

He finds a boy named Arthur busking in Washington Square Park and follows Arthur to his home in a condemned theatre, where Evan is introduced to “Wizard” Wallace, an arrogant and aggressive vagrant and musician who teaches homeless, orphaned, and runaway children to be street performers. Convinced that his parents will find him, Evan runs away to New York City, "following the music" in the hope it will lead him to his family. Evan is a musical genius and displays savant-like abilities and perfect pitch, which often causes him to be bullied.

While Lyla is unconscious, her father secretly puts the baby boy up for adoption, telling Lyla that her son died.Įleven years later, the baby is living in a boys' orphanage under the name Evan Taylor, where he is assigned to a social worker named Richard Jeffries. Following an argument with her overbearing father over her unborn baby, she is struck by a car, forcing her to give birth prematurely. They meet and have a one-night stand, but are unable to maintain contact. Louis Connelly is the lead singer of an Irish rock band. In 1995, Lyla Novacek is a cellist studying at the Juilliard School and living under the strict rule of her father. The many different sounds and rhythms he hears throughout his journey culminate in a major instrumental composition, which concludes the film ("August's Rhapsody"). He begins to unravel the mystery of who he is, all while his mother is searching for him and his father is searching for her. It involves a 10-year-old musical prodigy living in an orphanage who runs away to New York City. Hart, with a story by Paul Castro and Castle. The screenplay is by Nick Castle and James V. August Rush is a 2007 American musical drama film directed by Kirsten Sheridan and produced by Richard Barton Lewis.
