The Soloist
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| Directed by | Joe Wright |
| Produced by | Gary Foster Russ Krasnoff |
| Written by | Susannah Grant |
| Based on |
The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve Lopez |
| Starring |
Jamie Foxx Robert Downey, Jr. Catherine Keener Tom Hollander Lisa Gay Hamilton |
| Music by | Dario Marianelli |
| Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey |
| Edited by | Paul Tothill |
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Paramount Pictures (North America) Universal Pictures (international) |
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Release date
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24 April 2009 (US) 11 September 2009 (UK) |
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Running time
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117 min. |
| Country | United States United Kingdom France |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60 million |
| Box office | $38.3 million |
The Soloist is a 2009 British-American drama film directed by Joe Wright, and starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr.. It is based on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers, a musician who developed schizophrenia and became homeless. The screenplay by Susannah Grant is based on the book, The Soloist by Steve Lopez.
Foxx portrays Ayers, who is considered a cello prodigy, and Downey portrays Lopez, a Los Angeles Times columnist who discovers Ayers and writes about him in the newspaper. The film was released in theatres on 24 April 2009 and on DVD and Blu-ray August 5.
In 2005, Steve Lopez (Robert Downey, Jr.) is a journalist working for the L.A. Times. He is divorced and now works for his ex-wife, Mary (Catherine Keener), an editor. A biking accident lands Lopez in a hospital.
One day, he hears a cello being played beautifully. Investigating, he encounters Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a homeless man with schizophrenia, who is playing a violin when Lopez introduces himself. During the conversation that follows, Lopez learns that Ayers once attended Juilliard.
Curious as to how a former student of such a prestigious school ended up on the streets, Lopez contacts Juilliard but learns that no record of Ayers graduating from it exists. Though at first figuring a man with schizophrenia who's talented with a cello isn't worth his time, Lopez soon realizes that he has no better story to write about. Luckily, he soon learns that Ayers did attend Juilliard, but dropped out after two years.
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