August Rush (2007)

Directed by

Kirsten Sheridan

Genre

action film, musical film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 2,848 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An 11-year-old musical prodigy runs away from an orphanage to New York City. He tries to find his parents while his mother searches for him and his father searches for her.

heartfelthopefulmelodramaticmusic-drivenwhimsicalsentimentalsweetearnestnostalgic

What happens

August Rush is a 2007 musical drama film directed by Kirsten Sheridan and produced by Richard Barton Lewis. The screenplay is by Nick Castle and James V. Hart, with a story by Paul Castro and Castle. It tells the story of an 11-year-old musical prodigy living in an orphanage who runs away to New York City. He begins to unravel the mystery of who he is, while his mother is searching for him and his father is searching for her. The many sounds and rhythms he hears throughout his journey culminate in a major instrumental composition that concludes with his score, "August's Rhapsody". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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