August Rush tells the hypnotic tale of a musically gifted orphan who runs away from his New York City foster home in search of his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of a street Maestro named Wizard (a role created on film by Robin Williams), who more...
discovers his musical genius, names him "August Rush," and devises a plan to profit from his talent. All the while, unbeknownst to August, his parents are searching for him too.