To add twists to the plotline and to perhaps provide explanation on how an 11-year-old can survive alone on the streets of New York City, August falls in with a group of musically inclined street urchins, headed up by the Wizard (Robin Williams), who ensures a place to sleep and meals – bought and paid for with “family money” or the tips the kids earn basking on the street.Ī social worker, (Terrence Howard), a Reverend, and a homeless little girl are all cheering for and helping August at different points in the film, providing another line of support, and at times, moving along the hard-to-believe storyline. In one way or another, they are drawn back to New York City, the site of their one-night stand, where August is wistfully playing guitar on street corners attempting to get their attention. Meanwhile, his parents – a cellist and a rock band member (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers) – are still mourning the loss of their love in different parts of the country, having given up their music. He tries to connect with them through music, and when he runs away from the boys’ home where he has spent the first 11 years of his life, he discovers that his musical talent reaches beyond his imagination. The title character, August Rush (Freddie Highmore), is an orphan, supposedly given up for adoption by his parents, but who had an unfaltering belief that they will come looking for him someday.
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