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August Rush is a 2007 American musical drama

directed by Kirsten Sheridan. It tells the story of a young musical prodigy named Evan Taylor (Freddie Highmore) who runs away from his orphanage in search of his birth parents.

Evan believes that the

he hears all around him is a message from his parents, and he sets out to find them by following the music. He ends up in , where he meets a homeless man named Wizard (Robin Williams) who takes him under his wing.

Wizard gives Evan the name "August Rush" and starts promoting him as a child prodigy. August's music quickly captures the attention of the public, and he is soon invited to perform at a major concert in Central Park.

Meanwhile, Evan's birth parents, Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell) and Louis Connelly (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), are also searching for him. Lyla is a cellist who was forced to give up her son for adoption after she had him out of wedlock. Louis is a musician who never knew that he had a son.

Lyla and Louis eventually cross paths with August, and they are reunited as a family. The film ends with August conducting his own symphony at the concert in Central Park, with his parents by his side.

August Rush is a heartwarming and inspiring film about the power of music and the importance of family. It is a story about

, loss, and redemption.

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Cast

• Freddie Highmore as Evan Taylor / "August Rush"
• Keri Russell as Lyla Novacek, Evan's mother
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Louis Connelly, Evan's father
• Robin Williams as Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
• Terrence Howard as Counselor Richard Jeffries
• Alex O'Loughlin as Marshall Connelly, Louis' older brother and Evan's paternal uncle
• William Sadler as Thomas Novacek, Lyla's father and Evan's maternal grandfather
• Marian Seldes as Dean Alice MacNeil
• Jamia Simone Nash as Hope
• Mykelti Williamson as Reverend James
• Leon Thomas III as Arthur
• Bonnie McKee as Lizzy
• Timothy Mitchum as Joey
• Becki Newton as Jennifer
• Aaron Staton as Nick
• Ronald Guttman as The Professor
• Michael Drayer as Mannix
• Tablo as Clarinet player (uncredited cameo)

: Kristin Sheridan

Writers: Nick Castle, James V. Hart

Box Office Gross: $66,122,026

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Release Date: November 21, 2007

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