New Movie about James Hunt and Niki Lauda called 'Rush'

[hesnotthemessiah]

Just heard on Motors TV.

Ron Howard is to direct a movie about Hunt and Lauda called Rush. $100m budget. Not a documentary a la 'Senna'. Apparently just needs the green light from Bernie! Hmmmmmm......

Fabulous time for Formula 1, hope it happens.

[DJRC]

Yes yes yes!!

This will hopefully be brilliant, 2 perfect characters to bring to the big screen. I hope they capture Lauda properly, I dont think will believe, even those who follow F1 but dont know as much as they should, the depth of character and nature of Lauda. Outstanding bloke. Brought the very best out of Hunt, go as far to say that Lauda could bring him peace.

[Streps]

Should be good.
Hope they use the real cars.

[Mr_Thyroid]

Not sure about Ron Howard but at least it's not Sly Stallone or George Lucas.

[PhillT]

The bloke from Thor is confirmed to play Hunt, while the sniper from Inglourious Basterds is playing Lauda. Could be interesting at the very least.
Also, the guys behind the Senna documentary are working on a feature film about Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins. So it's vintage F1 agogo at the movies.

[DanB7290]

Mr_Thyroid said:

Not sure about Ron Howard but at least it's not Sly Stallone or George Lucas.

Thank god, I saw "Driven" the other day. Sly and Burt Reynolds, in a film about racing, so I assumed it'd be excellent. Biggest waste of 2 hours of my life

[Great Dane]

I was a sceptical about Daniel Bruehl (although I like him a lot as an actor) but I think it might work... needs massive amounts of plastic make up for 'after the crash'

[ChiChoAndy]

Well, as long as he makes it realistic, it'll be good. Howard did a good job with Appolo 13, and kept it pretty factual, without the dramatic add ons.

[DJRC]

Dramatic add ons? What on earth could he add to that story that would be more dramatic than actually happened in real life?!

[ChiChoAndy]

Of course, if Howard does make it, it means that his brother will be in it somewhere...

[JMC1]

Let us hope it is more like McQueen's Le Mans or James Garner in Grand Prix and less like Days of Thunder.

Has anyone seen Bobby Deerfield is it any good and is it available on DVD.

[freedman]

JMC1 said:

Let us hope it is more like McQueen's Le Mans or James Garner in Grand Prix and less like Days of Thunder.

Has anyone seen Bobby Deerfield is it any good and is it available on DVD.

Amazon list it

Not very good IMO, though the cars and some of the race footage are nice,

[Bebee]

Without taking anything away from from Hunt and Lauda, and are there more worthy and more interesting drivers to make a film about? Like Moss, Fangio, Clark, Graham Hill, Surtees, Hawthorn at Lemans 1955 would be good!

[DJRC]

Bebee said:

Without taking anything away from from Hunt and Lauda, and are there more worthy and more interesting drivers to make a film about? Like Moss, Fangio, Clark, Graham Hill, Surtees, Hawthorn at Lemans 1955 would be good!

Why? What would be good about them? You could do 1958, Moss v Hawthorn.

A better film would be Mon Ami Mate, but that focuses more on the relationship between Collins and Hawthorn and Enzo at Ferrari.

A film of 55? Hmm, not really, it would be just about the crash. A better bet for the human interest angle would be Rolt and Hamilton in '53.

[Mr_Thyroid]

Anyone else remember a series on BBC about great sporting rivalries (about 10-15 years ago). First one was Hunt-Lauda, second was Ovett-Coe. Still have hunt-lauda on VHS somewhere it was excellent.

Anyway it seemed to present them as quite good friends - I do hope hollywood doesn't feel the need invent some nastiness between them.

[groomi]

What do they need permission from Bernie for? He didn't own the rights to F1 back then, or does his ownership extend to prior events too?

[entropy]

Not sure about Ron Howard.

Couldn't but help think of Boogie Nights - not just that James Hunt was a real life Dirk Diggler/John Holmes!

[944fan]

hesnotthemessiah said:

Just heard on Motors TV.

Ron Howard is to direct a movie about Hunt and Lauda called Rush. $100m budget. Not a documentary a la 'Senna'. Apparently just needs the green light from Bernie! Hmmmmmm......

Fabulous time for Formula 1, hope it happens.

Is that the total film budget or the green light from Bernie budget?