
August Rush
BOY:
Listen.
Can you hear it?
The music.
I can hear it everywhere.
In the wind...
...in the air...
...in the light.
It's all around us.
All you have to do is open yourself up.
All you have to do...
...is listen.
[MARK MANCINA'S
"WHEATFIELDS" PLAYING]
Hello, Porky. Where's your little friend?
-I don't know, Mr. Mannix.
-Go find him or your big butt's mine.
AUGUST:
Where I've grown up--
Evan!
PETER:
Evan!
--they tried to stop me
from hearing the music.
But when I'm alone...
...it builds up from inside me.
how to play it...
...they might hear me.
They would know I was theirs...
...and find me.
MANNIX:
Knock, knock.
BOY 1:
Knock, knock.MANNIX:
Knock, knock.-Knock, knock.
BOY 2:
Wake up.MANNIX:
Who's there? Who's there?
Freak. Freak.
-Said, knock, knock, freak.
-Who's there?
Your long-lost mommy and daddy.
Can you hear them?
Yes.
No, you can't.
I can.
You don't have no family.
You can't hear anything.
Say it.
-Say it.
BOY 1:
Say it. Say it.MANNIX:
Say it.BOY 2:
Say it.MANNIX:
Say it.BOY 1:
Say it.Say it.
Yes...
...I can.
He doesn't hear anything.
BOY 3:
Yeah.
What is he?
He's a freak.
MANNIX:
Sweet dreams, freaks.BOY 2:
Sleep tight.-Good night.
BOY 1:
Don't let the bed bugs bite.Sometimes the world
tries to knock it out of you.
But I believe in music...
...the way that some people
believe in fairy tales.
I like to imagine that what I hear
came from my mother and father.
Maybe the notes I hear...
...are the same ones they heard
the night they met.
Maybe that's how they found each other.
Maybe that's how they'll find me.
[BANGING ON DOOR]
MAN:
Louis. Louie, where are you?
-Lyla? She's here. What are you doing?
LYLA:
Dad.They're waiting for us.
Hey, sit up straight, please.
Where are you, baby bro?
We didn't follow you from San Francisco
to play for free, man. Yeah?
We need this one, baby bro. All right?
I need this one.
THOMAS:
Don't forget to smile and look relaxed.
All right, not that relaxed.
Come on, come on.
I believe that, once upon a time...
...long ago...
...they heard the music and followed it.
[MARK MANCINA'S
"MAIN TITLE" PLAYING]
[SYMPHONY PLAYING JOHANN SEBASTIAN
BACH'S "PRELUDE FROM PARTITA NO. 3"]
[BAND PLAYING
JOHN ONDRASIK'S "BREAK"]
[SINGING]
I break
I borrow
I live
I lose
I pray
I'm hollow
I'm dead confused
I'll find you
Once you're here, you're never gone
Once you're here, you're never gone
Fallen from a night of cold
A piece of me that I can't hold
I love you as I lose you more
I break outside this open door
Catch me as I wash away
You'll catch me as I wash away
Well, catch me as I wash away
Oh, oh
Oh
Yeah
Don't
Don't wait, don't wait
I break
[CROWD APPLAUDING]
[DANIEL LEVY'S "THE SWAN"
PLAYING ON SPEAKERS]
MAN:
Not bad, Connelly. Not bad.-Thanks very much, man.
Where's the main man?
Goddamn it, Louis. Just wait, man.
Louis? Louis, wait up, man.
LIZZY:
Girls, we are going to a party tonight.
It's a full moon,
you know what that means, right?
[WOMEN SCREAM]
[MARK MANCINA'S "CONFESSIONS
LIZZY:
Lyla.
[HARMONICA PLAYS "MOONDANCE"
IN DISTANCE]
LOUIS:
It's a great sound, isn't it?
What are you doing?
Listening.
What are you doing?
-I just came up here to, um....
-Get away?
Have a seat.
Come on, be brave.
Front row, center.
Can you hear that?
What is that?
It's a wish.
Now, what does that sound like?
[SINGING] Well, it's a marvelous night
For a moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fantabulous night to make romance
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