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    Helmets for "Rush" movie

    04-01-2012 10:45 PM #1
    Couldn't believe what i was reading today in my local paper. The small company that is recreating all the helmets that are being used for Ron Howard's new Formula 1 movie are being made about ten miles from where i live!!
    Check out the link below for the article. Some nice pictures of the helmets.
    Bell helmets is located in Rantoul as well. Town of about 20,000.

    http://www.rantoulpress.com/news/liv...comment-433536
    Quote Originally Posted by Seb Vettel, Monaco 2013
    .....this is Red Bull and we’ve always found an answer to the toughest challenge

    Really?....then why don't you quit flappin' your jaw about the tires??
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    04-02-2012 09:43 AM #2
    Quote Originally Posted by kfzmeister View Post
    Couldn't believe what i was reading today in my local paper. The small company that is recreating all the helmets that are being used for Ron Howard's new Formula 1 movie are being made about ten miles from where i live!!
    Check out the link below for the article. Some nice pictures of the helmets.
    Bell helmets is located in Rantoul as well. Town of about 20,000.

    http://www.rantoulpress.com/news/liv...comment-433536
    Very excited to see this movie!
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    04-02-2012 12:48 PM #3
    If you're on Twitter, follow Ron Howard. He posts up a few pics a day of the filming. Lots of behind the scene stuff. Looks great.
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    04-03-2012 02:33 PM #4
    yeah the twitter feed is whetting my appetite big time, i posted about it awhile back on here. Can't wait. Those helmets look good, go there Kfz and score yourself a castoff one
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    04-03-2012 06:00 PM #5
    I just wanna go and check it out, perhaps take some pics....
    Quote Originally Posted by Seb Vettel, Monaco 2013
    .....this is Red Bull and we’ve always found an answer to the toughest challenge

    Really?....then why don't you quit flappin' your jaw about the tires??
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    04-03-2012 10:32 PM #6
    The film is really shaping up to be something incredible, far beyond the likes of Grand Prix or Le Mans. I can not wait
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    04-11-2012 09:10 PM #7
    A few pics from Ron Howard's twitter feed:









    Can't wait!!!
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    04-12-2012 09:57 AM #8
    sof'ingpumped about this
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    05-29-2012 11:26 PM #10
    Really looking forward to this!
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    05-30-2012 06:57 AM #11
    I am pretty impressed with how much Thor looks like and acts like James Hunt. The guy they got to play Lauda bears an eerie resemblance as well.

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    05-30-2012 09:36 AM #12
    Will Buxton on SPEED interviewed Ron Howard on the Monaco grid and I was surprised that it was Howard's first time ever on an F1 grid. Crazy considering he's making a movie on F1 - granted not really relevant to modern F1, in fact just wrapped up shooting the scenes and it's now in the editing room. He did seem supper cool and genuinely excited that there are so many racing fans that are going nuts over what he is doing.
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    05-30-2012 10:09 AM #13
    Quote Originally Posted by Blaspherion View Post
    I am pretty impressed with how much Thor looks like and acts like James Hunt. The guy they got to play Lauda bears an eerie resemblance as well.

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    Hemsworth was the perfect choice

    This is continuing to look better and better!
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    05-30-2012 12:21 PM #14
    Wow, the production quality looks top notch

    I guess picking that particular era of F1 is very suitable for film making since most of the cars are powered by the Cosworth DFV. There's still a cottage industry that services the DFV so the sight and sounds can be authentic.

    Looks like it's safe to say that this film won't be Stallone'd
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    05-30-2012 02:26 PM #15
    Funny, my GF wasn't very interested in this movie until I mentioned Thor was James hunt.....
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    06-26-2012 01:56 PM #16
    My wife will leave footprints on my corpse to see this movie. She likes F1 but the whole THOR thing is really peaking her interest. She likes guys in racing suits! Lucky me!
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