![]() Unfortunately for Niki, he still can’t escape Hunt. Lauda then demands they rip up their original contract and pay him the same as Clay Regazzoni, the #1 driver, if they want him to share the design. As part of his deal, he is allowed to redesign his car - with which the top driver then runs a lap 2 seconds faster than his own best time. In order to fast track his way into the top division, Lauda takes out a loan against his own life insurance policy and buys his way onto a Formula 1 team. Things start fast-forwarding towards the 1976 Formula 1 season after that. Hunt and his boys let fly with some rat face jokes (Niki’s two protruding front teeth responsible for the resemblance) and German insults and the game is afoot. The next line out of Lauda’s mouth is “Hey! Asshole!”, directed at Hunt after being spun out by him in a Division 3 Grand Prix race which Hunt then wins. It’s a wonderful way to live, it’s the only way to drive, as if each day is your last.”ĭirected by Ron Howard and written by Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Last King of Scotland), Rush is a movie where the writing, music, sound and especially cinematography go together like a symphony throughout. My father is a stock broker, my sister is a barrister, and my brother is an accountant, and I. They can see that in you they feel that in you. You see the closer you are to death the more alive you feel, the more alive you are. ![]() Mostly they think that’s pathetic and they’re probably right. It’s not because they respect what we do, driving round and round in circles. James Hunt: “I have a theory why women like racing drivers. The other thing I’m remembered for is what happened on 1st August 1976, when I was chasing him like an asshole.” That whatever it was between us went deeper. To me this is perfectly normal, but other people saw it differently. We were just drivers busting each other’s balls. I don’t know why it became such a big thing. My name is Niki Lauda, and racing people know me for two things. People who are that desperate to make a mark, and are prepared to die trying. What kind of person does a job like this? Not normal men, for sure. Niki Lauda: “Twenty five drivers start every season in Formula One, and each year two of us die. They let everyone know where they stand right away while also giving hints their story will involve more than a simple rivalry. The music grabs you as you hear opening monologues narrated by Lauda then Hunt. That being said, I very much regret not seeing this in iMax or at least a regular theater. ![]() There’s folks for whom the sound of an loud engine revving is almost a sexual experience. It’s a giant mess and I never mind a rewatch. However, the racing is fun, the female leads Warren, Gina Gershon and Stacy Edwards look great, the bad acting and dialogue provide loads of unintentional comedy. Estella is a knockout but the acting, or lack thereof, displayed here cemented her solidly in the straight-to-video movie tier. There’s some plot about all of the above plus an always grumpy German driver who doesn’t want to give up his title but does manage to give up his girlfriend, Estella Warren, to Kip for awhile. Kip was coming off a star turn as QB Ronnie Bass in Remember the Titans and his performance in this pretty much ended efforts to make him a leading man. Tanto’s job is to mentor a young driver gunning for the championship played by Kip Pardue. I tried to imagine how that casting went:īurt: “The f*ck I gotta be in a wheelchair for?!” Joe is hired back to the number two slot on the Formula One team by owner Carl Henry who is played by wheelchair-bound Burt Reynolds who mostly rolls around being pissed off at everyone. Renny Harlin knew the millions clamoring for him to become the world’s most shredded Formula One driver couldn’t be denied any longer and cast him as washed-up racer Joe Tanto. Sly Stallone had conquered boxing, copping and First, Second and Third blooding many times over but also soccering, assassining, cliffhanging, Judge Dredding, demolitioning and Get Cartering. I’ve never been a huge fan of auto racing so naturally this one grabbed me from the start.īut first with our Formula One theme, it’s time for another installment of: Rush is based on the true story of Formula One drivers Englishman James Hunt (played by Chris “Thor” Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda of Austria (played by Daniel Bruhl). Welcome back to my Top 50 Sports Movies list and the #41 show.
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