Nearly a Decade Later, Ron Howard’s Rush Still Does The Hunt, Lauda Rivalry Justice
release date September 2013director Ron Howard starring Daniel Brühl
Chris Hemsworth
Olivia Wilde
Alexandra Maria Lararating & run time R / 2h 3mfun fact Hunt & Lauda appear via archived footageWhere to watch Amazon Prime
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There are well-made car movies and Ron Howard’s 2013 film Rush is most definitely one of them. It tells the story of the rivalry and odd friendship between James Hunt and Niki Lauda throughout the 1976 Grand Prix season. It tells the tale captivatingly and cleanly about two of the most interesting characters ever to strap on a helmet.
Rush starts with Hunt and Lauda as up-and-coming racers in the lesser formula. These early sequences set the tone, both for the time period and for the two main characters. This was the 70s, and Grand Prix racing was a little more rough and tumble than it is these days. That’s easy to get across. What is not as easy to convey, and which Howard does masterfully, is the subtly of the personalities involved and their complexity as human beings.
The Universal Law
As the movie progresses, Hunt and Lauda quickly find themselves at the very top of the heap: Formula 1, Hunt with McLaren, and Lauda with Ferrari. Back and forth, the title fight swings as two of the heavi...
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