August Rush Page #3

We all gonna be big stars someday.

MAN:
What's the password?

-Open the damn door already.

You're getting on my nerves with that.

Okay, follow me.

[MARK MANCINA'S

"WIZARD'S LAIR" PLAYING]

What's your name again?

It's Evan, right?

Yo, this is our home, son.

It's kind of crazy in here,

so stay on your feet.

[BOY YELLS]

Watch out.

Yeah, I've been living here for a while.

Come on, man.

Hey, check it out.

-How much you make?

BOY 1:
Ten dollars.

ARTHUR:
You lying. Let me see.

BOY 1:
I am not lying.

ARTHUR:
What did I tell you about that?

-Boo!

[BABBLING]

BOY 2:
Hey, it's Arthur.

ARTHUR:
I'll be laughing at your funeral.

BOY 1:
I'm gonna go play basketball.

ARTHUR:
All clear.

[SINGING] My life, the sky

Like a feather I'll fly

ARTHUR:
Man, you should've knocked him

in his head, son.

[PLAYING IMPACT REPERTORY THEATRE'S

"WIZARD'S THEATER SONG"]

BOY 3:

Shoot it, shoot it, shoot it!

Pizza!

Pizza, pizza, pizza.

GIRL 1:

Don't make me come up there.

BOY 4:
Yo, you better hurry

before Wizard shows.

He'll be pissed

if he's seen you bought a pie.

I ain't take no family money.

Citizen bought it.

Hola, music lovers.

Wow, while the cat's away....

Oh.

Who likes pizza?

Who did this?

Arthur?

-What is he?

-He's a damn fool.

He's a damn fool.

-He's gonna get it good.

-Shh.

What are you, Arthur?

I'm a real piece of work, Wizard.

You're on thin ice.

I didn't take no family money.

He bought it.

What?

You look crazy.

I am crazy.

[SCREAMS]

See?

Come here.

Now!

Come on.

-What's your name?

-Evan, sir.

What are you doing here?

I followed the music.

Where did you pick this one up,

Arthur, Bellevue?

You never played a note in your life.

Do you know what music is?

It's God's little reminder there's

something else besides us in this universe.

Harmonic connection between

all living beings everywhere, even the stars.

Is this a school?

Yeah, the school of

Screw You and Take All Your Damn Money.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, we're top of the class.

Not!

It's a business.

-Pockets.

GIRL 2:
Okay, let's go.

-Let's go, let's go.

WALLACE:
Pockets.

BOY 1:

Oh, man. Get up.

[CHATTERING]

WALLACE:

Peanut, well done.

I got eyes in the back of my head.

Good job. Gracias, amigo.

Chain is only as strong...

...as its weakest link.

Come on, Arthur.

That's chump change.

You got Washington Square.

That was my spot for 10 years.

Go ahead, before I change my mind.

You kids are gonna put me

in the poorhouse.

All right, little mice,

scurry back to your holes. Go, go.

Harmonic dreams, sweet children.

[PLAYING VAN MORRISON'S

"MOONDANCE" ON HARMONICA]

[PLAYING MARK MANCINA'S

"BARI IMPROV"]

ARTHUR:

Roxanne. Man, I'm gonna kill him.

WALLACE:

You know what's out there?

A series of higher tones.

It's arranged by nature.

It's governed by the laws of physics

of the whole universe.

It's an overtone, it's an energy,

it's a wavelength.

And if you're not riding it, good Lordy,

you'll never hear it.

Where do you think it comes from?

What I hear.

I think it comes from all around you, really.

I mean, it's--

Comes through us, some of us.

It's invisible, but-- But you feel it.

So only some of us can hear it?

Only some of us are listening.

Do you think my parents are listening?

I hear you, kid.

Like:

[STRUMS GUITAR]

Yeah.

WOMAN:

Are you hearing a word I'm saying?

[CHATTERING]

Louis.

Come on.

It's about time I met your family.

[CHRIS TRAPPER'S "THIS TIME"

PLAYING IN DISTANCE]

Listen, Jen,

maybe this isn't such a good idea.

Grow up.

Come on.

-Come on.

-"Grow up."

[SINGING ON VIDEO]

The angel on the stairs

JEN:
Are all Irish people this loud?

-Yeah.

Will tell you I was there

Under the front porch light

On a mystery night

I been sitting

Watching life pass from the sidelines

MAN:

Hey, Louis.

Been waiting for a dream

To seep in through my blinds

NICK:

Hey, Marshall, your brother's here.

Louis.

Hey, Nick.

Could I get you off my mind

JEN:

Oh, my God. Is that you?

This time?

When were you gonna tell me

you're in a band?

I'm sure there's a lot of things

our Louis hasn't told you, darling.

-Like who did you write the song for?

-I told you this is a mistake.

That's it, go on. Walk out on us again.

-Eh, Lou?

LOUIS:
Say what you gotta say, Marshall.

-Say what you have to say.

-No, go on.

-Come on, say it.

MARSHALL:
That the best you got?

-Say it.

-That the best you got?

-Come on. Hit me. Come on, hit me.

-Come on.

Feel what? Come on. Hit me.

I'm suffocating here.

The things I left behind

You all right, man?

You all right, man?

Welcome to the Connelly clan.

[MARSHALL LAUGHS]

Jennifer.

You know, it was good

having the old Louis back in there...

...even if it was only for a second.

Louie...

...aren't you supposed to be in the car

with the girl...

...as she drives off into the sunset?

You'll get your suit dirty

sitting there, man.

[MARK MANCINA'S

"5-NOTE TRANSITION" PLAYING]

[PHONE RINGING]

[ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS]

WOMAN [OVER PHONE]:

This is a message for Lyla Novacek.

Please call Good Samaritan Hospital.

I'm calling about your father,

Thomas Novacek.

THOMAS:

I wasn't sure you were going to come.

My will is in the top drawer

of the desk in my study.

Dad, stop, come on.

THOMAS:

Lyla, please.

There's more.

All I ever wanted was for you

to have all that promise, all that life.

But you were so young.

We had so much work to do.

-You weren't ready.

-That's plenty, Dad. Really.

I mean, a baby.

That baby, he could have hurt you.

[MARK MANCINA'S

"HOSPITAL PT. 2" PLAYING]

He could've hurt you, and I--

I wasn't gonna let that happen, Lyla.

I made a choice for us.

Oh, my God.

THOMAS:

A choice for us.

Wait....

THOMAS:

I'm sorry.

Where?

Where is he?

-I didn't mean--

-Where is he?

I don't know.

I don't.

[PLAYING MICHAEL HEDGES'

"RITUAL DANCE"]

WALLACE:
You gotta love music

more than you love food.

More than life. More than yourself.

You feel it?

Then show me.

Play it for your parents.

You're flying, kid.

[CROWD CLAPPING]

WALLACE:

Yeah!

You know what I'm thinking?

You're supposed to say,

"What are you thinking, Wizard?"

"What are you thinking, Wizard?"

I teach you everything I know for free.

You get Roxanne.

You get my corner of the park.

You get to keep half your tips.

We're like a team.

There's something wrong

with that picture.

What?

I don't think performing in parks

and street corners is gonna be enough.

It won't?

Evan, we're gonna need

to get you a new name.

Something with a little more pop.

What do you wanna be in the world?

In the whole world, what do you wanna be?

Close your eyes and think about that.

Found.

Doesn't have enough yin.

-Little more yang, you know?

-Yeah.

Yeah, let's....

[TRUCK HORN HONKING]

Talk about wishful thinking. Look at that.

What name stands out to you

on that, huh?

Beach?

It's a good name for a band,

but not for a performer.

You can't say, "Please welcome Beach."

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