Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘August Rush’: Music as an Expression of Gratitude

Kirsten Sheridan’s film is about learning, loving, losing, searching for, and finding music, and through music, ourselves.

PG | 1h 54min | Drama, Musical | 2007

“August Rush” begins, fittingly enough, with sound rather than an image. The first sound you hear is the voice of the 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.”