August Rush Page #6

We are.

I assure you, Mr. Rush, every day.

You should be with family. Come on.

Mr. Rush, please.

Do you have any idea of the importance

of the concert tomorrow night, for August?

August. Wait, listen.

You gotta tell me right now,

is this man really your father?

You can tell me the truth.

WALLACE:

I know your real name.

Evan.

MAN:

August.

Evan.

Is he your father?

[MARK MANCINA'S

"WIZARD RETURNS" PLAYING]

He taught me everything I know.

[STRUMS GUITAR]

ARTHUR:

And we are back, we are back.

Don't make it harder for yourself, Aug.

Wizard's not so bad.

You saw the kid, right?

He's a freak of nature. Yeah.

Here's the deal. Thousand a night, two

weeks minimum, three cities guaranteed.

Then we ship him out to your partner

on the West Coast. No.

ARTHUR:

He just ain't feeling well.

He said you the only one

who gonna make him feel better.

Competition. All right, I'll be back.

You do what you do.

Yo, yo.

I'm his representation.

That's why I'm making the deal.

Come on. No, there's no parents.

Great sounds, kid.

Gibson J-200?

It's beautiful.

Can I see her?

Hey. It's okay.

I'm a musician too.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

[PLAYING HEITOR PERIERA'S

"DUELING GUITARS"]

Nice action.

You're pretty good.

Thanks.

See what you can do with mine.

How long you been playing?

Six months.

Six months?

How'd you learn how to play like that

in six months?

Juilliard.

Juilliard?

Yes, sir.

I have my own concert tonight.

Do you reckon I should believe you?

Yeah. But I can't go.

Why's that?

It's kind of a long story.

Well, if I went to Juilliard

and I had a concert tonight...

...I wouldn't miss it for the world.

Yeah.

But what if something bad

would happen if you did it?

You never quit on your music.

No matter what happens.

Because anytime

something bad happens to you...

...it's the one place you can escape to

and just, psh, let it go.

I learned that the hard way.

And anyway, look at me.

Nothing bad's gonna happen.

You gotta have a little faith.

I'm Louis.

Ev-- August.

August Rush.

August Rush.

-Cool name.

WALLACE:
August!

Come on!

I gotta go, August.

Bye.

Yeah.

Bye.

Bye.

Yes, I made him memorize our number.

I understand. Your department's

doing everything they can.

Do you think anything bad

happened to him?

I'm sure he's fine.

I prayed for him. Did you?

Yeah.

Well, if his father loves him like he should...

...then he'll do what's best for his son.

You believe that, don't you?

-Yeah.

-Good.

Now go get ready.

[MARK MANCINA'S

"ARPEGGIO THEME" PLAYING]

DEAN:

Welcome to our Concert in the Park...

...and the Mercedes Drive Your Future

Scholarship Celebration.

And now it is with enormous pleasure...

...that I welcome back to the concert stage

one of Juilliard's own, Lyla Novacek.

[PLAYING DAVE METZGER'S

"CELLO CONCERTO IN E MINOR"]

[LOUIS PLAYING LUCAS REYNOLDS'

"SOMETHING INSIDE"]

[SINGING]

So long you've been running in circles

Round what's at stake

But now the time's come

For your feet to stand still in one place

You wanna reach out

You wanna give in

Your head's wrapped around

What's around the next bend

You wish you could find something warm

'Cause you're shivering cold

It's the first thing you see

As you open your eyes

The last thing you say

As you're saying goodbye

But something inside you

Is crying, driving you on

'Cause if you hadn't found me

I would have found you

I would have found you

I have to go now.

I'm not coming back this time.

He's just kidding, Wizard.

Me and August have a understanding.

Don't we?

Aug, you can't leave me, man.

Yes, I can.

Because you have to

find your parents, right?

Yeah. My concert's starting.

Well, all my money's on the fact

your folks won't be able to find you.

You know why?

Because they can't hear you.

They're probably dead.

You're not going anywhere.

It's the first thing you see

As you open your eyes

The last thing you say

As you're saying goodbye

Nowhere to go, son.

Something inside you

Is crying and driving you on

I would have found you

ARTHUR:

Run, boy.

Run, August, run.

I would have found you

I would have found you

[HORN HONKS]

WALLACE:

August!

[PLAYING DAVE METZGER'S

"CELLO CONCERTO IN E MINOR"]

WALLACE:

August!

DEAN:

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

Music has always fascinated us

in the way that it communicates.

Without words, without pictures.

And that leads us

to our final performance.

NICK:

How much longer to the airport?

MARSHALL:

Man, it jams up the traffic.

Bring you back to the old days,

eh, Louis?

[MARK MANCINA'S

"ARPEGGIO THEME" PLAYING]

"August Rush."

Evan Taylor.

Unfortunately, our last performer

seems to have....

He's here. He's here. He's here.

Oh. Excellent.

Perhaps there's no one else

who can better personify...

...the mystery that is music...

...than our final composer.

[ORCHESTRA PLAYING

MARK MANCINA'S "RHAPSODY"]

Hey, what's that?

MAN:

Concerts in the Park every spring.

Let me out.

Let me out! Let me out!

HOPE [SINGING]:

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Woo woo

Yeah, yeah

Yeah

Oh, oh

Woo

Yeah

Oh, oh

Whoa, oh

Yeah

Whoa, oh

[VAN MORRISON'S

"MOONDANCE" PLAYING]

AUGUST:

The music is all around us.

All you have to do is listen.

MAN [SINGING]:

Ooo eee oooh

As days go by and fade tonight

I still question why you left

I wonder how it didn't work out

But now you're gone

And memories are all I have for now

But no, it's not over

We'll get older

We'll get over

We'll live to see the day that I hope for

Come back to me

I still believe

That we'll get it right again

We'll come back to life again

We won't say another goodbye again

Live forever with me

And someday

Someday

We'll be together someday

Someday we'll be together

Our someday might be today

The mysteries of destiny say

Our somehow and our some way

For all we know they come tomorrow

But for today my eyes are open

My arms are raised for your embrace

My hands are here to mend what is broken

To feel again the warmth of your face

I believe there is more to life

Oh, I love you much more than life

It's though

I believe I can change your mind

Revive what is dying inside

And someday

Someday

We'll be together someday

Someday we'll be together

Someday

Someday

We'll be together

We'll be together

We'll be together

Someday

MAN 2 [SINGING]:

I'm as crazy as a clown tonight

A clown without a crown tonight

A simple sack of wishes and bones

I'm as useless as a memory

The day before it came to me

To save your town

Of stitches and stones

But once in my life

I was the king of Earth

Once in my life

I was

Now that the stars

Are frozen in their places

Now that our hope seems gone

Now that the stars

Have fallen from our faces

I will see you on

I'll never be your picture president

But I hope you got the rose I sent

To save your town of stitches and bones

I'm nothing more than but a simple man

Formed to be American

Out to draw these bridges alone

But once in my life

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