Music Everywhere
The opening words to the movie set the mood and tell us the most important thing about this story:
"Listen. The music. Can you hear it? I can hear it everywhere. In the wind. In the air. In the light. It's all around us. All you have to do is open yourself up. All you have to do is listen."
Trailer
August Rush Trailer (2007)
"August Rush" Starring Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Williams, and Terrence Howard. In theaters November 21, 2007.
Runtime: 2:30
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August Rush - Not Just For Kids
I immediately put this on my 'most loved movies' list. By the end of the movie I was crying tears of JOY without even realizing it. The movie ended and my face was wet!
Even my significant other, Bob, (who hates chick flicks) loved this movie. He was impressed by the plot, the acting, and the amazing musical philosophy and reality that affects everyone on this planet.
There are not very many movies I love so much I'll recommend them to anyone. This is one of those movies.
August Rush (2007)
...now available on DVD.
August Rush
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August Rush is an 11-year-old boy who hears music everywhere. The illegitimate son of two musicians, he has inherited an amazing musical talent that blossoms when he leaves the orphaned boys' home he was raised in and travels to New York City to look for his parents.
August Rush - The Director
...Kirsten Sheridan
Kirsten Sheridan (born July 14, 1976) is an Irish film director and screenwriter. The director of August Rush (2007) and Disco Pigs (2001), Sheridan was nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing the semi-autobiographical film In America with her father, director Jim Sheridan, and her sister, Naomi Sheridan.
August Rush, aka: Evan Taylor
...Freddy Highmore, as August Rush
Alfred Thomas Highmore aka Freddy Highmore, was born on 14 February 1992. He is an English actor. Freddy Highmore is best known for his roles in the films Finding Neverland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, August Rush, and The Spiderwick Chronicles.read the rest of the Wikipedia article
August Rush - His Mother
...Keri Russell, as Lyla Novacek
Keri Russell has such an innocent and naive-looking face, she's quite compelling as the young woman who falls in love with a stranger, and makes a baby with him the night they meet. She had the wildest, most unmanaged hair throughout the movie, but she pulls it off well because no matter how messed up her hair was, she was absolutely beautiful . . . especially in the final scenes when she's dressed in a long white gown to perform with her cello at a concert in the park. What a princess!
Keri Russell also starred in Waitress.
Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is a Golden Globe-winning American actress and dancer. After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002. Russell has since appeared in several films, including We Were Soldiers, The Upside of Anger, Category: Mission: Impossible III - , Waitress, and August Rush. In January 2008, it was announced that she will voice the iconic comic book character Wonder Woman in an upcoming animated film of the same name.
August Rush: His Father
...Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe; 27 July 1977) is an Irish film and television actor. He is best known for playing King Henry VIII in the BBC and Showtime drama The Tudors and for his androgynous appearance.His looks and distinct style allow him to also work as a model, most notably for Club Monaco, Versace, and Hugo Boss.
August Rush - His Social Worker, Richard Jeffries
...Terrence Howard
Though I'm usually no fan of social workers (see my lens about CPS) I loved Terrence Howard's performance as a compassionate, concerned social worker who did everything he could to try to help Evan Taylor aka. August Rush. We first see him at the boy's home where Evan Taylor was raised, and later he searches for Evan in New York City.
Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American film and stage actor, singer and rapper. Having appeared in film and on television since the late 1980s, Howard had his first major role in the 1995 film Mr. Hollands Opus, which subsequently led to a number of roles in films and high visibility among African American audiences. Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of well-reviewed television and film roles between 2004 and 2006. Among his roles in movies includes Ray, Lackawanna Blues, Crash, Four Brothers, Hustle & Flow, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Idlewild, The Brave One. Howard co-starred in Iron Man and, though due to reprise his role in Iron Man II, was replaced by Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle in October 2008.Terrence Howard: ?'Iron Man'' Replacement "Was the Surprise of a Lifetime"" TV Guide''. October 22, 2008. Retrieved on October 22 2008. His debut pop album, "Shine Through It," heavily inspired by popular soul singers such as Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield, was released in September 2008.
August Rush - His Mentor
...Robin Williams, as "Wizard"
Robin Williams gave an amazing performance as the wacked-out, exploitative musician who housed children in exchange for their work as street musicians. I was blown away by everything about this "Wizard" character. Robin Williams portrayed him as deeply involved in the philosophy of music, intelligent, self-centered and thoughtless, and at times, strangely capable of genuine caring. The costume was wild - including a line of golden hoops affixed to the side of his ear. It was fun to see Williams, a familiar face, in such an unfamiliar getup. This was a realistic character with an astonishing mixture of pure evil and absolute good.
Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21, 1951 or 1952)Sources conflict. The print biographies The Life and Humor of Robin Williams: A Biography and Robin Williams: A Biography give his birth year as 1952. The Robin Williams Scrapbook also gives a birth year as 1952, as does Encyclopedia Britannica. Williams refers to himself as being "55" in an interview published July 4, 2007. is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award-winning American actor and comedian.
August Rush - Hope, His Friend
...Jamia Simone Nash
Jamia Simone Nash (born August 21, 1996) is an American child singer and actress. She has sometimes been billed as just Jamia.Nash was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She began singing at the age of two; her first national appearance was on Showtime at the Apollo in 2002, where she sang the Alicia Keys song "Fallin'".
In the 2007 film August Rush, Nash's character Hope is the lead vocalist on the song "Raise It Up", which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Nash performed the song, "Raise It Up" from the film August Rush, live at the 2008 Academy Awards.
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August Rush - The Music
August Rush: Music From The Motion Picture
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The soundtrack to this movie is so amazing, so beautiful... I must have it. I haven't ordered it yet - but I will.
August Rush's Unique Style of Guitar Slapping
Your opinion?
I confess I absolutely loved this movie, which is why I'm making a lens about it. I'd love to know your opinion.
What did you think of this movie?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byAugust Rush is fantastic.
Holly says:
I saw this as an in-flight movie - I had never even HEARD of it! I watched because I had nothing better to do and I was a captive audience. What a pleasant surprise! I loved it. My kids did, too.
Posted September 07, 2008
jeffwend says:
I really did like this movie, it was a bit predictable, but was a great feel good music with some excellent music.
Posted September 07, 2008
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August Rush Links
- AUGUST RUSH :: On Blu-ray and DVD March 11
- Out on Blu-ray and DVD March 11, 2008.
- August Rush (2007) - Full cast and crew
- August Rush on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
- August Rush - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- August Rush From Wikipedia
- August Rush - Netflix
- The August Rush Netflix page.
- Reviews: August Rush | Christianity Today Movies
- Christianity Today Movies is a website devoted to film reviews, interviews and commentary, all written from a biblical perspective.
- The Hollywood Reporter
- A review of the film.
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- A review of the film.
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peachy wrote
i really like the movie coz its gave you a lots of value, even though some times my sister like it so much.............
Posted December 01, 2008
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