Guide Note

August Rush, stars Freddie Highmore as Evan, a talented young boy who lives in an orphanage but believes his birth parents, played by Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, may still be alive. Evan travels to New York City, where he becomes a musical prodigy and is taken in by a man named Wizard (Robin Williams) and eventually ends up studying at the Juilliard School.

The movie received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song, but it lost to the song "Falling Slowly" from the film Once.

Fast Facts

Release Date: November 21, 2007
Director: Kristen Sheridan
Screenplay: Nick Castle, James V. Hart, Paul Castro
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Williams, Terence Howard, William Sadler, Mykelti Williamson
Runtime: 100 min.
Filming Locations: New York City, New York and Dublin, Ireland
Academy Award nominated for Best Original Song

Trivia

Composer Mark Mancina spent over a year and a half composing the score for the film.
Robin Williams fashioned his role after the rock star Bono.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an accomplished musician, who was able to sing and perform his songs for the movie.

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