August Rush [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Southpaw Entertainment production in association with CJ Entertainment ; produced by Richard Barton Lewis ; story by Paul Castro and Nick Castle ; screenplay by Nick Castle and James V. Hart ; directed by Kirsten Sheridan.
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FilmPublisher number: 1000018552 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French, Spanish Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2008]Description: 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1419827154
- 9781419827150
- Director of photography, John Mathieson ; editor, William Steinkamp ; music, Mark Mancina ; costume designer, Frank L. Fleming ; production designer, Michael Shaw.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Estranged from his parents by circumstance and nudged toward a foster family, a young boy seeks out his long-lost folks and discovers prodigious musical talent in this family-oriented drama from Disco Pigs director Kirsten Sheridan. In the aftermath of a passionate night together above New York's Washington Square, a charismatic Irish guitarist named Louis (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and a reserved cellist named Lyla (Keri Russell) are forced apart by fate. Despite the fact that they do not remain together, however, their fleeting union has created something amazing that neither could have ever anticipated -- a baby. Unfortunately, just after the child's birth, the mother is misinformed that the infant has died. Cut to 11 years later, when the child, Evan, is living in a Gotham-area boys' home and has developed an acute ability to listen to the sounds of the outside world -- hoping against all hope that his biological mother and father will turn up to claim him, while those in charge try to encourage him to open himself up to the possibility of adoption. Unduly rejecting these bids, Evan runs away into the city. Out on the streets, the child falls into the clutches of a manipulative, untrustworthy street person named Wizard (Robin Williams), who renames Evan "August Rush" and opens the boy up to the depth and breadth of his own musical talent even as he smells the opportunity to grow rich off of the foundling. Meanwhile, Evan/August's hope persists that he will be reunited with his folks, and Louis and Lyla, unable to forget their initial night of love, feel themselves being drawn back together by fate. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
Director of photography, John Mathieson ; editor, William Steinkamp ; music, Mark Mancina ; costume designer, Frank L. Fleming ; production designer, Michael Shaw.
Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard, Robin Williams, William Sadler, Marian Seldes, Leon G. Thomas III, Mykelti Williamson, Aaron Staton, Alex O'Loughlin, Jamia Simone Nash, Ronald Guttman.
A charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square. They are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York City and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.
MPAA rating: PG; for some thematic elements, mild violence and language.
DVD ; Region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) and widescreen (2.35:1) presentations ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Closed-captioned.
In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish, with English, French or Spanish subtitles.