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Directed by | Kirsten Sheridan |
Screenplay by | Nick Castle James V. Hart |
Story by | Paul Castro Nick Castle |
Produced by | Richard Barton Lewis |
Starring | Freddie Highmore Keri Russell Jonathan Rhys Meyers Terrence Howard Robin Williams William Sadler |
Cinematography | John Mathieson |
Edited by | William Steinkamp |
Music by | Mark Mancina |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures (North America) Odyssey Entertainment (International)[1] |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
Countries | United States South Korea |
Language | English |
Budget | $25 million |
Box office | $65.3 million |
August Rush is a 2007 American 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".