Popcorn and Inspiration: 'August Rush': Music as an Expression of GratitudePG | 1h 54min | Drama, Musical | 2007
This film begins, fittingly enough, with sound rather than an image. The first sound you hear is the voice of protagonist, Evan (Freddie Highmore), "Listen. Can you hear it? I can hear it, everywhere. In the wind. In the air. ... All you have to do is listen."
A young and gifted Evan aka August Rush (Freddie Highmore) hopes music will help him find his parents. (MovieStillsDB)
That opening shot is from above. Evan is facing a sunny sky but his eyes are closed. He's spinning slowly amid a gentle breeze, in rapture, anxious to shut out all his senses save one: his hearing. The open field he's in is spread around him like a green ocean, its tall grass swirling around him like waves. In the background, he hears a flood of sound rushing toward him, all around him: beautiful notes, lovely chords....
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