I enjoyed it, a few good bits from the 76 year were missed, IE the drama at Brands Hatch.
"In the name of glory" is good book on the 76 year:
http://www.fishpond.co.nz/q/in+the+n...rid=2107969077
I enjoyed it, a few good bits from the 76 year were missed, IE the drama at Brands Hatch.
"In the name of glory" is good book on the 76 year:
http://www.fishpond.co.nz/q/in+the+n...rid=2107969077
Originally Posted by RSZWEI
I thought so too, but that scenario was probably a little too convoluted to portray in an easily-understood manner for newbies. In terms of adding to the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction real-life drama that played out over the course of that season, it would have been right up there.
Still a good movie, quite exciting and while on the surface of it the pre-publicity is Hunt-fuelled, the unpeeling of what made Lauda tick, and his incredible fight back are the reflections I took away from the evening.
Well worth two hours of your time, I reckon.
Friends that didnt know the outcome of the 76 year thought it was amazing, as did my girlfriend.
Its got to be good for motorsport in general.
Another reason I loved it was because Im named after Niki.
How good is that! You could have been named after Hitler, Stalin, Idi Amin or even Elizabeth Hurley. God, you're a lucky man.
Geeee Russ u crack me up at times lol
Does lol mean "lots of love"? If so, I wish you hadn't announced our special relationship to the world. Joy's totally dismayed and I guess Kylie will make you sleep in the spare room from now.
All my love,
Russ
Russ, Have you finally come out of the closet. Dont worry it is all legal now.
I have Woody, some bastard locked me in. I know it's legal now which brings me to another subject.....Grant would like you to give him away. In fact we'd all like you to give him away.
love & laughter meet you half way brother , I love yr humour & dry wit , makes me laugh........Nope Kylie wont give me away I tried but no .... must be a few good bones in still ??
Rush was a good film as far as the average punter is concerned
I supplied 3 cars for the Film and i knew what was going on with the filming scenes cars etc as my buddy was also driving the truck taking cars to the sites to film scenes
These cars where used mainly for the actor drivers in the cockpit scene and to be into the cars and drive away as they couldn't drive the real cars
We went to see the film as a boys night out as he said his name comes up in the titles at the end so off we went sitting watching eating for the end to see his name then off a chinese
anyway Crystal Palace scene has Hunt meeting Lauda but Niki didn't race in the UK in F3
Crystal palace was filmed for the start of terrace but the rest was Cadwell park
Brands G circuit was used anti clockwise form Hawthornes running down the back straight
Fuji was Snetterton filmed on a dry day with large water bowsers to create the rain
The F1 cars went to Nurburgring for filming and then some poor bloke had to sit going over
each frame with his pen painting out the graffiti that is now on the track!
The crash scene was a Mygale FFord car dressed as a Ferrari the BRM cars where built from scratch with Rover V8 motors fitted
My cars where FVL cars dressed up as McLarens and then rebodied as Hesketh and Ligier cars
Yes I know Im behind you guys, i like warm beer and it rains a lot here too.
We were overseas when it was first on release here so we missed it. Is it still around or do we have to wait for the DVD?
Last year they were filming at Monaco and some of the original cars from that era were repainted back to their original colours.
Brings back memories of a trip to Hesketh's workshop with my mate in his Climax engined Lotus Elite. Needed ear defenders! Those were the days. We used to go annually to the BRM works open day too, until 1966.
Last edited by ERC; 12-17-2013 at 02:15 AM.
Watched Rush on TV today, really enjoyed it as did a bunch of my US non-motorsport friends who found it fascinating, not like the bland (personalities) of today's F1. Only major flaw I noted was the scaling back of James Hunt's bonking forays, deserving of an epic movie in its own right!
Update: The DVD/Bluray version is released tomorrow.
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