Rush (2013)

The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.

Director:

Ron Howard

Writer:

Peter Morgan

Stars:

Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde

Top Rated Movies #212 | Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 6 wins & 63 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chris Hemsworth	...	James Hunt
Daniel Brühl	...	Niki Lauda
Olivia Wilde	...	Suzy Miller
Alexandra Maria Lara	...	Marlene Lauda
Pierfrancesco Favino	...	Clay Regazzoni
David Calder	...	Louis Stanley
Natalie Dormer	...	Nurse Gemma
Stephen Mangan	...	Alastair Caldwell
Christian McKay	...	Lord Hesketh
Alistair Petrie	...	Stirling Moss
Julian Rhind-Tutt	...	Anthony 'Bubbles' Horsley
Colin Stinton	...	Teddy Mayer
Jamie de Courcey	...	Harvey 'Doc' Postlethwaite
Augusto Dallara	...	Enzo Ferrari (as Augusto Dall'ara)
Ilario Calvo	...	Luca Di Montezemolo

Storyline

Set against the sexy, glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing in the 1970s, the film is based on the true story of a great sporting rivalry between handsome English playboy James Hunt (Hemsworth), and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda (Bruhl). The story follows their distinctly different personal styles on and off the track, their loves and the astonishing 1976 season in which both drivers were willing to risk everything to become world champion in a sport with no margin for error: if you make a mistake, you die.

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Plot Keywords:

formula 1 | rivalry | 1970s | racecar driver | playboy | 

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Taglines:

Everyone's driven by something.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, nudity, language, some disturbing images and brief drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

UK Germany USA

Language:

English German Italian French Spanish

Release Date:

27 September 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rush

Filming Locations:

Evolution Printing, Stanhope Road, Camberley, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$38,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$187,289, 22 September 2013

Gross USA:

$26,947,624

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$92,006,038

Company Credits

Production Co:

Exclusive Media Group, Cross Creek Pictures, Imagine Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chris Hemsworth shed 14 kilos to play James Hunt. He originally weighed 98 kilos having bulked up for the titular character in Thor (2011).

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Goofs

At Hunt's wedding, the wedding dress that of Suzy Miller is very different to that of the real Suzy's whose dress was long sleeved and the neckline was cut to around her neck.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Niki Lauda: Twenty five drivers start every season in Formula One, and each year two of us die. What kind of person does a job like this? Not normal men, for sure. Rebels, lunatics, dreamers. People who are that desperate to make a mark, and are prepared to die trying. My name is Niki Lauda, and racing people know me for two things. The first is my rivalry with him.
[James Hunt]
Niki Lauda: I don't know why it became such a big thing. We were just drivers busting each other's balls. To me this is perfectly...

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Connections

Featured in Top Gear: Episode #20.2 (2013)

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Soundtracks

Glück
Written by Hans Zimmer

User Reviews

Surprisingly Great movie!!

RUSH is such an enthralling movie!! Amazing direction by Ron Howard, strong performances by Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl (he exactly sounded like Niki Lauda). Hanz Zimmer is the man for scoring this movie. The movie is not about the sport, it's about the hateful and envious relationship between two rivals the whole world knows about. I did not expect this movie to surprise me so much as it did, the drama was invigorating and exciting at the same time. It was such an honor to meet Niki Lauda who flew himself specially from Monza, Italy for the premier at TIFF. Such an amazing night.

The movie is based on the rivalry of Britain's McLaren F1 driver James Hunt and Austrian driver Niki Lauda who represented Ferrari at the time. Great men!