Number: 53

IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 (68139 votes)

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Also known as:: August Rush

Country: USA, 114 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Music

Director: Kirsten Sheridan

Cast: Freddie Highmore (as Evan Taylor - 'August Rush'), Keri Russell (as Lyla Novacek), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (as Louis Connelly), Terrence Howard (as Richard Jeffries), Robin Williams (as Maxwell 'Wizard' Wallace), William Sadler (as Thomas Novacek), Marian Seldes (as The Dean), Mykelti Williamson (as Reverend James), Leon Thomas III (as Arthur), Aaron Staton (as Nick)

Medium: Digital Copy

Plot Outline: This is a story of a music prodigy. Lyla is a renowned and beautiful cellist and Louis is a guitar player and vocalist at a club. Lyla and Louis fall in love once they meet each other following the music. Since they have different lives, they have to separate without seeing each other again. However, Lyla has had their baby - Evan, a prodigy born to music. Lyla has an accident and bears the baby but Lyla's father gives the baby to an orphanage without telling her, for fear of affecting her career. After that, both Louis and Lyla give up their music careers. Eleven years later, poor little Evan believes that his parents are waiting for him and goes to New York to find them. In New York, his musical gift leads him to success but also gives him some trouble. A monger uses Evan to make money and prevents him from achieving success. He escapes and runs into a church and people there are surprised by his gift and send him to the best music school, Juilliard. There he receives an education ...

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