the ring and Rush - The Movie.

Thanks for reading.

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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Ron filming at "The Ring"

A while back I wrote a piece on the best motorsports film ever, Steve McQueen's epic "Le Mans". Senna's documentary should also be way up there, although I have yet to see it. The point that I am trying to make, but failing miserably at it, is that good motorsports films are very rare.

Amazingly there is another good motorsports film in the making. The guys at PistonSpy have seen renowned film-maker Ron Howard at Germany's Nurburgring shooting another period F1 racing movie.

"Rush" as the movie is called chronicles the 1976 F1 season-long battle between Austria's Nikki Lauda and Britain's James Hunt. This is the same year that saw Lauda's massive crackup at the German GP, a crash that almost cost him his life. He severed his right ear and suffered facial burns. If it hadn't been for his three of his fellow competitors he would have surely died in the wreckage. However, the resilient Lauda would return just two races later and storm back into the points chase in pursuit of james Hunt and his McLaren.

Below you can see a in-period video footage of the fiery crash after the jump. Ironically, Lauda voiced his concern over the lack of runoff and tried to boycott the race, but he couldn't get the other drivers onboard. Reluctantly he suited up and got in his car.



I will follow the making of "Rush" closely and report back with any news.

Source: PistonSpy