August Rush

August Rush
by Kirsten Sheridan

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Actor: Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard
Director: Kirsten Sheridan
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-11
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video

DVD Reviews of August Rush

DVD Review: Augaust Rush
Summary: 4 Stars

When I watched this movie in the plane at first, it fascinated me very much. So, I bought this DVD. It is really an amazing and impressive movie.

DVD Review: A Modern Day Oliver Twist
Summary: 5 Stars

Evan Taylor is an orphan who knows his parents are out there looking for him. He hears music in everything. He is convinced that if he can play music, his parents will find him.

Evan's father, an Irish musician met Evan's mother, a cello player in a chance encounter. His mother, Lyla is told that her baby has died. His father, Louis was unaware that there ever was a child. Louis and Lyla long for each other. They both give up their music and can't find true happiness.

Evan runs away from the orphanage, saying he is following the music. He goes home with a street musician about his age, who plays for donations. Evan finds himself in a run down theatre, living with many other runaways. The leader, a man called the Wizard, discovers Evans talents, and gives him the choice spot as a street performer. He also names him August Rush, which sounds more like a performer's name.

August Rush follows the music he hears and walks into a church with a choir practicing. Evan can play the piano on his first try. His music leads him to perform his own symphany, in Central Park. August Rush is sure that if his music can be presented to a larger audience he will find his parents.

This is a sweet and happy film. The music is delightful. You will find yourself anxiously hoping for Evan to find his parents. You will also long for Lyla and Louis, who have both turned back to their music after eleven years, to find each other again.

I highly recommend this movie for children and adults. I have seen it two times and hope to watch it again. There are very few movies I will watch twice.

Jill Ammon Vanderwood
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DVD Review: Music that rocks your soul
Summary: 5 Stars

This has to be one of the best movies I've seen that ties the connection that music makes to human emotion. Not only is the music inspired, but the performers are especially convincing. Jonathon Rhys Meyers has an amazing voice, Keri Russell, while not really 'playing' the cello has obviously studied well for this role, as her handing of the instrument and the body language she projects are passionate and convincing. Then there's Freddie Highmore, clearly the star of the movie. How does a kid of his age access such depth within himself to play a child prodigy with so much conviction and enthusiasm? Beats me, but he was a joy to watch in every scene.

The added bonus here, and for me the thing that catapults this movie to greatness, is the spiritual connections made throughout. They are made in several subtle ways, but those who are especially attuned to that sort of thing will find plenty of inspiration.

DVD Review: ....all you have to do is listen
Summary: 4 Stars

Evan is an 11-year-old orphan who hears music in all the things around him. His two passions in life are music and finding his parents, whom he is convinced are looking for him. His parents are actually unaware that he is alive, since his father never knew of his existence and his mother was separated from him by birth, falsely told that he was dead. Not surprisingly his mother is a concert cellist and his father is a singer and guitar player. When Evan runs away from the orphanage, he is taken under the wing of a street hustler (Robin Williams) who gives him a guitar and begins his musical career. There are lots of things in the movie that are very implausible, but this doesn't detract from a lovely story which is a real tearjerker and very satisfying viewing.

DVD Review: August
Summary: 5 Stars

August Rush is an exciting and deeply moving story. The music is wonderful--combining rock and classical. The story line is spiritual and thought provoking. It is a story to be viewed several times. The desire to slow down, be still, and see what is around you is penetrating.
I can say, it is one of the best films I have seen in years.

Description of August Rush

Music has long been considered a universal language with the power to bring people together, but can the simple act of playing music possibly unite a child with a mother and father who live in two different cities and don't even know of the child's existence? Having shared one extraordinary night, classical cellist Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell) and Irish singer and songwriter Louis Connelly (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) were a union meant to be that was torn apart by circumstances and a protective father (William Sadler). After eleven years, both Lyla and Louis have given up performing only to find that they are unhappy and searching for a sense of fulfillment that will ultimately lead both artists back to music and performing. Evan (Freddie Highmore) is an 11-year old orphan who's grown up hearing music in everything around him and is convinced that his real parents want him and will find him with the help of music. Driven by his innate musical genius and a powerful compulsion to perform before the world, Evan runs away from the orphanage and is initially taken in by a street man known as Wizard (Robin Williams) who encourages his musical talent and renames him August Rush and, later, by a local priest who arranges for August to receive a Julliard education. August is a child prodigy who excels beyond even the wildest expectations and earns the opportunity of a lifetime--a chance to perform in front of an enormous audience in New York's Central Park. The question is; can his performance possibly reach the audience August really craves? While elements of this film are completely unbelievable (take August's instant prowess on the guitar or his immediate and sophisticated grasp of musical notation and musical theory), the message of the universality of music and the notion that "the music is all around us, all you have to do is listen" is both compelling and powerful. --Tami Horiuchi

There?s music in the wind and sky. Can you hear it? And there?s hope. Can you feel it? The boy called August Rush can. The music mysteriously draws him penniless and alone to New York City in a quest to find ? somehow someway ? the parents separated from him years earlier. And along the way he may also find the musical genius hidden within him. Experience the magic of this rhapsodic epic of the heart starring Freddie Highmore (as August) Keri Russell Jonathan Rhys Meyers Terrence Howard and Robin Williams. ?I believe in music the way some people believe in fairy tales? August says. Open your heart and listen. You?ll believe too.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/CHILDHOOD DRAMA UPC: 012569763685 Manufacturer No: 76368

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