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In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.
2013 · Directed by Ron Howard · 123 min · Drama · Action · Screenplay in the scene database · 15 frames
Tagline
Everyone's driven by something.
Plot
James Hunt, a brash and self-confident individual, and Niki Lauda, a cool and calculating technical genius who relies on practice and precision, are exceptional racing drivers who develop a fierce rivalry in 1970 at a Formula Three event in London, where both their cars spin before Hunt wins the race. Lauda takes a large bank loan from Austria's Raiffeisen Bank to buy his way into the BRM Formula One team, meeting teammate Clay Regazzoni for the first time.
Meanwhile, Hesketh Racing, the fledgling racing team Hunt drives for, enters Formula One. Lauda then joins Scuderia Ferrari with Regazzoni and wins his first championship in 1975. Lacking a sponsor, Hesketh closes, so Hunt joins McLaren. He also marries supermodel Suzy Miller, while Lauda develops a relationship with socialite Marlene Knaus.
The 1976 season starts, with Lauda dominating the first two races while Hunt struggles to catch up. Hunt wins the Spanish Grand Prix, but is disqualified after a ruling that his car was marginally wider than permitted. Struggling to comply with F1 rules, McLaren suffers a series of racing setbacks, and Hunt's situation is exacerbated when he separates from Suzy and she starts seeing actor Richard Burton.
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Crew
- Written by: Peter Morgan
- Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
- Edited by: Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
- Music: Hans Zimmer
- Production design: Mark Digby
- Produced by: Andrew Eaton, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Brian Oliver
Cast
- Chris Hemsworth as James Hunt
- Daniel Brühl as Niki Lauda
- Olivia Wilde as Suzy Miller
- Alexandra Maria Lara as Marlene Lauda
- Pierfrancesco Favino as Clay Regazzoni
- David Calder as Louis Stanley
- Natalie Dormer as Nurse Gemma
- Stephen Mangan as Alastair Caldwell
- Christian McKay as Lord Hesketh
- Alistair Petrie as Stirling Moss
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English, German, Italian, French
- Studios: Revolution Films, Working Title, Imagine Entertainment
- Budget: $38,000,000
- Box office: $90,200,000
- Themes: car race, sports, world champion, based on true story, racing, adventurer, formula one (f1), ambivalent, compassionate, exhilarated
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