Adam Driver at Liszt Ferenc Academy in Budapest
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Adam Driver, star of films such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Marriage Story (2019) and Ferrari (2023), was spotted enjoying some downtime while filming his latest movie in Budapest.
Adam Driver. Photo via Wikipedia.
In town filming scenes for his new film Alone at Dawn, Driver (a classical music fan) attended a concert at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in downtown Budapest. The institute, located in a beautifully ornate Art Nouveau building that’s over 150 years old, offers both BA and MA programs.
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. Photo via Wikipedia.
As reported on the academy’s social media page, The Pilgrimage Years’ Music Marathon event featured Gábor Farkas, a Liszt prize-winning pianist and Fülöp Ránki, the university’s rector who is also a teacher at the institution. Three outstanding young students: Máté Paládi, Ildikó Rozsonits and Attila Szaniszló also performed Franz Liszt’s complete piano cycle.
The upcoming film Alone at Dawn–directed by Ron Howard–also stars Anne Hathaway and Betty Gilpin. The feature centres on the true story of an Air Force Combat Controller, John A. Chapman and was adapted from a 2019 book by Dan Schilling and Lori Longfritz.
Set during a rescue mission in the Takur Ghar mountain region of Afghanistan, the movie recounts the events of Operation Anaconda when Sargeant Chapman was wounded, his helicopter shot down by rocket-propelled grenades and machine gun fire. Although injured, Chapman managed to save 23 of his comrades by attacking the bunkers of al-Qaeda fighters. Tragically, while ensuring his Navy SEAL unit was able to retreat to safety, he was killed in the process. 16 years later, Chapman’s widow finally received the military’s highest honour for her husband’s heroic acts.
Filming in both Budapest and Maryland in the U.S, production is expected to wrap in early 2026.
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