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August Rush  (PG)   95 mins

"An incredible journey moving at the speed of sound."

August Rush is the story of a young Irish singer-songwriter (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and a sheltered young cellist (Keri Russell) who share one magical night in Greenwich Village, and are then torn apart by her father-manager.  When she gives birth prematurely a few months later, her father places the child in an orphanage and tells her that he died.  A few years later the boy (Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland, A Good Year) escapes to New York where he falls in with a Fagin-like stranger known as the Wizard (Robin Williams), who manages a gang of street kids. Recognising that his new protégé is a musical prodigy, the Wizard names him August Rush and sets him to busking on the streets of New York. But August has his own agenda: to use his astonishing talents to search for the parents he lost at birth.

"I'm telling you, the ghost of Dickens would be applauding. The movie, directed by Kirsten Sheridan, pulls out all the stops, invents new ones and pulls them out too. But it has a light-footed, cheerful way about its contrivances, and Freddie Highmore  is so open and winning that he makes August seem completely sincere. One touch of craftiness would sink the whole enterprise."  Roger Ebert

"A joyful, life-affirming trip with an undeniable feel-good factor. If you're the kind of person who enjoys the chance to throw yourself into a movie, emotional barriers lifted, then there is much unashamedly weepy and family-friendly entertainment to be had here."  BBC-movies

http://augustrushmovie.warnerbros.com/

Showing:

07-Apr        Romsey

07-Apr        Thornford

16-Apr        East Knoyle

24-Apr        Burbage

Last modified: 28-Dec-2007

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