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Here is a movie drenched in sentimentality, but it's supposed to be. I dislike sentimentality where it doesn't belong, but there's something brave about the way "August Rush" declares itself and goes all the way with coincidence, melodrama and skillful tear-jerking. I think more sensitive younger viewers, in particular, might really like it.

The story is a very free modern adaptation of elements from Oliver Twist. We meet Evan Taylor ( Freddie Highmore ), an 11-year-old who runs away from his orphanage rather than be placed with a foster family. He has been told that his parents are still alive and were musicians, and he believes that through the power of music he can find them again. Do you begin to see what I mean about sentimentality?

As it happens, his parents were musicians, and they met through their music. Lyla ( Keri Russell ) was a cellist and Louis (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) was an Irish rock singer, and in a flashback, we see them meeting in Greenwich Village, falling in love at first sight, and making love so very discreetly that they remain safely within the PG rating. They promise to meet again, but Lyla's stage-door father ( William Sadler )forces her to leave town for career reasons, and they have no way to contact each other. Young lovers, learn from the movies and always remember: Exchange cell numbers! Inevitably, she is pregnant (otherwise they wouldn't be Evan's parents, now would they?), but her father tells her the baby died, and ships Evan to an orphanage. Nothing must interfere with Lyla's career.

Back to the present again. The runaway Evan sees some street musicians in Washington Square Park, picks up a guitar and, despite having had no training, turns out to be a naturally gifted musician. Another young musician (Leon G. Thomas III), who is not called the Artful Dodger but should be, hears Evan and takes him back to an abandoned theater, where he and other young lads live under the management of a character who is called the Wizard ( Robin Williams ), but could be called Fagin. He sends his little army out into the streets every day, not as pickpockets but as buskers. Only in a movie like "August Rush" could the endless practical and legal problems suggested by this arrangement be considered plausible.

The Wizard, who dresses like a drugstore cowboy, spots Evan's talent and introduces him to the world as "August Rush." August believes, really believes, that music has the power to bring people together, and finds a sympathizer when he comes upon a church choir where the preacher turns out to have connections at Juilliard. So, yes, August is discovered as a child genius, and quickly earns the right to conduct his own symphony at an outdoor concert in Central Park, where he proves himself an expert conductor and (gasp!) his mother is the cellist and his father is nearby, both of them still under the spell of their long-lost love, and ...

I'm telling you, the ghost of Dickens would be applauding. The movie, directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Nick Castle , James V. Hart and Paul Castro , pulls out all the stops, invents new ones and pulls them out too. But it has a light-footed, cheerful way about its contrivances, and Freddie Highmore (" Finding Neverland ") is so open and winning that he makes August seem completely sincere. One touch of craftiness would sink the whole enterprise.

Another quality about the movie is that it seems to sincerely love music as much as August does. If you're going to lay it on this thick, you can't compromise, and Sheridan doesn't. I don't have some imaginary barrier in my mind beyond which a movie dare not go. I'd rather "August Rush" went the whole way than just be lukewarm about it. Yes, some older viewers will groan, but I think up to a certain age, kids will buy it, and in imagining their response, I enjoyed my own.

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August Rush (2007)

Rated PG for some thematic elements, mild violence and language

114 minutes

Freddie Highmore as Evan/August

Keri Russell as Lyla

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Louis

Robin Williams as Wizard

William Sadler as Lyla's father

Directed by

  • Kirsten Sheridan
  • Nick Castle
  • James V. Hart
  • Paul Castro

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August Rush

August Rush

  • A musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater.
  • 12 years ago, on a moonlit rooftop above Washington Square, sheltered young cellist Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell) and charismatic Irish singer/songwriter Louis Connelly (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) were drawn together by a street musician's rendition of ''Moondance'' and fell in love. After the most romantic night of her life, Lyla promised to meet Louis again, but despite her protests, her father rushed her to her next concert--leaving Louis to believe that she didn't care. Disheartened, he found it impossible to continue playing and eventually abandoned his music while Lyla, her own hopes for love lost, was led to believe months later that she had also lost their unborn child in a car accident. Their orphaned son (Freddie Highmore) uses his musical talent as a clue to find his birth parents.
  • The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth. — DeathtoGlitter
  • In 1995, Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell) is a cellist studying at the Juilliard School and living under the strict rule of her father. Louis Connelly (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is the lead singer of an Irish rock band (with Marshall Connelly (Alex O'Loughlin), Louis' older brother). They meet (Lyla is a shy type and gets away from a party by hiding away on the roof, where she meets Louis, who was just hanging out there) and have a one-night stand, but are unable to maintain contact, as Lyla's father stops her from pursuing the relationship. Lyla discovers that she is pregnant. Following an argument with her overbearing father over her unborn baby, she is struck by a car, forcing her to give birth prematurely. While Lyla is unconscious, her father Thomas Novacek (William Sadler) secretly puts the baby boy up for adoption, telling Lyla that her son died. Eleven years later, the baby is living in a boys' orphanage under the name Evan Taylor (Freddie Highmore), where he is assigned to a social worker named Richard Jeffries (Terrence Howard). Evan is a musical genius and displays 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. Evan tries to contact Jeffries (who had given Evan his number), but is not able to contact him. He later loses Jeffries contact number when he drops it in a drain by accident. He finds a boy named Arthur (Leon Thomas III) busking in Washington Square Park and follows Arthur to his home in a condemned theatre, where Evan is introduced to "Wizard" Wallace (Robin Williams), an arrogant and aggressive vagrant and musician who teaches homeless, orphaned, and runaway children to be street performers. The children earn money by performing on the streets and come back and give a percentage of the earnings to Wizard. 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. 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 (dumping his girlfriend Jennifer (Becki Newton)). 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. On arriving at Lyla's apartment in Chicago (after looking her up on the internet), 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 (Jamia Simone Nash), who introduces him to the piano and written music. Hope brings August and his abilities to the attention of the parish pastor Reverend James (Mykelti Williamson), who takes August to Juilliard, where he once again impresses the faculty. A rhapsody takes shape from August's notes and homework. In New York, Lyla goes to Jeffries' office (after Jeffries notices her arguing with the case officers that she cant wait 6 months to re-establish contact with her son), and Jeffries identifies Evan/August as her son (using the birthday and hospital as identifiers). While looking for him, she takes up the cello again and accepts an offer to perform with the 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. 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 (of wanting to play at the concert), and Louis encourages him to go. 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 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. August arrives in time to conduct his rhapsody, 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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“ Listen . Can you hear it? The music. I can hear it everywhere. In the wind, in the air, in the light. It's all around us. All you have to do is open yourself up. All you have to do is listen .” Freddie Highmore - August Rush
“Nothing bad 's gonna happen. You gotta have a little faith .” Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Louis Connelly
“You got to love music more than you love food. More than life. More than yourself.” Robin Williams - Maxwell 'Wizard' Wallace
“You know what music is? God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe , a harmonic connection between all living beings, every where, even the stars.” Robin Williams - Maxwell 'Wizard' Wallace
“Maybe the notes I hear are the same ones my parents heard, the night they met. Maybe that's how they found each other. Maybe that's how they'll find me.” Freddie Highmore - August Rush
“You do not know how precious your gift is. You're just a kid , you don't know. I do.” Robin Williams - Maxwell 'Wizard' Wallace
“You never quit on your music. No matter what happens. Cuz anytime something bad happens to you, that's the one place you can escape to and just let it go. I learned it the hard way.” Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Louis Connelly
“I believe in music. The way that some people believe in fairy tales .” Freddie Highmore - August Rush
“What do you want to be in the world? I mean the whole world. Close your eyes and think about that.” Robin Williams - Maxwell 'Wizard' Wallace

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Movie Review: August Rush

Movie Review: August Rush

My review is on the movie August Rush. It is one of my favorite movie. It stars Kerri Russell and Robin Williams in it. It even has that little boy (Freddie Highmore) who plays from the Spiderwick Chronicles and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This movie is full of heart and soul. There is beautiful music in it. And I do not know where they found all these adorable children to play in this movie, they are cute. Especially the little black girl. I think she has the best lines in the whole movie.

And she has a singing voice to match. I am sure people enjoy this movie purely because of the high quality soundtrack and professional (good looking) actors. This movie directed by Kirsten Sheridan; written by Nick Castle and James V. Hart, based on a story by Paul Castro and Mr. Castle; director of photography, John Mathieson; edited by William Steinkamp; music by Mark Mancina; production designer, Michael Shaw; produced by Richard Barton Lewis; released by Warner Brothers Pictures.

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Running time: 1 hour 52 minutes. Stared by: Freddie Highmore (August Rush), Keri Russell (Lyla Novacek), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Louis Connelly), Terrence Howard (Richard Jeffries), Robin Williams (Wizard) and William Sadler (Thomas Novacek). This movie is so moving. This movie tells about August, introduced as Evan Taylor, has absolute faith that music will mystically reunite him with his parents, who he is certain must be somewhere out there, although he has no clues to their identity.

As we learn early in the movie, those parents, Louis Connelly (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), an Irish rock singer with a musical sweet tooth, and Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell), a classical cellist fell in love at first sight and conceived him on a rooftop overlooking Washington Square but were kept apart by her conniving, ambitious father (William Sadler). Months after their night of love, the pregnant Lyla is hit by a car and gives birth prematurely. In the most preposterous of the many ludicrous plot twists in a movie whose continuity is flimsy at best, her father forges her signature on adoption papers, gives the baby away, then tells her it died.

Louis and Lyla abandon their performing careers and morosely search for they know not what. In the meantime, Evan flees from a group home in New Jersey to New York City, where he falls in with a band of runaways living in the old Fillmore East Theater in the East Village. Here, Wizard (Robin Williams), the Fagin character in the movie’s “Oliver Twist”-inspired subplot, reigns as their cunning surrogate father who collects and distributes their earnings from panhandling.

When Evan, who has never touched a musical instrument, picks up a guitar for the first time and plays it like a pro, Wizard christens him August Rush, a rock-star-worthy name taken from the side of a truck, and seeing a potential gold mine exploits August for every penny he can earn. After the boy demonstrates the same talent on a church organ, there is no stopping his meteoric ascent. In six months he is conducting a symphony orchestra performance of his original composition on the Great Lawn in Central Park.

August believes, really believes, that music has the power to bring people together, and finds a sympathizer when he comes upon a church choir where the preacher turns out to have connections at Juilliard. So, yes, August is discovered as a child genius, and quickly earns the right to conduct his own symphony at an outdoor concert in Central Park, where he proves himself an expert conductor and his mother is the cellist and his father is nearby, both of them still under the spell of their long-lost love, and he turns around to see Lyla and Louis standing hand in hand.

August Rush is a “feel-good movie” with a bit of a fairy tale element with the story of the forlorn orphan seeking out his parents and finding a world of instant success along the way. The only thing that I did not like about this movie is the ending, it left me wanting more. As for the grand finale, well it was totally disappointing. It was as though they cut the entire ending.

It is not that I have no a romantic imagination; but to set a story in total reality then to expect the audience to believe in the unbelievable with no justification, explanation or any other “action” is asking too much of this viewer. Lyla and Louis “followed the music” to August/Evan’s concert (their son), suddenly found themselves holding hands next to one another in the front row and never uttered a word to each other. That was it. Louis was at no point told that August/Evan was his son and as far as I felt lead to believe – Lyla did not give two jots about Louis anyhow.

But, it is still interesting and at least the music is enjoyable. About the music of this movie, I found it out, this movie used songs: “Moondance” written by Van Morrison, Performed by Jonathan Rhys Meyers, “This Time” written by Chris Trapper, Performed by Jonathan Rhys Meyers, “Bari Improv” written by Mark Mancina and Kaki King, Performed by Kaki King, “Ritual Dance” written by Michael Hedges, Performed by Kaki King, and “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” written by Heitor Pereira, Performed by Heitor Pereira and Doug Smith, “Someday” written and Performed by John Legend, and “August’s Rhapsody”. 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 were played by American guitarist-composer Kaki King, performing as his hands for the movie. 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 is about this young boy who believes that he is going to find his parents through his music. That is what drives him. ” 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 have been subliminally hearing it throughout the film. ” The score was recorded at the Todd-AO Scoring Stage and the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Brothers.

The soundtrack has songs from new and established acts. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song (“Raise it Up”). This movie was phenomenal. Truly inspiring. It teaches us that we can find love through music. We can find happiness through music. As Robin Williams said in it, “Music is god’s way of telling there is more out there than just us. ” This film is perfect for all ages. I thought it was good. It was a good story. I enjoyed the flow and blending of music, and it shows how God can link events and people together to accomplish what He wants.

The only problem was the premarital sex, which was even when they first met. Even though it does not show, it is known by her pregnancy. Other than this, the music was great, and the idea of not giving up hope was great. One of the most poignant recurring themes may be the message to baby-boom parents from their own children. The characters most often urging abortion on the expectant mother were aging boomers, and they are not attractive moments. In August Rush, Lyla’s father tells her that her baby was killed in an auto accident and gives the child to an orphanage to protect her career.

The film, as noted, also shows a powerful belief in the family, and perhaps unintentionally, the nuclear family (dad, mom, child). This is a great insight as well. Though the family is also not ultimately transcendent, as August Rush might lead us to think, we may say that the family is perhaps God’s greatest earthly gift to us. It is simply impossible to enumerate the ways in which we are blessed on a daily, even hourly, basis by our families, even if they are not families of considerable health. Just having a family is immensely meaningful.

The support that one has in being part of a family is not often consciously thought of but is precious beyond quantification. The film shows us what it means for people to live without the structures of family and most clearly to live without parents as an abandoned boy. August Rush seeks true transcendence and fails to find it. But we may commend it for its pursuit and enjoy for its depiction of two of the choicest gifts God has given humanity: music and family. This movie shows us for the hundredth time that the people around us are not living atomistic lives, at least not all of the time.

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  1. August Rush movie review & film summary (2007)

    The movie, directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written by Nick Castle, James V. Hart and Paul Castro, pulls out all the stops, invents new ones and pulls them out too. But it has a light-footed, cheerful way about its contrivances, and Freddie Highmore ("Finding Neverland") is so open and winning that he makes August seem completely sincere.

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    Reflection Paper on 'August Rush' The film August Rush features an orphan named Evan who runs away to New York City in pursuit of finding his real parents. He's a gifted kid that has the ability to hear music wherever he is, and he believes he hears his parents. While searching, he ends up meeting a kid who was busking named Arthur which leads him to be under the wing of 'Wizard'.

  3. ⇉Analysis of Psychological Movie August Rush Essay Example

    This movie is the best explanation on how heredity is present in every individual. Evan or August Rush is an example on how a hereditary trait was transmitted in our life. He inherited his special musical talent to his parents because his parents are also good in music. Every one of us is having a special skill that is only found in us.

  4. Reflection Essay For August Rush Name of Student: PAULE, John ...

    August Rush Reflection - Free download as Word Doc (.doc), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The document provides a summary and reflection of the movie "August Rush". It discusses how the movie depicts giftedness through the story of the protagonist Evan Taylor, who has a natural musical talent. His parents are also musically gifted but unaware of Evan's existence.

  5. August Rush Movie Analysis

    700 Words3 Pages. August Rush, the Film most people love but no one seems to remember, is a motion picture based around and embodies the idea that music, somehow, almost always finds a way to unite lost ones with whatever or whomever they want to be with. The Film is a drama with a fairy tale-ish twist, where an orphan, who happens to be a ...

  6. Essay Belonging Critical Analysis

    This critical analysis will reveal how the movie " August Rush " directed by Kirsten Sheridan, relates to the concept of belonging. August Rush is a story of drama with fairy tale elements. August Rush is separated from his parents from birth and he is determined to find them. He believes that if he plays music his parents will hear him and ...

  7. (DOC) Movie analysis: August Rush

    August Rush (2007), directed by Kirsten Sheridan, tells the story of an orphaned musical prodigy, Evan Taylor, using his gift to find his parents. While the central message of August Rush is how music connects people, it interestingly reveals several complicated connections between music and images. First, the soundtrack of August Rush ...

  8. Reflection in August Rush

    Reflection in august rush - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The document summarizes the plot of the movie "August Rush". It describes how Evan Taylor was an orphaned musical prodigy who believed his parents would find him through his music. Though faced with challenges, Evan's strong faith and talent allowed him to eventually ...

  9. August Rush

    August Rush makes it clear that people like Lyla and Louis can make beautiful music together for one night that can play in their hearts for years. The movie also teaches us that we all need mentors to cheer us on so that the magic of the music can lead us where it wants us to go. And, most importantly, August Rush reminds us that the yearning ...

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  11. August Rush (2007)

    A musically gifted orphan, Evan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater. 12 years ago, on a moonlit rooftop above Washington Square, sheltered young cellist Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell) and charismatic ...

  12. August Rush Quotes, Movie quotes

    In the wind, in the air, in the light. It's all around us. All you have to do is open yourself up. All you have to do is listen .". Freddie Highmore - August Rush. [Tag: listening, music ] more on this quote ››. "Nothing bad 's gonna happen. You gotta have a little faith .".

  13. August Rush Movie Review Free Essay Example 1346 words

    August Rush Movie Review. The main character, Evan Taylor, can hear music in everything around him. He is being raised in an orphanage with no contact with his parents, although he insists that he can "hear" them. Evan believes that the music that he can hear in everything from the wind in wheat fields to the buzzing of electrical lines, is ...

  14. descriptive essay on the film August Rush

    At some point, the film will be relatively different from the perspective of others but for me, it was great. August Rush does not only provide a typical story of one finding himself, but it is a story, a film that displays a genuine feeling of love and appreciation, a story that nothing hinds for a movie to dare not go.

  15. ⇉Movie Review: August Rush Essay Example

    Without paying upfront. Running time: 1 hour 52 minutes. Stared by: Freddie Highmore (August Rush), Keri Russell (Lyla Novacek), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Louis Connelly), Terrence Howard (Richard Jeffries), Robin Williams (Wizard) and William Sadler (Thomas Novacek). This movie is so moving. This movie tells about August, introduced as Evan Taylor ...

  16. Competitive Group August Rush Reflection

    Read this essay on Competitive Group August Rush Reflection. Come browse our large digital warehouse of free sample essays. ... (August Rush) throughout the entire movie, as he was on his journey in search of his parents, inspired so much people through his talent in music. ... SELF-EVALUATION AND SELF-REFLECTION 21 SOURCES 23 Addendum 24 3 ...

  17. August Rush: What Are the Messages?

    August Rush. : What Are the Messages? by Barbara Free, M.A., LPCC, LADAC. The other day, I happened upon a movie I had not heard of before, called August Rush. My son had just put it on the DVD player for my three-year-old granddaughter to watch. As she began to watch it, absolutely intently, mesmerized, I began to see that it was a story about ...

  18. PDF AugustRushmovie.wARneRbRos.com Ages 8-15

    August Rush is a music driven movie that explores one boy's journey to find his parents through music. This film showcases the real-life emotive power of music. Young people are encouraged to engage in service projects that ... "Following is an excerpt from the movie. This reflection from August gives us insight into the way he hears music."

  19. AugustRush MovieAnalysis.pdf

    View AugustRush_MovieAnalysis.pdf from PSY 211 at University of Santo Tomas. August Rush Reflection/Analysis The Duality of Exceptionality and Giftedness Generally speaking, the word "exceptional" is

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    August Rush Reflection paper The movie August Rush tells the story of an orphaned boy named Evan Taylor. His parents, Louis and Lyla who are both music-inclined but vary in music genre have no idea that the product of their love was alive. Louis, after Lyla's father took away Lyla from the city leaving Louis behind losing communication with ...

  21. August Rush: My reflection about the movie

    My reflection about the movie. August Rush is one of my favorite movies because it leaves a message. The messages that I saw in the movie are: Never give up your dreams, because they're the first step to realize what you want to do and if you follow your dreams you will be very happy. Never think that something is impossible, because if you ...

  22. Reaction Paper august rush

    Reflection of August Rush movie name: pacana, irish course year: beed language education 3rd year subject code: mus100 the august rush is drama filmed in 2007, ... Reaction Paper august rush. Subject: Music (Music101) 25 Documents. Students shared 25 documents in this course. School: Imus National High School. AI Chat. Info More info. Download.

  23. moral lesson of august rush or reflection

    Answer. Answer: August Rush. Directed by Kirsten Sheridan. A magical movie that blooms at the crossroads of music, melodrama, and love. Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Share. Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell), a famous cellist, wanders to the rooftop of a building to avoid the party she is attending alone. She wants a breath of fresh air.