#CAST OF AUGUST RUSH MOVIE#

#CAST OF AUGUST RUSH MOVIE#

The movie proves you can make a highly entertaining movie in downtown New York without loading it with foul language. Production values in AUGUST RUSH are excellent and the language remarkably clean for a movie focusing on inner city life. God does not condone sex outside of marriage, but the movie shows that He loves both the parents and the children and wants to redeem the lives of those who make mistakes, which includes all of us. Furthermore, while the movie clearly presents the church and its pastor in a positive light, it does open with the one-night stand (nothing graphic) that results in the birth of a child. It’s good to be able to share your talents, and it’s wonderful to see or hear the work of someone as gifted as Mozart or Beethoven.ĪUGUST RUSH is to be commended for glorifying good music as a talent given by God, but the Robin Williams character, while recognizing the gift, attributes it to the universe.

Granted, God doesn’t give everyone the gift to be able to write great music. AUGUST RUSH not only leaves you wanting to cheer, but also leaves you wanting to soak in every sound in your environment and write music. In 2007, it’s a rare movie that sends audiences home happy and inspired. Like a classic old novel, the Wizard comes back into the plot again to make life difficult for August. The pastor does what he can to help August and prays that he will find his parents. His musical ability is called a miraculous gift. He does “rescue” and feed children, but he treats them like property.Ī police raid on the family’s “home” results in August winding up in a church where he makes friends with a young black singer and demonstrates his God-given gift on the church organ. The Wizard, played by Robin Williams, posts talented children around town playing instruments for donations which must be brought back to “the family.” Williams’ role is both sympathetic and sinister. The boy winds up in New York City where his amazing musical gift results in his being “adopted” and renamed August Rush by a musical talent pimp known as the Wizard, a character straight out of Charles Dickens’ OLIVER TWIST. The young boy is raised in an orphanage where he is considered a nut because he hears sounds as music and believes this gift will help him find his parents. The cellist gets pregnant but when the baby is born early due to a car accident, her domineering father forges adoption papers and tells his daughter the child died. It opens with a young beautiful concert cellist (Keri Russell) having a one-night fling with a guitar playing lead singer in an Irish band. Content:ĪUGUST RUSH is an inspiring movie about a gifted boy who believes he can find his parents through music. The movie opens with an unwed pregnancy, but it also clearly presents the church and its pastor in a positive light and shows God redeeming people’s lives. AUGUST RUSH glorifies good music as a talent from God, but one villainous character attributes the gift to the universe. AUGUST RUSH not only leaves you wanting to cheer but also wanting to soak in every sound and write music. The boy travels to New York City where he winds up in a Christian church, makes friends with a young black singer and demonstrates his God-given musical gift.

The boy is raised in an orphanage, where he is considered a nut because he hears sounds as music and believes this gift will help him find his parents. An accident results in an untimely birth, but the woman’s domineering father forges adoption papers and tells his daughter the child died.

A concert cellist gets pregnant after a one-night fling with an Irish guitarist. AUGUST RUSH is an inspiring movie about a gifted boy who believes he can find his parents through music.

Cast of august rush