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| screenplay = [[Nick Castle]]<br />[[James V. Hart]]
| screenplay = [[Nick Castle]]<br />[[James V. Hart]]
| story = [[Paul Castro]]<br />Nick Castle
| story = [[Paul Castro]]<br />Nick Castle
| starring = [[Freddie Highmore]]<br />[[Keri Russell]]<br />[[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]]<br />[[Terrence Howard]]<br />[[Alex O'Loughlin]]<br />[[Robin Williams]]<br />[[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]]
| starring = [[Freddie Highmore]]<br />[[Keri Russell]]<br />[[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]]<br />[[Terrence Howard]]<br />[[Robin Williams]]<br />[[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]]
| music = [[Mark Mancina]]<br /> <small></small>
| music = [[Mark Mancina]]<br /> <small></small>
| cinematography = [[John Mathieson (cinematographer)|John Mathieson]]
| cinematography = [[John Mathieson (cinematographer)|John Mathieson]]
| editing = [[William Steinkamp]]
| editing = [[William Steinkamp]]
| studio = [[Southpaw Entertainment]]<br/>[[CJ Entertainment]]
| studio = [[Southpaw Entertainment]]<br/>[[CJ Entertainment]]
| distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (North America)<br/>[[Odyssey Entertainment]] (International)<ref>{{cite web|title=August Rush|website=[[Screen Daily]]|first=Lee|last=Marshall|date=21 October 2007|access-date=15 August 2021|url=https://www.screendaily.com/august-rush/4035369.article}}</ref>
| distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (North America)<br/>Odyssey Entertainment (International)<ref>{{cite web|title=August Rush|website=[[Screen Daily]]|first=Lee|last=Marshall|date=21 October 2007|access-date=15 August 2021|url=https://www.screendaily.com/august-rush/4035369.article}}</ref>
| released = {{Film date|2007|11|21}}
| released = {{Film date|2007|11|21}}
| runtime = 114 minutes
| runtime = 114 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States<br/>South Korea
| language = English
| language = English
| budget = $25 million
| budget = $25 million
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'''''August Rush''''' is a 2007 American [[Drama (film and television)|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 involves 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, all while his mother is searching for him and his father is searching for her. The many different sounds and rhythms he hears throughout his journey culminate in a major instrumental composition, which concludes the film ("August's Rhapsody").
'''''August Rush''''' is a 2007 [[Drama (film and television)|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 involves 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".


==Plot==<!--per [[MOS:FILMPLOT]], plot summaries should be between 400 and 700 words-->
==Plot==
In 1995, Lyla Novacek is a cellist studying at the [[Juilliard School]]. Louis Connelly is the lead singer of an [[Ireland|Irish]] rock band. They meet and have a [[one-night stand]] but are unable to maintain contact. Lyla discovers that she is pregnant. Following an argument with her overbearing father, she is struck by a car, forcing her to prematurely give birth. While Lyla is unconscious, her father secretly puts the baby up for adoption, telling Lyla that her son died.


Eleven years later, the baby, named Evan Taylor, is living in a boys' [[orphanage]] where he is assigned to a [[social worker]] named Richard Jeffries. Evan is a musical genius and displays [[Savant syndrome|savant]]-like abilities and [[perfect pitch]]. Convinced that his parents will find him, he runs away to [[New York City]], "following the music" with the hope that it will lead him to his family.
this film was created in 16/12/21
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Eleven years later, the baby is living in a boys' [[orphanage]] under the name Evan Taylor, where he is assigned to a [[social worker]] named Richard Jeffries. Evan is a musical genius and displays [[Savant syndrome|savant]]-like abilities and [[perfect pitch]], which often causes him to be bullied. Convinced that his parents will find him, Evan runs away to New York City, "following the music" in the hope it will lead him to his family. He finds a boy named Arthur [[busking]] in [[Washington Square Park]] and follows Arthur to his home in a condemned theatre, where Evan is introduced to “Wizard” Wallace, an arrogant and aggressive vagrant and musician who teaches homeless, orphaned, and runaway children to be [[street performer]]s. Evan tries playing Wizard's prize guitar, Roxanne (a Gibson J150ec), Evan is so good that Wizard gives him his old spot in Washington Square Park, along with the guitar, which was also Arthur's. He gives Evan the [[stage name]] "August Rush" and tries to market him to clubs. Seeing the posters that Jeffries has placed for the runaway Evan, Wizard destroys all the ones he finds, hoping to keep Evan for his own gain.


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He finds a boy named Arthur [[busking]] in [[Washington Square Park]] and follows him to his home in a condemned theater, where Evan is introduced to "Wizard" Wallace, a vagrant musician who teaches homeless, orphaned, and runaway children to be [[street performer]]s. Wizard gives Evan a spot in Washington Square Park, assigns him the [[stage name]] "August Rush" and tries to market him to clubs. When he sees the posters that Jeffries has placed for the runaway Evan, Wizard destroys them, hoping to keep Evan for his own gain.
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Louis now lives in [[San Francisco]] as a talent agent, while Lyla is a music teacher in [[Chicago]]. Louis reconnects with his brothers and decides to try to find Lyla. Lyla is called to her father's deathbed, where he confesses that her son is alive, causing Lyla to abandon her dying father and immediately start looking for her son.


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Louis now lives in [[San Francisco]] as a [[talent agent]], while Lyla is a [[music teacher]] in [[Chicago]]. Louis reconnects with his brothers and decides to try to find Lyla. Lyla is called to her father's deathbed, where he confesses that her son is alive. She immediately begins to hunt for him.
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On arriving at Lyla's apartment in Chicago, Louis talks to one of her neighbors, who mistakenly tells Louis she is on her honeymoon. Despairing, he ends up in New York, where he gets his band back together. After Jeffries meets Wizard and Arthur on the street and becomes suspicious, the police raid the derelict theatre in which Wizard and his "children" are living. Evan manages to evade the police and remembers Wizard's advice to never reveal his real name to anyone. Evan (now "August") takes refuge in a church, where he befriends a little girl named Hope, who introduces him to the piano and written music. Hope brings August and his abilities to the attention of the parish pastor, who takes August to Juilliard, where he once again impresses the faculty. A [[Rhapsody (music)|rhapsody]] takes shape from August's notes and homework.


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Arriving at Lyla's apartment in Chicago, Louis talks to one of her neighbors, who erroneously says that she is on her honeymoon. Despairing, he ends up in New York, where he regroups his band. After Jeffries meets Wizard and Arthur on the street and becomes suspicious, the police raid the derelict theater in which Wizard and his children are living. Evan (now "August") takes refuge in a church, where he befriends a little girl named Hope, who introduces him to the piano and written music. Hope brings August and his abilities to the attention of the parish pastor, who takes August to the [[Juilliard School|Juilliard]] school, where he impresses the faculty. A [[Rhapsody (music)|rhapsody]] takes shape from August's notes and homework.
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In New York, Lyla goes to Jeffries' office, and Jeffries identifies Evan/August as her son. While looking for him, she takes up the cello again and accepts an offer to perform with the [[New York Philharmonic|Philharmonic]] at a series of concerts in [[Central Park]]. August is selected to perform the rhapsody he has been composing at the same concert. However, Wizard interrupts the rehearsal and claiming to be his father, manages to pull August out of the school.


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In New York, Lyla goes to Jeffries's office, and Jeffries identifies August as her son. While looking for him, she starts playing the cello again and accepts an offer to perform with the [[New York Philharmonic]] at a series of concerts in [[Central Park]]. August is selected to perform at the same concert. However, Wizard interrupts the rehearsal and, claiming to be his father, pulls August out of the school.
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On the day of the concert, August is back in his spot in Washington Square, while Wizard makes plans to smuggle him around the country to play. He meets Louis, and unaware of their blood relationship, they have an impromptu guitar duet. August tells him of his dilemma, and Louis encourages him to go. That evening, with help from Arthur, August escapes from Wizard through the [[Rapid transit|subway]] and heads for his concert. Louis, after his own performance with his reunited band, sees Lyla's name on one of the banners and also heads for the park. Jeffries finds a misplaced flyer for "August Rush" with a picture, and also heads for the concert.


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On the day of the concert, August returns to his spot in Washington Square, while Wizard makes plans to smuggle him around the country to perform. August meets Louis and, unaware of their blood relationship, they have an impromptu guitar duet. That evening, with help from Arthur, August escapes from Wizard through the [[Rapid transit|subway]] and heads for his concert. Louis, after his own performance with his reunited band, sees Lyla's name on a banner and also heads for the park. Jeffries finds a flyer for "August Rush" with a picture and goes to the concert.
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August arrives in time to conduct his rhapsody ,i like the pigs, which attracts both Lyla and Louis to the audience, where they are reunited. August finishes his rhapsody and as he turns to discover his parents, he smiles knowing that he has been right all along.

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August arrives in time to conduct his rhapsody, which attracts Lyla and Louis to the audience, where they reunite. August finishes his rhapsody and, as he turns to discover his parents, smiles, knowing that he has been right all along.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Keri Russell]] as Lyla Novacek, Evan's mother
* [[Keri Russell]] as Lyla Novacek, Evan's mother
* [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]] as Louis Connelly, Evan's father
* [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]] as Louis Connelly, Evan's father
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* [[Robin Williams]] as Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
* [[Terrence Howard]] as Counselor Richard Jeffries
* [[Terrence Howard]] as Counselor Richard Jeffries
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* [[Robin Williams]] as Maxwell "Wizard" Wallace
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* [[Alex O'Loughlin]] as Marshall Connelly, Louis' older brother and Evan's paternal uncle
* [[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]] as Thomas Novacek, Lyla's father and Evan's maternal grandfather
* [[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]] as Thomas Novacek, Lyla's father and Evan's maternal grandfather
* [[Marian Seldes]] as Dean Alice MacNeil
* [[Marian Seldes]] as Dean Alice MacNeil
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* [[Jamia Simone Nash]] as Hope
* [[Mykelti Williamson]] as Reverend James
* [[Mykelti Williamson]] as Reverend James
* [[Leon Thomas III]] as Arthur
* [[Leon Thomas III]] as Arthur
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* [[Aaron Staton]] as Nick
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* [[Alex O'Loughlin]] as Marshall Connelly, Louis' older brother and Evan's paternal uncle
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* [[Jamia Simone Nash]] as Hope
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* [[Ronald Guttman]] as The Professor
* [[Bonnie McKee]] as Lizzy
* [[Bonnie McKee]] as Lizzy
* [[Timothy Mitchum]] as Joey
* [[Timothy Mitchum]] as Joey
* [[Becki Newton]] as Jennifer
* [[Becki Newton]] as Jennifer
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* [[Aaron Staton]] as Nick
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* [[Ronald Guttman]] as The Professor
* [[Michael Drayer]] as Mannix
* [[Michael Drayer]] as Mannix
* [[Tablo]] as Clarinet player (uncredited cameo)<ref name="CJ Entertainment">{{cite web|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/01/141_17427.html|title=Augusts Success in Korea Surprises US Producer|last=Garcia|first=Cathy Rose|date=16 January 2008|publisher=[[The Korea Times]]|location=[[South Korea]]|access-date=30 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=blobyblo|author-link=Tablo|number=1195135433182564353|date=15 November 2019|title=My hobby of popping up in the most random places continues.<br>First, I appeared as a 9 yr old boy in a hollywood film called August Rush.<br>Then, my artwork appeared in a Justin Bieber video.<br>And now, I’m seated amongst Star Wars / Marvel experts theorizing about Yoda. 🤣|access-date=30 November 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Tablo]] as Clarinet player (uncredited cameo)<ref name="CJ Entertainment">{{cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/01/141_17427.html|title=Augusts Success in Korea Surprises US Producer|last=Garcia|first=Cathy Rose|date=16 January 2008|publisher=[[The Korea Times]]|location=[[South Korea]]|access-date=30 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=blobyblo|author-link=Tablo|number=1195135433182564353|date=15 November 2019|title=My hobby of popping up in the most random places continues.<br>First, I appeared as a 9 yr old boy in a hollywood film called August Rush.<br>Then, my artwork appeared in a Justin Bieber video.<br>And now, I'm seated amongst Star Wars / Marvel experts theorizing about Yoda. 🤣|access-date=30 November 2020}}</ref>
* [[Koo Hye-sun]] as Girl on couch (cameo)<ref name="CJ Entertainment" /><ref>
* [[Koo Hye-sun]] as Girl on couch (cameo)<ref name="CJ Entertainment" /><ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.insight.co.kr/news/312197|script-title=ko:할리우드 명작 ‘어거스트 러쉬’에 ‘3초 출연’ 했었던 ‘전참시’ 구혜선 (영상)|last=김|first=민지|date=15 November 2020|website=인사이트|publisher=뉴스1코리아|location=[[South Korea]]|language=ko|access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.insight.co.kr/news/312197|script-title=ko:할리우드 명작 ‘어거스트 러쉬’에 ‘3초 출연’ 했었던 ‘전참시’ 구혜선 (영상)|last=김|first=민지|date=15 November 2020|website=인사이트|publisher=뉴스1코리아|location=[[South Korea]]|language=ko|access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref>


==Music==
==Music==
*"[[Moondance (Van Morrison song)|Moondance]]"<br />Written by [[Van Morrison]], Performed by [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]]
*"[[Moondance (Van Morrison song)|Moondance]]": written by [[Van Morrison]]; performed by [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]]
*"This Time"<br />Written by [[Chris Trapper]], Performed by Jonathan Rhys Meyers
*"This Time": written by [[Chris Trapper]]; performed by Jonathan Rhys Meyers
*"Bari Improv"<br />Written by [[Mark Mancina]] and [[Kaki King]], Performed by Kaki King
*"Bari Improv": written by [[Mark Mancina]] and [[Kaki King]]; performed by Kaki King
*"Ritual Dance"<br />Written by [[Michael Hedges]], Performed by Kaki King
*"Ritual Dance": written by [[Michael Hedges]]; performed by Kaki King
*"[[Raise It Up (August Rush song)|Raise It Up]]"<br />Written by Impact Repertory Theatre, Performed by [[Jamia Simone Nash]] and Impact Repertory Theatre<br />Nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]]
*"[[Raise It Up (August Rush song)|Raise It Up]]": written by Impact Repertory Theatre; performed by [[Jamia Simone Nash]] and Impact Repertory Theatre; nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]]
*"Dueling Guitars"<br />Written by [[Heitor Pereira]], Performed by Heitor Pereira and Doug Smith
*"Dueling Guitars": written by [[Heitor Pereira]]; performed by Heitor Pereira and Doug Smith
*"Someday"<br />Written by J. Stephens, Performed by [[John Legend]]
*"Someday": written by J. Stephens; performed by [[John Legend]]
*"King of the Earth"<br />Written and Performed by [[John Ondrasik]]
*"King of the Earth": written and Performed by [[John Ondrasik]]
*"God Bless the Child"<br />Written by Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday, Performed by [[Chris Botti]] and [[Paula Cole]]
*"God Bless the Child": written by Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday; performed by [[Chris Botti]] and [[Paula Cole]]
*"La Bamba"<br />Performed by [[Leon Thomas III]]
*"La Bamba": performed by [[Leon Thomas III]]
*"August's Rhapsody"<br /> Written by [[Mark Mancina]]
*"August's Rhapsody"; written by [[Mark Mancina]]


The final number with Lyla and Louis begins with Lyla playing the Adagio-Moderato from Edward Elgar's [[Cello Concerto (Elgar)|Cello Concerto in E Minor]].
The final number with Lyla and Louis begins with Lyla playing the Adagio-Moderato from [[Edward Elgar]]'s [[Cello Concerto (Elgar)|Cello Concerto in E Minor]].


Except for "Dueling Guitars", all of August's guitar pieces were played by American guitarist-composer [[Kaki King]]. King's hands are used in close-ups for August Rush.
Except for "Dueling Guitars", all of August's guitar pieces are played by American guitarist-composer [[Kaki King]]. King's hands are used in closeups for August Rush.


Composer Mark Mancina spent over a year and a half composing the score of ''August Rush''. "The heart of the story is how we respond and connect through music. It's about this young boy who believes that he's going to find his parents through his music. That's what drives him."<ref name="BillBoard.com">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046476/and-the-best-original-song-oscar-nominees-are|title=And The Best Original Song Oscar Nominees Are...|access-date=2010-09-30 |author1=Crisafulli, Chuck |author2=Graff, Gary |name-list-style=amp |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> The final theme of the movie was composed first. "That way I could take bits and pieces of the ending piece and relate it to the things that are happening in (August's) life. All of the themes are pieces of the puzzle, so at the end it means something because you've been subliminally hearing it throughout the film."<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003673029#/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003673029 | title=After a year and a half, the 'August' pieces fit | magazine=Billboard | access-date=April 25, 2012 | author=Crisafulli, Chuck}}</ref> The score was recorded at the Todd-AO Scoring Stage and the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros.<ref name=scoring>{{cite news | author=Dan Goldwasser | url=http://www.scoringsessions.com/sessions/1517/ | title=Scoring Session Photo Gallery from ''August Rush'' | publisher=ScoringSessions.com | access-date=2008-02-29 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080224111958/http://www.scoringsessions.com/sessions/1517/| archive-date= 24 February 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
Composer Mark Mancina spent more than a year and a half composing the score of ''August Rush''. "The heart of the story is how we respond and connect through music. It's about this young boy who believes that he's going to find his parents through his music. That's what drives him."<ref name="BillBoard.com">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046476/and-the-best-original-song-oscar-nominees-are|title=And The Best Original Song Oscar Nominees Are...|access-date=2010-09-30 |author1=Crisafulli, Chuck |author2=Graff, Gary |name-list-style=amp |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> The final theme of the movie was composed first. "That way I could take bits and pieces of the ending piece and relate it to the things that are happening in (August's) life. All of the themes are pieces of the puzzle, so at the end it means something because you've been subliminally hearing it throughout the film."<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003673029#/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003673029 | title=After a year and a half, the 'August' pieces fit | magazine=Billboard | access-date=April 25, 2012 | author=Crisafulli, Chuck}}</ref> The score was recorded at the Todd-AO Scoring Stage and the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros.<ref name=scoring>{{cite news | author=Dan Goldwasser | url=http://www.scoringsessions.com/sessions/1517/ | title=Scoring Session Photo Gallery from ''August Rush'' | publisher=ScoringSessions.com | access-date=2008-02-29 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080224111958/http://www.scoringsessions.com/sessions/1517/| archive-date= 24 February 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

==Production==
In March 2003, it was announced [[Nick Castle]] had been hired to write ''August Rush'' from an idea by producer [[Richard B. Lewis]] and screenwriter [[Paul Castro]] for Ovation Entertainment.<ref name="AugustRushVar">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/ovation-wins-bid-for-road-1117881702/|title= Ovation wins bid for 'Road' |publisher=Variety|access-date=November 17, 2023}}</ref> In September 2004, [[Kirsten Sheridan]] was announced as director, as well as providing a rewrite of the script.<ref name="AugustRushVarDir">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/southpaw-slate-gets-rush-job-1117911036/|title= Southpaw slate gets 'Rush' job |publisher=Variety|access-date=November 17, 2023}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
''August Rush'' received mixed reviews from film critics.<ref name="Rotten" /><ref name="Meta" /> {{As of|June 2020}}, the film holds a 37% approval rating on the review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 123 reviews with an average rating of 4.83/10. The site's consensus reads: "Though featuring a talented cast, ''August Rush'' cannot overcome the flimsy direction and schmaltzy plot."<ref name="Rotten">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/august_rush/ |title=August Rush&nbsp;— Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=September 14, 2020 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071124084515/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/august_rush/| archive-date= 24 November 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film had an average score of 38 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref name="Meta">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/augustrush |title=August Rush (2007): Reviews |access-date=2007-11-27 |website=[[Metacritic]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071125213303/http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/augustrush |archive-date=25 November 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
''August Rush'' received mixed reviews from film critics.<ref name="Rotten" /><ref name="Meta" /> The film holds a 37% approval rating on the review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 123 reviews, with an average rating of 4.83/10. The site's consensus reads: "Though featuring a talented cast, ''August Rush'' cannot overcome the flimsy direction and schmaltzy plot."<ref name="Rotten">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/august_rush/ |title=August Rush&nbsp;— Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=September 14, 2020 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071124084515/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/august_rush/| archive-date= 24 November 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has an average score of 38 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref name="Meta">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/augustrush |title=August Rush (2007): Reviews |access-date=2007-11-27 |website=[[Metacritic]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071125213303/http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/augustrush |archive-date=25 November 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a review by ''[[USA Today]]'', [[Claudia Puig]] commented, "''August Rush'' will not be for everyone, but it works if you surrender to its lilting and unabashedly sentimental tale of evocative music and visual poetry."<ref name="USA-today">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-11-20-august-rush_N.htm|title=Lilting 'August Rush' is poetry in emotion|access-date=2008-02-29 |author=Puig, Claudia|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=2007-11-23}}</ref>

''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' reviewed the film positively, writing, "The story is about musicians and how music connects people, so the movie's score and songs, created by composers Mark Mancina and Hans Zimmer, give poetic whimsy to an implausible tale."<ref name="HollywoodReporter">{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/imdb/reviews/article_display.jsp?rid=10174&vnu_special_account_code=thrsiteimdbpro |title=August Rush |access-date=2008-02-29 |author=Honeycutt, Kirk |date=November 8, 2007 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506005126/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/imdb/reviews/article_display.jsp?rid=10174&vnu_special_account_code=thrsiteimdbpro |archive-date=2008-05-06 |url-status=live }}</ref>


In a review by ''[[USA Today]]'', Claudia Puig commented, "''August Rush'' will not be for everyone, but it works if you surrender to its lilting and unabashedly sentimental tale of evocative music and visual poetry."<ref name="USA-today">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-11-20-august-rush_N.htm|title=Lilting 'August Rush' is poetry in emotion|access-date=2008-02-29 |author=Puig, Claudia|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=2007-11-23}}</ref> ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' reviewed the film positively, writing "the story is about musicians and how music connects people, so the movie's score and songs, created by composers Mark Mancina and Hans Zimmer, give poetic whimsy to an implausible tale."<ref name="HollywoodReporter">{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/imdb/reviews/article_display.jsp?rid=10174&vnu_special_account_code=thrsiteimdbpro |title=August Rush |access-date=2008-02-29 |author=Honeycutt, Kirk |date=November 8, 2007 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506005126/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/imdb/reviews/article_display.jsp?rid=10174&vnu_special_account_code=thrsiteimdbpro |archive-date=2008-05-06 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[Pam Brady|Pam Grady]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' called the film "an inane musical melodrama". Grady said that "the entire story is ridiculous" and that the coincidences pile on, behavior and motivations defy logic, and the characters are so thinly drawn that most of the cast is at a loss"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/21/DD7GTFC2K.DTL&type=movies |title=Review: Orphan has a song in his heart in 'August Rush' |access-date=2007-11-27 |author=Pam Grady |date=2007-11-21 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124004523/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F11%2F21%2FDD7GTFC2K.DTL&type=movies |archive-date=24 November 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>


Pam Grady of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' called the film "an inane musical melodrama." Grady said "the entire story is ridiculous" and "Coincidences pile on, behavior and motivations defy logic, and the characters are so thinly drawn that most of the cast is at a loss."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/21/DD7GTFC2K.DTL&type=movies |title=Review: Orphan has a song in his heart in 'August Rush' |access-date=2007-11-27 |author=Pam Grady |date=2007-11-21 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124004523/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F11%2F21%2FDD7GTFC2K.DTL&type=movies |archive-date=24 November 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> Edward Douglas of comingsoon.net said it "does not take long for the movie to reveal itself as an extremely contrived and predictable movie that tries too hard to tug on the heartstrings."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/august_rush/comments/?reviewid=1690744 |title=August Rush - Review Comments |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=2012-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927093929/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/august_rush/comments/?reviewid=1690744 |archive-date=2013-09-27 }}</ref>
Edward Douglas of [[comingsoon.net]] said that it "does not take long for the movie to reveal itself as an extremely contrived and predictable movie that tries too hard to tug on the heartstrings".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/august_rush/comments/?reviewid=1690744 |title=August Rush - Review Comments |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=2012-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927093929/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/august_rush/comments/?reviewid=1690744 |archive-date=2013-09-27 }}</ref>


[[Roger Ebert]] gave the movie three stars, calling it "a movie drenched in sentimentality, but it's supposed to be. The movie also came to a very sudden end, leaving it unfinished."<ref>{{cite news|author=Roger Ebert |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071120/REVIEWS/711200301/1023 |title=August Rush |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=2007-11-21 |access-date=2007-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124043527/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071120%2FREVIEWS%2F711200301%2F1023 |archive-date=24 November 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the movie three stars out of 4, calling it "a movie drenched in sentimentality, but it's supposed to be. The movie also came to a very sudden end, leaving it unfinished."<ref>{{cite news|author=Roger Ebert |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071120/REVIEWS/711200301/1023 |title=August Rush |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=2007-11-21 |access-date=2007-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124043527/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071120%2FREVIEWS%2F711200301%2F1023 |archive-date=24 November 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>


A few critics suggested that the film is essentially a musical adaptation of [[Charles Dickens|Dickens']] ''[[Oliver Twist]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-071121august-story,1,4894841.story|title=''August Rush'' (''Oliver Twist'' reset in N.Y.)&nbsp;— 2 stars|author=Smith, Sid|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=2007-11-21|access-date=2007-12-15|quote=Turn to the master, Charles Dickens, or better yet, update and recycle him. Such must have been the thinking behind ''August Rush,'' a thinly disguised retelling of ''Oliver Twist,'' transplanted to contemporary New York and sweetened by a theme of the healing magic of music.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20071212064009/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-071121august-story,1,4894841.story|archive-date=2007-12-12|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/11915801.html|title= Movie review: Romanticism trumps reason in ''Rush''|newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]|author=Covert, Colin|date=2007-11-20|access-date=2007-12-15|quote=If Charles Dickens were alive today, he might be writing projects like ''August Rush,'' the unabashedly sentimental tale of a plucky orphan lad who falls in with streetwise urchins as he seeks the family he ought to have. Come to think of it, Dickens did write that one, and called it ''Oliver Twist.''| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071210084831/http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/11915801.html| archive-date= 10 December 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
A few critics suggested that the film is essentially a musical adaptation of [[Charles Dickens|Dickens's]] ''[[Oliver Twist]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-071121august-story,1,4894841.story|title=''August Rush'' (''Oliver Twist'' reset in N.Y.)&nbsp;— 2 stars|author=Smith, Sid|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=2007-11-21|access-date=2007-12-15|quote=Turn to the master, Charles Dickens, or better yet, update and recycle him. Such must have been the thinking behind ''August Rush,'' a thinly disguised retelling of ''Oliver Twist,'' transplanted to contemporary New York and sweetened by a theme of the healing magic of music.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20071212064009/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-071121august-story,1,4894841.story|archive-date=2007-12-12|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/11915801.html|title= Movie review: Romanticism trumps reason in ''Rush''|newspaper=[[Star Tribune]]|author=Covert, Colin|date=2007-11-20|access-date=2007-12-15|quote=If Charles Dickens were alive today, he might be writing projects like ''August Rush,'' the unabashedly sentimental tale of a plucky orphan lad who falls in with streetwise urchins as he seeks the family he ought to have. Come to think of it, Dickens did write that one, and called it ''Oliver Twist.''| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071210084831/http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/11915801.html| archive-date= 10 December 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>


===Awards===
===Awards===
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==Stage adaptation==
==Stage adaptation==
A [[musical theatre]] adaptation of ''August Rush'' premiered on May 3, 2019, at the [[Paramount Theatre (Aurora, Illinois)|Paramount Theatre]] in [[Aurora, Illinois]]. The book was written by [[Glen Berger]], the music was composed by [[Mark Mancina]], and the lyrics were written by both Berger and Mancina. The play was directed by [[John Doyle (director)|John Doyle]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Jones |date=May 1, 2019 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/ct-ott-august-rush-musical-aurora-0503-story.html |title=''August Rush'' Is a New Broadway-Bound Musical – First at the Paramount in Aurora |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Randall G. |last=Mielke |date=April 8, 2019 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/lifestyles/ct-abn-ent-august-rush-0419-story.html |title=''August Rush'', Paramount's First World Premiere Broadway Series Show, to Open April 24 |work=Aurora Beacon-News |access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Barbara |last=Vitello |date=April 21, 2019 |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20190421/acclaimed-director-helms-august-rush-premiere-at-auroras-paramount |title=Acclaimed Director Helms ''August Rush'' Premiere at Aurora's Paramount |work=Daily Herald |access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref>
A [[musical theater]] adaptation of ''August Rush'' premiered on May 3, 2019, at the [[Paramount Theatre (Aurora, Illinois)|Paramount Theatre]] in [[Aurora, Illinois]]. The book was written by [[Glen Berger]], the music was composed by [[Mark Mancina]], and the lyrics were written by both Berger and Mancina. The play was directed by [[John Doyle (director)|John Doyle]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Jones |date=May 1, 2019 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/ct-ott-august-rush-musical-aurora-0503-story.html |title=''August Rush'' Is a New Broadway-Bound Musical – First at the Paramount in Aurora |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Randall G. |last=Mielke |date=April 8, 2019 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/lifestyles/ct-abn-ent-august-rush-0419-story.html |title=''August Rush'', Paramount's First World Premiere Broadway Series Show, to Open April 24 |work=Aurora Beacon-News |access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Barbara |last=Vitello |date=April 21, 2019 |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20190421/acclaimed-director-helms-august-rush-premiere-at-auroras-paramount |title=Acclaimed Director Helms ''August Rush'' Premiere at Aurora's Paramount |work=Daily Herald |access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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August Rush
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKirsten Sheridan
Screenplay byNick Castle
James V. Hart
Story byPaul Castro
Nick Castle
Produced byRichard Barton Lewis
StarringFreddie Highmore
Keri Russell
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Terrence Howard
Robin Williams
William Sadler
CinematographyJohn Mathieson
Edited byWilliam Steinkamp
Music byMark Mancina
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures (North America)
Odyssey Entertainment (International)[1]
Release date
  • November 21, 2007 (2007-11-21)
Running time
114 minutes
CountriesUnited States
South Korea
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million
Box office$65.3 million

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 involves 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".

Plot

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In 1995, Lyla Novacek is a cellist studying at the Juilliard School. Louis Connelly is the lead singer of an Irish rock band. They meet and have a one-night stand but are unable to maintain contact. Lyla discovers that she is pregnant. Following an argument with her overbearing father, she is struck by a car, forcing her to prematurely give birth. While Lyla is unconscious, her father secretly puts the baby up for adoption, telling Lyla that her son died.

Eleven years later, the baby, named Evan Taylor, is living in a boys' orphanage where he is assigned to a social worker named Richard Jeffries. Evan is a musical genius and displays savant-like abilities and perfect pitch. Convinced that his parents will find him, he runs away to New York City, "following the music" with the hope that it will lead him to his family.

He finds a boy named Arthur busking in Washington Square Park and follows him to his home in a condemned theater, where Evan is introduced to "Wizard" Wallace, a vagrant musician who teaches homeless, orphaned, and runaway children to be street performers. Wizard gives Evan a spot in Washington Square Park, assigns him the stage name "August Rush" and tries to market him to clubs. When he sees the posters that Jeffries has placed for the runaway Evan, Wizard destroys them, hoping to keep Evan for his own gain.

Louis now lives in San Francisco as a talent agent, while Lyla is a music teacher in Chicago. Louis reconnects with his brothers and decides to try to find Lyla. Lyla is called to her father's deathbed, where he confesses that her son is alive. She immediately begins to hunt for him.

Arriving at Lyla's apartment in Chicago, Louis talks to one of her neighbors, who erroneously says that she is on her honeymoon. Despairing, he ends up in New York, where he regroups his band. After Jeffries meets Wizard and Arthur on the street and becomes suspicious, the police raid the derelict theater in which Wizard and his children are living. Evan (now "August") takes refuge in a church, where he befriends a little girl named Hope, who introduces him to the piano and written music. Hope brings August and his abilities to the attention of the parish pastor, who takes August to the Juilliard school, where he impresses the faculty. A rhapsody takes shape from August's notes and homework.

In New York, Lyla goes to Jeffries's office, and Jeffries identifies August as her son. While looking for him, she starts playing the cello again and accepts an offer to perform with the New York Philharmonic at a series of concerts in Central Park. August is selected to perform at the same concert. However, Wizard interrupts the rehearsal and, claiming to be his father, pulls August out of the school.

On the day of the concert, August returns to his spot in Washington Square, while Wizard makes plans to smuggle him around the country to perform. August meets Louis and, unaware of their blood relationship, they have an impromptu guitar duet. That evening, with help from Arthur, August escapes from Wizard through the subway and heads for his concert. Louis, after his own performance with his reunited band, sees Lyla's name on a banner and also heads for the park. Jeffries finds a flyer for "August Rush" with a picture and goes to the concert.

August arrives in time to conduct his rhapsody, which attracts Lyla and Louis to the audience, where they reunite. August finishes his rhapsody and, as he turns to discover his parents, smiles, knowing that he has been right all along.

Cast

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Music

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The final number with Lyla and Louis begins with Lyla playing the Adagio-Moderato from Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor.

Except for "Dueling Guitars", all of August's guitar pieces are played by American guitarist-composer Kaki King. King's hands are used in closeups for August Rush.

Composer Mark Mancina spent more than a year and a half composing the score of August Rush. "The heart of the story is how we respond and connect through music. It's about this young boy who believes that he's going to find his parents through his music. That's what drives him."[5] The final theme of the movie was composed first. "That way I could take bits and pieces of the ending piece and relate it to the things that are happening in (August's) life. All of the themes are pieces of the puzzle, so at the end it means something because you've been subliminally hearing it throughout the film."[6] The score was recorded at the Todd-AO Scoring Stage and the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros.[7]

Production

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In March 2003, it was announced Nick Castle had been hired to write August Rush from an idea by producer Richard B. Lewis and screenwriter Paul Castro for Ovation Entertainment.[8] In September 2004, Kirsten Sheridan was announced as director, as well as providing a rewrite of the script.[9]

Reception

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August Rush received mixed reviews from film critics.[10][11] The film holds a 37% approval rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 123 reviews, with an average rating of 4.83/10. The site's consensus reads: "Though featuring a talented cast, August Rush cannot overcome the flimsy direction and schmaltzy plot."[10] On Metacritic, the film has an average score of 38 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[11]

In a review by USA Today, Claudia Puig commented, "August Rush will not be for everyone, but it works if you surrender to its lilting and unabashedly sentimental tale of evocative music and visual poetry."[12]

The Hollywood Reporter reviewed the film positively, writing, "The story is about musicians and how music connects people, so the movie's score and songs, created by composers Mark Mancina and Hans Zimmer, give poetic whimsy to an implausible tale."[13]

Pam Grady of the San Francisco Chronicle called the film "an inane musical melodrama". Grady said that "the entire story is ridiculous" and that the coincidences pile on, behavior and motivations defy logic, and the characters are so thinly drawn that most of the cast is at a loss"[14]

Edward Douglas of comingsoon.net said that it "does not take long for the movie to reveal itself as an extremely contrived and predictable movie that tries too hard to tug on the heartstrings".[15]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the movie three stars out of 4, calling it "a movie drenched in sentimentality, but it's supposed to be. The movie also came to a very sudden end, leaving it unfinished."[16]

A few critics suggested that the film is essentially a musical adaptation of Dickens's Oliver Twist.[17][18]

Awards

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Despite the mixed reception, August Rush was praised for its music. The song "Raise It Up" was nominated for Best Original Song at the 80th Academy Awards, but lost to Once.

Stage adaptation

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A musical theater adaptation of August Rush premiered on May 3, 2019, at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. The book was written by Glen Berger, the music was composed by Mark Mancina, and the lyrics were written by both Berger and Mancina. The play was directed by John Doyle.[19][20][21]

References

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  1. ^ Marshall, Lee (21 October 2007). "August Rush". Screen Daily. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Garcia, Cathy Rose (16 January 2008). "Augusts Success in Korea Surprises US Producer". South Korea: The Korea Times. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ^ @blobyblo (15 November 2019). "My hobby of popping up in the most random places continues.
    First, I appeared as a 9 yr old boy in a hollywood film called August Rush.
    Then, my artwork appeared in a Justin Bieber video.
    And now, I'm seated amongst Star Wars / Marvel experts theorizing about Yoda. 🤣"     (Tweet). Retrieved 30 November 2020 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ 김, 민지 (15 November 2020). 할리우드 명작 ‘어거스트 러쉬’에 ‘3초 출연’ 했었던 ‘전참시’ 구혜선 (영상). 인사이트 (in Korean). South Korea: 뉴스1코리아. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. ^ Crisafulli, Chuck & Graff, Gary. "And The Best Original Song Oscar Nominees Are..." Billboard. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  6. ^ Crisafulli, Chuck. "After a year and a half, the 'August' pieces fit". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  7. ^ Dan Goldwasser. "Scoring Session Photo Gallery from August Rush". ScoringSessions.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
  8. ^ "Ovation wins bid for 'Road'". Variety. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  9. ^ "Southpaw slate gets 'Rush' job". Variety. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  10. ^ a b "August Rush — Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 24 November 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  11. ^ a b "August Rush (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 25 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
  12. ^ Puig, Claudia (2007-11-23). "Lilting 'August Rush' is poetry in emotion". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
  13. ^ Honeycutt, Kirk (November 8, 2007). "August Rush". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
  14. ^ Pam Grady (2007-11-21). "Review: Orphan has a song in his heart in 'August Rush'". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 24 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
  15. ^ "August Rush - Review Comments". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  16. ^ Roger Ebert (2007-11-21). "August Rush". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 24 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
  17. ^ Smith, Sid (2007-11-21). "August Rush (Oliver Twist reset in N.Y.) — 2 stars". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2007-12-15. Turn to the master, Charles Dickens, or better yet, update and recycle him. Such must have been the thinking behind August Rush, a thinly disguised retelling of Oliver Twist, transplanted to contemporary New York and sweetened by a theme of the healing magic of music.
  18. ^ Covert, Colin (2007-11-20). "Movie review: Romanticism trumps reason in Rush". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 10 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-15. If Charles Dickens were alive today, he might be writing projects like August Rush, the unabashedly sentimental tale of a plucky orphan lad who falls in with streetwise urchins as he seeks the family he ought to have. Come to think of it, Dickens did write that one, and called it Oliver Twist.
  19. ^ Jones, Chris (May 1, 2019). "August Rush Is a New Broadway-Bound Musical – First at the Paramount in Aurora". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  20. ^ Mielke, Randall G. (April 8, 2019). "August Rush, Paramount's First World Premiere Broadway Series Show, to Open April 24". Aurora Beacon-News. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  21. ^ Vitello, Barbara (April 21, 2019). "Acclaimed Director Helms August Rush Premiere at Aurora's Paramount". Daily Herald. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
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