Ron Howard: Script for Rush is mesmerizing
Aug 11, 2011 | 02:46 AM
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Ron Howard: Script for Rush is mesmerizing
Director: Script for Rush is mesmerizing - GPUpdate.net
Ron Howard, Director of future Formula 1 motion picture Rush, says the script for his latest project is ‘mesmerizing’, arguing that the film will be of global appeal when released. Written by Peter Morgan, the movie will depict the dramatic and hard-fought title race between McLaren driver James Hunt and Ferrari's Niki Lauda in 1976.
After returning from a near fatal incident at the Nürburgring, Lauda ultimately lost out to Hunt by a solitary point, deliberately retiring his car during the finale in Fuji because of the treacherous conditions. Howard, who is piecing together the drama, admits that this compelling but truthful story was one of the main reasons for getting involved.
"There are two reasons," Howard said during an interview with the official Formula 1 website. "Firstly, I am a huge fan of sports - almost any kind of sport - not just motor racing. Secondly, I am always in search of a good story with great characters.
"Peter Morgan, who did the script for Frost/Nixon, has known Niki Lauda for quite some time and started digging for information about 1976, when Niki had his accident and then literally rose again like a phoenix to fight James Hunt for the title. Peter has written a mesmerizing script - not only for Formula 1 fans, but also for everybody hooked on sports and drawn to extraordinary characters."
Academy Award winner Howard compared the style of the production to a range of his previous works, insisting that it will be a fully-fledged film, not a documentary.
"No, it’s going to be a motion picture," he added, when referring to newly released Senna. "It will be fascinating, sizzling, sexy and entertaining in the mould of Apollo 13, Frost/Nixon and A Beautiful Mind."
"This film is going to be a European production with a really big budget. And if we do our job well, and concentrate on the story and the characters involved, it will be a motion picture fit for the whole world. The story has so many elements that everybody can be interested in."
Ron Howard, Director of future Formula 1 motion picture Rush, says the script for his latest project is ‘mesmerizing’, arguing that the film will be of global appeal when released. Written by Peter Morgan, the movie will depict the dramatic and hard-fought title race between McLaren driver James Hunt and Ferrari's Niki Lauda in 1976.
After returning from a near fatal incident at the Nürburgring, Lauda ultimately lost out to Hunt by a solitary point, deliberately retiring his car during the finale in Fuji because of the treacherous conditions. Howard, who is piecing together the drama, admits that this compelling but truthful story was one of the main reasons for getting involved.
"There are two reasons," Howard said during an interview with the official Formula 1 website. "Firstly, I am a huge fan of sports - almost any kind of sport - not just motor racing. Secondly, I am always in search of a good story with great characters.
"Peter Morgan, who did the script for Frost/Nixon, has known Niki Lauda for quite some time and started digging for information about 1976, when Niki had his accident and then literally rose again like a phoenix to fight James Hunt for the title. Peter has written a mesmerizing script - not only for Formula 1 fans, but also for everybody hooked on sports and drawn to extraordinary characters."
Academy Award winner Howard compared the style of the production to a range of his previous works, insisting that it will be a fully-fledged film, not a documentary.
"No, it’s going to be a motion picture," he added, when referring to newly released Senna. "It will be fascinating, sizzling, sexy and entertaining in the mould of Apollo 13, Frost/Nixon and A Beautiful Mind."
"This film is going to be a European production with a really big budget. And if we do our job well, and concentrate on the story and the characters involved, it will be a motion picture fit for the whole world. The story has so many elements that everybody can be interested in."
Aug 12, 2011 | 01:35 AM
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If it's anything like Ron Howard's other historical projects, it should be excellent. This is good news.
Aug 12, 2011 | 01:46 AM
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In 76 I was 8. Whenever F1 was on Wide World of Sports on ABC my dad and I watched it, but I didn't follow close enough to know the story. A few years ago someone told me to do some research on that season. Wow, all the Playboy type of partying Hunt was doing at the time and the drama on the track this great story has the potencial to be huge!
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