3/15/2023 0 Comments Rush movie![]() Offering a 180-degree contrast is Lauda, who comes from a conservative Viennese background but defies his family by taking up racing. Purists and the more serious-minded are bound to disapprove of this guy, as they did in real life. His looks and devil-may-care attitude aside (at one point he ventures that women like race car drivers because of “our closeness to death”), Hunt is the kind of figure who dares you to take him seriously he stays up all night before races, never abstains from sex and is seen taking swigs of booze right before races. Just as young ladies threw themselves at the great-looking Hunt literally by the thousands (one line describes his sexual prowess as “immortal”), female viewers might be persuaded to attend a racing film simply because of Chris Hemsworth, who looks fantastic with his long blond locks and ready smile and has finally found a role he can really score with in every sense of the word. It’s a credit to Peter Morgan‘s screenplay that one can come to understand and sympathize with both of them, even though there are many reasons one might not easily warm to either one. PHOTOS: 25 of Fall’s Most Anticipated Movies There’s too many drivers in front of you. Hunt: What are you saying? Caldwell: I’m saying look after yourself. James Hunt: Come on, Come on! Alistair Caldwell: James! Hunt: Come on! Caldwell: Listen! Hunt: What?! Caldwell: Just go easy out there. with the way you look now? Lauda: And I am being serious too. Reporter: What did your wife say when she saw your face? Niki Lauda: She said, "Sweetie, you don't need a face to drive, you just need a right foot." Reporter: I'm being serious. You were equally responsible for getting me back in the car. Watching you win those races while I was fighting for my life. Hunt: I swayed the room and the race should never have went ahead. James Hunt: I feel responsible for what happened. Miller: What's important is how it feels to me, and it feels like he adores me. Hunt: And Richard Burton, will he be able to give you more? You know, he has quite the bad-boy reputation himself. You're just who you are at this point in your life. Miller: And who knows, if it had been just the drinking, or the dope, or the infidelity or the moods, it might even have worked. Miller: You did it because you hoped it might change you, settle you down, help with the racing. You never wanted to be married in the first place. Why have you come here, James? Hunt: I've got to get you back. James Hunt: So when did all this start? Suzy Miller: That weekend I went skiing. Lauda: And do you always get what you want? Knaus: Yeah. ![]() Why would I drive fast? Marlene Knaus: Because I'm asking you to. We're not in a hurry, I'm not being paid. Niki Lauda: There's no need to drive fast. Knaus: Sorry? Lauda: God gave me an okay mind, but a really good ass, which can feel everything in a car. Apart from the rear brakes are worn out, the front right tire's a bit soft, which explains why you're weaving so much. Marlene Knaus: My what? Lauda: And when you brake your foot goes all the way down, which means there's air in the system. The banks have stepped in, started laying everyone off. Hunt: What are you saying? Hesketh: I'm saying it's over, Superstar. It turns out not like the lower divisions at all. The economics, Formula 1, realities thereof. Like you said, condoms and cigarettes, vulgar, right? Hesketh: Right. Hunt: Well, so? We aren't looking for sponsorship. Hunt: Yes? Hesketh: Which elapsed at midnight last night and we didn't attract any. Time to start killing pheasants? Hesketh: Actually, it's the deadline for securing sponsorship for the forthcoming Formula 1 season. Hunt: Why? Hesketh: Do you have any idea of the significance of that date? Hunt: I don't know. What the hell's going on? Where is everybody? What's the matter? Lord Hesketh: Do you know what the date it is today? Hunt: Yes. There are no lengths to which I will not go and I mean it. ![]() James Hunt: Whatever it takes to beat that prick next year, just say it, your word is my command. Suzy Miller: Why don't they make it safer? James Hunt: The risk of death turns people on. Gemma: Which was? Hunt: I could show you if you'd like. Nurse Gemma: Why, what did you do? Hunt: Only what she asked me to do. He remains the only person I envied.ĭialogue James Hunt: I had a friendly disagreement with another driver about his wife. People always think of us as rivals but he was among the very few I liked and even fewer that I respected. When I heard he died age 45 of a heart attack, I wasn't surprised. When I saw him next in London, seven years later, me as a champion again, him as broadcaster, he was barefoot on a bicycle with a flat tire, still living each day like his last.
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