August Rush (2007)

Name: August Rush
Director: Kirsten Sheridan
Genre: Family, Drama, Music
Released: 2007-11-21
Duration: 1 h 54 min
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard

Family Drama Music

Director: Kirsten Sheridan

Cast: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard

7.4

36%

Runtime114 min

RatingPG

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Fans of emotive, music-driven dramas will find much to enjoy in the 2007 film August Rush, directed by Kirsten Sheridan. The performances by Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers bring depth and heart to the story of a musical prodigy's journey to reunite with his estranged parents, blending powerful themes of family, destiny, and the transcendent power of music.

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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".