Ron Howard's F1 film, "Rush"

[bjohnsonsmith]

Ron Howard did an outstanding job with Apollo 13 and his attention to detail and chracterisation is excellent. Driven, this won't be.

[Paradise City]

It looks good. To see the vintage Brabham and McLaren trucks alive, clean and in-the-flesh was great. Ron Howard's whole attitude towards this project is impressive.

I wouldn't be too worried about perfect detail. As a piece of cinema its much more important to capture the ambiance and spirit of the era. As it is, Howard's attention to detail can't be a bone of contention and I'm happy to forgive him for it for he does falter a little bit in this area.

[Adam43]

That Bell Helmet sticker looks too modern

[JeremySmith]

Originally Posted by Adam43

That Bell Helmet sticker looks too modern

I am warning you...

[BobHWS]

Some photos taken last fall during filming at the Nurburgring and published on Autoblog.

[Andrew Kitson]

They have also been filming 1970 F3 cars at Crystal Palace, using small sections of the remaining circuit. A lot of CGI will be used on green screens. Cadwell and Brands will be filmed and tweaked to look like the Nurburgring. They were also at Brands last month with BRM P160 mock-ups..road car engines. Looking good if you follow Ron Howard's daily photo diary on twitter.

[maximus]

I... Can't.... Wait.... those pictures are amazing!

[Bononi]

This should be a great movie for us F1 fans.

[JeremySmith]

Originally Posted by Bononi

This should be a great movie for us F1 fans.

I know it sounds like it's going to really great..

Ron Howard is a wonderful film director...

[bjohnsonsmith]

This is certainly bringing back a lot of memories; I got into F1 in the '70s.

As a movie format motor racing has been fairly hit or miss, with the best movie being Le Mans and worst Driven. This, though looks like Ron Howard's on to a winner. Who would have thought, from Richie Cunningham to F1?

[Bononi]

'71... I got it all, my memories are like those days were unbeatable, true heroes through deadly weekends.

[BobHWS]

Ron Howard tweeted this from the Nurburgring Tuesday about Wednesday's filming at the Ring: "Planning for a real challenge to entire company and crew tomorrow" Hmm, sounds pretty interesting.

[strider]

This has been going the rounds today on Twitter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXHDx...ature=youtu.be

It's meant to be the Lauda crash scene, but if they're going for accuracy they got it wrong. It was Arturo Merzario, Brett Lunger,Guy Edwards and Harald Ertl who saved his life. It was Merzario who undid the safety belts by diving into the flames and then he and the others pulled Lauda free. I don't remember a rescue vehicle arriving until later. That was one of the problems with the place.

[m1fcf]

The film is not yet released, and already people are picking at it....heaven forbid that it might tell a story, rather than be a documentary???

[Fox89]

It's also important to remember that this is a dramatisation, so we shouldn't expect it to be completely true. The way I understand it Howard is approaching this film in the same way as he approached Apollo 13: basically accurate but with creative liberties. Good way of doing things, I have a lot of trust in the guy

I can't wait to see that scene in the final cut after all the editing and music is done for it!

Also I just flipped back a page and saw the pictures of the cars during filming... I've always wondered what 70's F1 cars would look like in the modern day on a race circuit, without the 70's film grain and image quality. And now I know! For some reason it's much easier to imagine people actually racing in them now...

[BobHWS]

Originally Posted by Fox89

Also I just flipped back a page and saw the pictures of the cars during filming... I've always wondered what 70's F1 cars would look like in the modern day on a race circuit, without the 70's film grain and image quality. And now I know! For some reason it's much easier to imagine people actually racing in them now...

Well, that's easy...have a look at my photos, for example, of historic F1 cars during a support race at last summer's Canadian Grand Prix. I guess that assumes you consider Montreal to be a "modern day" track.

Historic F1 cars - Montreal 2011

[Fox89]

Originally Posted by BobHWS

Well, that's easy...have a look at my photos, for example, of historic F1 cars during a support race at last summer's Canadian Grand Prix. I guess that assumes you consider Montreal to be a "modern day" track.

So... awesome! Thanks for those. I've only seen them stationary before... well, I know that photos are stationary too but you know what I mean right?

[wolfhound]

Originally Posted by Fox89

Also I just flipped back a page and saw the pictures of the cars during filming... I've always wondered what 70's F1 cars would look like in the modern day on a race circuit, without the 70's film grain and image quality. And now I know! For some reason it's much easier to imagine people actually racing in them now...

If you get yourself to Silverstone for the GP I expect you should see some of the '70s cars racing in the FIA Histotic F1 series.

[Fox89]

Originally Posted by wolfhound

If you get yourself to Silverstone for the GP I expect you should see some of the '70s cars racing in the FIA Histotic F1 series.

As it happens I will be there for this year's GP! I didn't realise they were doing a historic race, so I'll look forward to that

[autoidiodyssey]

Originally Posted by Fox89

I've always wondered what 70's F1 cars would look like in the modern day on a race circuit, without the 70's film grain and image quality. And now I know! For some reason it's much easier to imagine people actually racing in them now...

I don't want to hijack the thread with modern pics of old F1 cars, but here are a couple from Laguna Seca. Most are from the same era as the movie so it is not a complete highjack.


1976 Ferrari 312 T2 by autoidiodyssey, on Flickr


Fastest Thing On Six Wheels by autoidiodyssey, on Flickr


Crowded Corkscrew by autoidiodyssey, on Flickr

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by Fox89

It's also important to remember that this is a dramatisation, so we shouldn't expect it to be completely true. The way I understand it Howard is approaching this film in the same way as he approached Apollo 13: basically accurate but with creative liberties. Good way of doing things, I have a lot of trust in the guy

I can't wait to see that scene in the final cut after all the editing and music is done for it!

Also I just flipped back a page and saw the pictures of the cars during filming... I've always wondered what 70's F1 cars would look like in the modern day on a race circuit, without the 70's film grain and image quality. And now I know! For some reason it's much easier to imagine people actually racing in them now...

Not too creative liberties I hope, "Houston we have a problem" was never actually said by Jim Lovell nor was "Failure is not an option" by Gene Kranz.
I wonder what iconic phrases Hunt and Lauda are likely to be scripted with.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by Richard B

Not too creative liberties I hope, "Houston we have a problem" was never actually said by Jim Lovell nor was "Failure is not an option" by Gene Kranz.
I wonder what iconic phrases Hunt and Lauda are likely to be scripted with.

It was Rusty Swigert who actually said: 'Houston, we've had a problem.'

[m1fcf]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

It was Rusty Swigert who actually said: 'Houston, we've had a problem.'

I thought a Rusty Swigert was the problem that caused the explosion? Isn't that a part of an oxygen tank?

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by m1fcf

I thought a Rusty Swigert was the problem that caused the explosion? Isn't that a part of an oxygen tank?

Lool.

[JeremySmith]

Originally Posted by m1fcf

I thought a Rusty Swigert was the problem that caused the explosion? Isn't that a part of an oxygen tank?

You stirrer you..