August Rush

Freddie Highmore Director: Kirsten Sheridan Kirsten Sheridan

Overview

Estranged from his parents by circumstance and nudged toward a foster family, a young boy seeks out his long-lost folks and discovers prodigious musical talent in this family-oriented drama from Disco Pigs director Kirsten Sheridan. In the aftermath of a passionate night together above New York's Washington Square, a charismatic Irish guitarist named Louis (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and a reserved cellist named Lyla (Keri Russell) are forced apart by fate. Despite the fact that they do not remain together, however, their fleeting union has created something amazing that neither could have ever anticipated -- a baby. Unfortunately, just after the child's birth, the mother is misinformed that the infant has died. Cut to 11 years later, when the child, Evan, is living in a Gotham-area boys' home and has developed an acute ability to listen to the sounds of the outside world -- hoping against all hope that his biological mother and father will turn up to claim him, while those in charge try to encourage him to open himself up to the possibility of adoption. Unduly rejecting these bids, Evan runs away into the city. Out on the streets, the child falls into the clutches of a manipulative, untrustworthy street person named Wizard (Robin Williams), who renames Evan "August Rush" and opens the boy up to the depth and breadth of his own musical talent even as he smells the opportunity to grow rich off of the foundling. Meanwhile, Evan/August's hope persists that he will be reunited with his folks, and Louis and Lyla, unable to forget their initial night of love, feel themselves being drawn back together by fate.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/11/2008
UPC:	0012569763685
Original Release:	2007
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound]
Time:	1:53:00
Sales rank:	1,955

Special Features

Additional Scenes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Freddie Highmore	Evan Taylor
Keri Russell	Lyla Novacek
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	Louis Connelly
Terrence Howard	Richard Jeffries
Robin Williams	Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
William Sadler	Thomas Novacek
Marian Seldes	The Dean
Mykelti Williamson	Reverend James
Leon Thomas III	Arthur
Aaron Staton	Arthur
Alex O'Loughlin	Marshall
Jamia Simone Nash	Hope
Ronald Guttman	Professor
Bonnie McKee	Lizzy
Emelie Jeffries	Actor
Michael Drayer	Mannix
Jamie O'Keefe	Steve
Becki Newton	Jennifer
Tyler McGuckin	Peter
Megan Gallagher	Megan
Anais Martinez	Backbeat
Bilal Bishop	Roller Ball
Michael Roderick Hammonds	Feedback
Timothy T. Mitchum	Joey
Henry Caplan	Bill
John Knox	Club Manager
Amy V. Dewhurst	Receptionist
Victor Verhaeghe	Cop
Darrie Lawrence	Old Neighbor
Sean Haberle	Frank
Jamal Joseph	Driver
Robert Aberdeen	Record Executive
Georgia Creighton	Apartment Owner
Joshua Jaymz Doss	Orphanage Kid
Craig Johnson	Orphanage Boy
Dominic Colón	Policeman
Zach Page	Child Guitar Player
Charles Mack	Gospel Solist
Amma Agyapon	Gospel Singer
Adia Beckford	Gospel Singer
Dietrice A. Bolden	Gospel Singer
Dina Gardener	Gospel Singer
Luther Isler	Gospel Singer
Raymond Johnson	Gospel Singer
Joyce Walker Jospeh	Gospel Singer
Willana Mack	Gospel Singer
Lamar Antwon Robinson	Gospel Singer
Talif Showers	Gospel Singer
Taylor Carlton	Gospel Singer
Yvette Bodrick	Street Sound Circle Member
Crystal A. Elliott	Street Sound Circle Member
Jindai Joseph	Street Sound Circle Member
Jacquelen Singleton	Street Sound Circle Member
Travis Veada	Street Sound Circle Member
Jasmine Pauline Wigfall	Street Sound Circle Member
Don Harper	Conductor
Mike Nowak	Conductor

Technical Credits

Kirsten Sheridan

Nick Castle

Jim V. Hart

James V. Hart

Kirsten Sheridan	Director,Screenwriter
Anastasia Brown	Musical Direction/Supervision
Nick Castle	Original Story,Screenwriter
Paul Castro	Original Story
John Cenatiempo	Stunts
Chris Barnes	Stunts
Bob Colletti	Stunts
William Cote	Stunts
Douglas Crosby	Stunts
Felice Diamond	Makeup
David M. Dunlap	Camera Operator
Frank Fleming	Costumes/Costume Designer
Cathy Sandrich Gelfond	Casting
Louise Goodsill	Executive Producer
Robert Greenhut	Executive Producer
Jim V. Hart	Screenwriter
James V. Hart	Screenwriter
Gabrielle Jerou	Associate Producer
Ralph Kamp	Executive Producer
Miky Lee	Executive Producer
Michael Lerman	Asst. Director
Richard Barton Lewis	Executive Producer
Amanda Mackey	Casting
Mark Mancina	Score Composer
John Mathieson	Cinematographer
Jim McConkey	Camera Operator
Julia Michels	Musical Direction/Supervision
Cheri Minns	Makeup
Jason Oliver	Sound/Sound Designer
Jeffrey Pollack	Musical Direction/Supervision
Stephen Pope	Stunts
Courtney Rains-Loo	Stunts
Jess Rosen	Sound Editor
Michael Shaw	Production Designer
Tim Smith	Stunts
William Steinkamp	Editor
Mario R. Ventenilla	Art Director
Lionel Wigram	Executive Producer
Hans Zimmer	Score Composer

Scene Index

Disc #1, Side A -- August Rush [WS]
1. Hearing the Music. [4:37]
2. String Section Credits. [5:15]
3. Lyla Meets Louis. [3:54]
4. I Have a Family. [3:53]
5. Separate Ways. [3:13]
6. Let Me Go. [2:56]
7. Gone. [1:57]
8. Urban Soundscape. [3:12]
9. Arthur X. [2:54]
10. Flashes From the Past. [3:29]
11. This is Our Home. [2:38]
12. Wizard's Wages. [3:25]
13. Music in the Night. [3:41]
14. Walk Out Again. [3:23]
15. Father's Choice. [2:00]
16. August Rush. [3:22]
17. Maybe It's About Time. [4:10]
18. The Raid. [4:33]
19. Searchers. [5:04]
20. This is Him. [1:31]
21. Composer at Work. [4:59]
22. Attuned to New York. [4:35]
23. Waxing Rhapsodic. [2:45]
24. Rehearsal Over. [3:07]
25. Duet. [4:15]
26. Never Quit on Your Music. [2:30]
27. In Concert. [3:22]
28. Drawn to the Melody. [4:06]
29. Rush Rhapsody. [5:00]
30. All You Have to Do. [2:46]
31. End Credits. [6:43]
Disc #1, Side B -- August Rush [P&S]
1. Hearing the Music. [4:37]
2. String Section Credits. [5:15]
3. Lyla Meets Louis. [3:54]
4. I Have a Family. [3:53]
5. Separate Ways. [3:13]
6. Let Me Go. [2:56]
7. Gone. [1:57]
8. Urban Soundscape. [3:12]
9. Arthur X. [2:54]
10. Flashes From the Past. [3:29]
11. This is Our Home. [2:38]
12. Wizard's Wages. [3:25]
13. Music in the Night. [3:41]
14. Walk Out Again. [3:23]
15. Father's Choice. [2:00]
16. August Rush. [3:22]
17. Maybe It's About Time. [4:10]
18. The Raid. [4:33]
19. Searchers. [5:04]
20. This is Him. [1:31]
21. Composer at Work. [4:59]
22. Attuned to New York. [4:35]
23. Waxing Rhapsodic. [2:45]
24. Rehearsal Over. [3:07]
25. Duet. [4:15]
26. Never Quit on Your Music. [2:30]
27. In Concert. [3:22]
28. Drawn to the Melody. [4:06]
29. Rush Rhapsody. [5:00]
30. All You Have to Do. [2:46]
31. End Credits. [6:43]

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