Rush
Short description
Rush is a drama set in the world of Formula One during the 1970s, centering on the rivalry between two drivers with almost nothing in common. James Hunt, a charismatic English playboy, races for McLaren, while Niki Lauda, an Austrian perfectionist, drives for Ferrari. Their competition plays out both on the track and away from it, as each pushes himself to the limits of physical and psychological endurance, where a single mistake can end a career or a life. The story builds toward the 1976 season, when a serious crash leaves Lauda fighting to recover and return to racing, setting up a decisive confrontation with Hunt.
Ron Howard directed the film, the twenty-second of the thirty-two features he has directed in chronological order, following The Dilemma and preceding In the Heart of the Sea. Peter Morgan wrote the screenplay, and Andrew Eaton, Brian Grazer and Eric Fellner produced. Chris Hemsworth plays Hunt and Daniel Brühl plays Lauda, with Olivia Wilde, Alexandra Maria Lara, Pierfrancesco Favino and David Calder among the cast.
Made for a budget of 38 million dollars, Rush grossed about 90 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 8.1 out of 10 from roughly 556,000 votes, and on TMDB 7.7 out of 10 from around 8,000 votes. A critics' rating of 7.5 out of 10 from 235 reviews places it close to the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- Not all filming took place on historic racetracks, especially since some of the old tracks no longer exist. However, the filmmakers, striving to recreate a picture as close to documentary as possible, used old footage from archival chronicles in combination with material newly filmed on English tracks in Snetterton, Donington Park, Brands Hatch, Caldwell Park, and at Blackbush airfield. Specifically, special sets were built at the airfield to recreate the start-finish straight of the Brazilian Interlagos and the South African Kyalami racetrack.
- Replicas of Hesketh, Brabham, Ferrari, BRM, Penske and March cars were built by various British companies specializing in the restoration of historic racing cars. Each cost approximately £70,000-£100,000. Instead of authentic Cosworth DFV engines, more common Rover V8 engines were used as power units. These cars are now in storage, but may be sold at auction to partially offset the film's production costs.
- Bernie Ecclestone played a cameo role in the film. He can be seen near the finish line at the 1975 United States Grand Prix.
- Daniel Brühl and Chris Hemsworth were not allowed to drive real Formula 1 cars. They had to use Formula 3 cars with Formula 1 bodies.
- Historic Formula One managed to assemble a starting grid of 24 original cars from 1976 by persuading their current owners to cooperate with the film crew.
- In the scene where Lauda drives through the Italian countryside, he overtakes a third-series Alfa Romeo Spider. This car design only appeared in 1978, while the events in this scene take place in 1975.
- Ron Howard stated that he did not use original footage of Niki Lauda's crash at the Nürburgring, but filmed the scene at the same corner of the race track.
- When Alexander tells James that there is no money to participate in the next season, James leans back on the sofa at the end of the conversation. In the first shot, his shirt sleeves are rolled up below the elbows, and immediately after a camera angle change, they are rolled up above the elbows.
- During filming, the crew had access to both original Formula 1 team vehicles and their working replicas. The filmmakers also consulted with current drivers and team principals.
- Hunt died in 1993 at the age of 45 from a heart attack at his home in Wimbledon, just hours after proposing to Helen Dyson – a waitress he met in the winter of 1989 and with whom he had been in a romantic relationship ever since.
- The HS 125 aircraft, on which Hunt and his friends fly towards the end of the film, only appeared in 1978, two years after the events of the film.
- In the plane, when James Hunt pays attention to the flight attendant, the first-class seats of Lufthansa are shown. Such seats only appeared in 2001.
- During the scenes of the Grand Prix on the Nürburgring track, shortly after the start, the cars drive along a part of the track that wasn't built until 1984.
- During the 1976 British Grand Prix scene, the McLaren team has a Mark 2 vehicle at the pit stop, which only appeared in 1978.
- In the first aerial shot of Vienna, a modern van can be seen driving across the bridge in the bottom left corner of the screen.
- In the scene showing the view from inside a running engine, a spark plug is missing from the cylinder head.
- Throughout the film, all OMP racing suits feature a new logo that only appeared in 2012.
- During filming, Daniel Brühl wore a special device to simulate Niki Lauda's bite.
- When Khant receives a call on his landline, instead of the electronic ringtone, he hears a bell chime, which is unusual for this model.
- The unique six-wheeled Tyrrell P34 Formula 1 car can be seen during the race starts in the film.
- To recreate the scene of Niki Lauda's accident on the "Nordschleife", modern digital technologies had to be used: contemporary footage was shot in the same corner of the old Nürburgring, and 3D scans of the real 1976 Ferrari 312T2 were utilized.
- Following the rehearsal and preparatory period, the film crew began principal photography on February 22nd. The majority of filming took place in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria, on the grounds of Cadwell Park, Brands Hatch, and the Nürburgring racetracks. The former Blackbush airfield served as one of the main filming locations.
- The scene of Lauda's first tests in Formula 1, which according to the plot takes place in France at the Paul Ricard circuit, was filmed on the start straight of the British Brands Hatch circuit.
- During the 1970 Formula 3 race scene, a yellow Renault 5 can be seen in the background. This model only appeared in 1972.
- Chris Hemsworth lost 14 kg for the role of James Hunt. Before that, he weighed 98 kg, which he had gained for the role of Thor.
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