He moodily hammers his fingers and palms on the fretboard and strings as his dream of finding his parents threatens to elude him. Highmore barely speaks but conveys volumes with his eyes, his lips. You’ll struggle to suppress an urge to ask for an encore. Brazilian guitarist Heitor Pereira performs, with Doug Smith, the other track, “Dueling Guitars” with no less finesse. Every harmonic, hammer-on and pull-off, every strum and slide showcases her mastery. For the set piece guitar tracks, “Bari Improv,” and “Ritual Dance,” King slaps and damps strings with fiery brilliance, using two-handed fretting and tapping. Lyla (Keri Russell) is trained to be a concert cellist, in "August Rush." (MovieStillsDB)Īmerican guitar-virtuoso Kaki King’s small, but expert hands are the perfect “body double” for close-ups of Highmore’s tiny, but novice hands. Instead, it’s about actors making space for the biggest character in the script: music.ĭirector Sheridan, editor William Steinkamp, cinematographer John Mathieson, and composer Mark Mancina together conjure several magical moments Evan in a bustling square, losing himself in the sounds of the city is just one. In interviews Meyers has said that the movie isn’t about actors or their conversations there’s little dialogue, anyway. It’s meant to be an unapologetic celebration of harmonies, melodies, silences, rhythms, and beats. ![]() It’s meant to carry the music on a pedestal, from the first scene to the last. ![]() Sheridan’s fairy-tale plot, in contemporary New York of all places, is rarely believable. Lost, lonely, and now christened August Rush by this new family, Evan befriends fellow child-musician Arthur (Leon Thomas III), but hopes that his music will one day lead him to his parents. Evan (Freddie Highmore, L) is taken under the wing of street-musician Wizard (Robin Williams) in "August Rush." (MovieStillsDB)
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