August Rush

August Rush

Ttulo August Rush: Escucha tu destino (Hispanoamrica)

El triunfo de un sueo (Espaa)

Ficha tcnica

Kirsten Sheridan
Direccin

Produccin Richard Barton Lewis

Guion Nick Castle

James V. Hart
Paul Castro

Msica Mark Mancina

Hans Zimmer (temas adicionales)

Fotografa John Mathieson

Montaje William Steinkamp

Protagonistas Freddie Highmore

Keri Russell
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Robin Williams
Terrence Howard
William Sadler

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Datos y cifras

Pas(es) Estados Unidos

Ao 2007

Gnero Drama

Duracin 102 min.

Idioma(s) Ingls

Compaas

Productora Warner Bros.

 Distribucin Warner Bros.

Presupuesto $25 millones

Recaudacin $65.278.569

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August Rush (en Hispanoamrica: August Rush: Escucha tu camino; en Espaa: El

triunfo de un sueo) es una pelculadramtica estadounidense de 2007, dirigida por Kirsten
Sheridan. El guion es de Nick Castle, James V. Hart y Paul Castro y est producida por
Richard Barton Lewis. La pelcula trata sobre la historia de un joven prodigio musical,
abandonado por su abuelo al nacer, y sobre la bsqueda que emprende por encontrar a
sus padres.
La pelcula fue nominada a los premios scar en la categora de mejor cancin original.

ndice
[ocultar]

1Reparto
2Argumento
3Curiosidades
4Referencias
5Vase tambin
6Enlaces externos

Reparto[editar]
Freddie Highmore (Londres, 1992-) como Evan Taylor (August Rush), el protagonista.
Keri Russell (1976-) como la chelista Lyla Novacek, la madre de Evan.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Dubln, 1977-) como el cantante Louis Connelly, padre de
Evan.
Alex O'Loughlin (Canberra, 1976-) como Marshall Connelly, el hermano de Louis.
Robin Williams (1951-2014) como Maxwell Wizard Wallace, que explota a Evan.
Terrence Howard (1969-) como el consejero Richard Jeffries.
William Sadler (1950-) como Thomas Novacek, padre de Lyla y abuelo de Evan.
Jamia Simone Nash (1996-) como Hope.
Mykelti Williamson (1957-) como el reverendo James.
Katherine Kaki King toca la guitarra en lugar de Evan en todas las escenas de guitarra
donde aparece August.1
Leon Thomas III (1993-) como Arthur.
Bonnie McKee (1984-) como Lizzy.

Argumento[editar]
Cuenta la historia de un carismtico joven guitarrista de rock y una sobreprotegida
violonchelista clsica, quienes comparten un encuentro romntico una mgica noche de
verano en Nueva York. Debido a circunstancias desafortunadas la joven pareja es
separada tras este breve encuentro, dejando como nica estela a un nio, Evan, quien por
un engao de su abuelo, es dado por muerto por su madre cuando ella sufre un accidente.
Ahora Evan, de 11 aos, se encuentra solo en el mundo ganndose la vida como msico
callejero con el seudnimo de "August Rush" y bajo la tutela del misterioso Wizard, quien
pretende explotarlo para obtener dinero con su arte. Pero Evan posee un talento musical
excepcional e intentar hacer uso de l para poder reencontrarse con sus padres. August
Rush, es casi como un cuento de hadas hecho realidad. En esta pelcula la banda sonora
cobra una singular importancia, destacando su curiosa fusin entre lo clsico y el rock
(conviene recordar que el protagonista es hijo de un guitarrista y una violonchelista, de ah
el uso que se hace, entre otros, de estos instrumentos musicales). August Rush cuenta
con artistas de la talla de John Legend, Chris Botti, Paula Cole y hasta el actor Jonathan
Rhys Meyersinterpreta varias canciones.

Curiosidades[editar]
Keri Russell y Jonathan Rhys Meyers haban actuado juntos previamente en la
pelcula Mission: Impossible III el ao anterior (2006), aunque en esa pelcula sus
personajes no viven un romance.
Freddie Highmore tena 15 aos cuando interpret al personaje de Evan, de 11 aos.
Ttulo original
August Rush aka
Ao
2007
Duracin
100 min.
Pas
Estados Unidos
Director
Kirsten Sheridan
Guin
James V. Hart (Historia: Paul Castro, Nick Castle)
M

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c
a
Chick Corea, Mark Mancina

John Mathieson
Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Williams, Leon G.
Thomas III, Terrence Howard, Mykelti Williamson, Deirdre Lorenz, Alex
O'Loughlin,Bonnie McKee, Becki Newton, Megan Gallagher, Amy V. Dewhurst

Warner Bros. Pictures / CJ Entertainment / Southpaw Entertainment

Drama | Msica

http://augustrushmovie.warnerbros.com/

Un joven guitarrista irlands (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) y una violonchelista (Keri

Russell) pasan una romntica e inolvidable noche de verano en Nueva York, pero
el azar los separa. De su breve encuentro nace August (Freddie Highmore), un
nio que, por un destino fatal, va a parar a un orfanato, donde pasa una dura
 infancia. Con slo once aos, se gana la vida como msico callejero, bajo la tutela
de un siniestro y dickensiano personaje (Robin Williams) que trata de explotarlo.
El nio pronto se revela como un msico genial, un nuevo Mozart, que se servir
de su talento para encontrar a sus padres. (FILMAFFINITY)
Premios
2007: Nominada al Oscar: Mejor cancin original
2007: 2 nominaciones Critics' Choice Awards: Mejor actor joven y pelcula familiar

August Rush
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August Rush

Theatrical release poster

Directed by Kirsten Sheridan

Produced by Richard Barton Lewis

Written by Nick Castle

James V. Hart
Paul Castro

Starring Freddie Highmore

 Keri Russell
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
with Terrence Howard
and Robin Williams
William Sadler
Alex O'Loughlin
Leon Thomas III

Music by Mark Mancina

Hans Zimmer (theme)

Cinematography John Mathieson

Edited by William Steinkamp

Production Southpaw Entertainment

company CJ Entertainment

Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures

Release dates
November 21, 2007

Running time 113 min.

Country United States

Language English

Budget $25 million

Box office $65.3 million

August Rush is a 2007 American drama film directed by Kirsten Sheridan and written
by Nick Castle, James V. Hart, and Paul Castro, and produced by Richard Barton Lewis.
Deciding to run away to New York City, musical prodigy Evan Taylor begins to unravel the
mystery of who he is, all while Evan's mother is searching for him while his father is
searching for her.

Contents
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1Plot
2Cast
3Production
4Music
5Reception
6Awards
 7Stage adaption
8References
9External links

Plot[edit]
In 1995, Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell) is a cellist studying at the Juilliard School and living
under strict rule of her father (William Sadler). Louis Connelly (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is
the lead singer of "The Connelly Brothers", an Irish rock band. Lyla and Louis meet at a
party after their respective concerts, and sleep together on the rooftop under a full moon, to
the music of a street performer below. The day after, they separate in a hurry, and are
unable to maintain contact as Lyla is ushered away by her father to Chicago. Later, Lyla
realizes she is pregnant, and after an argument with her father, she is struck by a car. Due
to the accident trauma, she gives birth prematurely, and her father secretly puts the baby
boy up for adoption, allowing her to believe that her son died.
Eleven years later, Evan Taylor (Freddie Highmore) is living in a
boys' orphanage outside New York City, where he meets Richard Jeffries (Terrence
Howard), a social worker with Child and Family Services. Evan has the savant-like ability to
hear music wherever he is, making him a target for the older orphans. 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 (Leon Thomas III) performing
inWashington Square Park.
Louis, who left the band the same night Lyla was struck, now lives in San Francisco as an
agent, while Lyla has also given up performing and now lives in Chicago teaching music.
Louis reconnects with his brothers at a birthday party for one of the other band members,
and after an argument and fistfight over breaking up the band, he decides to reconnect with
the woman he now knows is Lyla. Lyla is called to her father's deathbed, where he
confesses that her son is alive and in New York. Lyla abandons her father to his fate and
heads to New York to look for him.
Evan follows Arthur to his home in a condemned theater, and is taken in by Maxwell
"Wizard" Wallace (Robin Williams), a vagrant musician who teaches homeless children
music and employs them as street performers. Evan tries playing Wizard's prize guitar,
Roxanne, and is so good that Wizard gives him the guitar and his old spot in Washington
Square Park (both of which were previously Arthur's). He gives Evan the stage
name "August Rush" and tries to market him to clubs. Seeing the posters that Jeffries has
posted for the runaway Evan, Wizard destroys all the ones he finds, hoping to keep Evan
and his gift for his own gain.
On arriving at Lyla's apartment in Chicago, Louis talks to one of her neighbors, who
mistakenly tells Louis she's 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. Wizard helps Evan evade the police, telling him never to reveal his real name to
anyone. Evan (now "August") takes refuge in a church where a young girl, Hope (Jamia
Simone Nash), introduces him to the piano and written music. He picks up both skills so
quickly that Hope gets the attention of the parish pastor (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, and Jeffries identifies Evan as her son. 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's been composing at the same concert, but Wizard intrudes during a rehearsal
and, claiming to be his father, pulls August out of the school. On the day of the outdoor
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 subway and heads for his concert. Louis, after his own performance
with his reunited band, sees Lyla's name on one of the concert banners and also heads for
the park. Jeffries finds a misplaced flyer for "August Rush" with a picture, and realizing
August is Evan, 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.