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Rush

  • 20132013
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  • 2h 3m
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8.1/10
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Daniel Brühl and Chris Hemsworth in Rush (2013)
From Ron Howard comes an exhilarating true story of two legendary rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda, starring Chris Hemsworth.
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The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
484K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,318
154
    • Ron Howard
    • Peter Morgan
  • Stars
    • Daniel Brühl
    • Chris Hemsworth
    • Olivia Wilde
    • Ron Howard
    • Peter Morgan
  • Stars
    • Daniel Brühl
    • Chris Hemsworth
    • Olivia Wilde
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 648User reviews
    • 424Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #218
    • Won 1 BAFTA Award

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    Daniel Brühl and Alexandra Maria Lara in Rush (2013)
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    Daniel Brühl and Chris Hemsworth in Rush (2013)

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    Daniel Brühl
    Daniel Brühl
    • Niki Lauda
    Chris Hemsworth
    Chris Hemsworth
    • James Hunt
    Olivia Wilde
    Olivia Wilde
    • Suzy Miller
    Alexandra Maria Lara
    Alexandra Maria Lara
    • Marlene Lauda
    Pierfrancesco Favino
    Pierfrancesco Favino
    • Clay Regazzoni
    David Calder
    David Calder
    • Louis Stanley
    Natalie Dormer
    Natalie Dormer
    • Nurse Gemma
    Stephen Mangan
    Stephen Mangan
    • Alastair Caldwell
    Christian McKay
    Christian McKay
    • Lord Hesketh
    Alistair Petrie
    Alistair Petrie
    • Stirling Moss
    Julian Rhind-Tutt
    Julian Rhind-Tutt
    • Anthony 'Bubbles' Horsley
    Colin Stinton
    Colin Stinton
    • Teddy Mayer
    Jamie de Courcey
    Jamie de Courcey
    • Harvey 'Doc' Postlethwaite
    Augusto Dallara
    • Enzo Ferrari
    • (as Augusto Dall'ara)
    Ilario Calvo
    • Luca Di Montezemolo
    Patrick Baladi
    Patrick Baladi
    • John Hogan
    Vincent Riotta
    Vincent Riotta
    • Lauda's Mechanic
    Martin Savage
    Martin Savage
    • McLaren Mechanic
      • Ron Howard
      • Peter Morgan
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      In an interview with Austrian Times on the occasion of his 60th birthday, Niki Lauda stated that a journalist asking him how his injured face affected his marriage was the biggest insult he had to suffer in his life.
    • Goofs
      Throughout the film Niki Lauda's nationality is shown in the stats abbreviated as AUS - this would be the international code for Australia. Austria's code is AUT.
    • Quotes

      Niki Lauda: A wise man can learn more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

    • Connections
      Featured in Top Gear: Search For The World's Best Taxi - Tribute To BBC Television Centre (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      I Hear You Knocking
      Performed by Dave Edmunds

      Written by David Bartholomew (as Dave Bartholomew) and Earl King

      Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd. and Dave Edmunds

    User reviews648

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    9/10
    Well worth the wait!
    The film is just over 2 hours long, but when it was over it seemed like I had been in the cinema about 30 minutes.

    The film centres on the battle for the 1976 Formula 1 World Championship, and the rivalry between the Austrian "professor" Nikki Lauda and the British playboy James Hunt.

    The two are depicted as enemies, but in actual fact they were good friends who trusted and respected each other on, as well as off-track. This bit of artistic licence does not spoil the film and is reasonable in order to make the battle between the two for the F1 crown more intense.

    The film is nicely paced. We are introduced to both characters through their own narrative and scenes that leave the watcher in no doubt as to their background and philosophy on life.

    The two are first seen in competition in 1970 at a Formula 3 race at Crystal Palace (where they have a coming together) and sets the scene for the rivalry throughout the film. I'm not sure if this is further artistic licence. The two definitely did race each other in F3, but I am not convinced as to whether this actual incident occurred.

    After that we are given a whistle stop journey between 1973 (when Hunt came into F1) to 1975. We are shown the dangerous nature of F1 at the time with the Francois Cevert accident at Watkins Glen in gory detail – although this does not seem like gratuitous, but necessary to bring home just how unforgiving the sport was back then – and it truly was (of the top 12 points scorers in 1976, F1 cars were to claim 3, 1 ended up in a wheelchair and 1 had his career ended by a leg crunching crash).

    We are then taken to 1976 and that titanic struggle for the World Crown. Only one real issue here – the British Grand Prix result, but I suspect this was simplified in the interests of time.

    The casting is superb. Chris Hemsworth, an Aussie, does an excellent job on public schoolboy James Hunt, while Daniel Bruhl both sounds and looks frighteningly like the Austrian. There is little room for a supporting cast amongst the drivers which is a shame – only Clay Regazzoni has a part of any real substance. Peterson, Watson, Depailler, Scheckter, Andretti et al could have featured a little more I think. What did their contemporaries think of the two protagonists? The supporting cast is mainly required for Hunt – Lord Hesketh, "Bubbles" Horsley and Teddy Mayer / Tyler Alexander of McLaren, while the Ferrari team principals are rarely seen.

    The love angle is perfectly catered for by Olivia Wilde (Hunt's first wife Suzy) and the gorgeous Alexandra Maria Lara - of Downfall fame – as the future Marlene Lauda. Both give quality performances.

    The attention to detail is superb. Although the tracks are not the actual ones (for understandable reasons) the cars, the helmets, the sponsors are all authentic. The film "feels" like it's happening in the 70's.

    For anyone interested in great personal stories, F1, the 70's, cars or just like to see a great film, then Rush is for you.
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    • robertjenkins456
    • Sep 15, 2013

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    • What filming techniques were used to capture the 'Rush' of driving a Formula 1 Racing Car?
    • Did James Hunt really punch a journalist for insulting Niki Lauda?

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    • Release date
      • September 27, 2013 (United States)
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      • Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Exclusive Media Group
      • Cross Creek Pictures
      • Imagine Entertainment
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