Additional information for The Soloist, which has a domestic theatrical release set for April 24, 2009. The film is being distributed by DreamWorks Pictures and has not yet been rated. The film's total running time is still unknown.
M
Australia
PG-13
USA
12
Netherlands
12
South Korea
12A
Ireland
PG
Singapore
M/12
Portugal
12A
UK
K-11
Finland
13
Argentina
12
Brazil
April 24, 2009
Canada
April 24, 2009
USA
September 3, 2009
Australia
September 3, 2009
Greece
September 3, 2009
New Zealand
September 10, 2009
Israel
September 25, 2009
Mexico
September 25, 2009
UK
October 15, 2009
Portugal
October 16, 2009
Denmark
October 16, 2009
Norway
October 16, 2009
Romania
October 22, 2009
Czech Republic
October 23, 2009
Poland
October 29, 2009
Argentina
November 6, 2009
Brazil
November 19, 2009
South Korea
December 10, 2009
Germany
February , 2010
Belgium
February , 2010
Netherlands
February 19, 2010
Spain
Life has a mind of its own
No one changes anything by playing it safe
Schizophrenic Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a homeless musician of Los Angeles's Skid Row dreams of playing at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. By chance he meets newspaper journalist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) who tries to help this man get back on his feet to make his dreams come true. Based on the book by the real Lopez, which was an account of his relationship with the real Ayers. Dr. Oliver Sacks, a famed neurologist, authenticates the Lopez account in his most recent book, "Musicophilia."
Steve Lopez hasn't had a good story in a while and the newspaper where he works is laying off journalists due to falling ratings. He had been looking for a story in all the wrong places; when he happened upon a homeless violinist, Nathaniel Ayers, playing beautifully with only 2 strings. Ayers was a former Juilliard student who begins to trust Lopez, and a friendship grows, but not necessarily to the benefit of either. While Lopez intention is to help Ayers; he isn't sure that he has in the end. Some believe Lopez saved Ayers, because he became his only friend. Can the act of caring be enough to help a person who has a mental illness? Even still, Lopez has been positively influenced by witnessing the musical genius he has found in Ayers. He was interested in Ayers and so were his readers and public officials, including the mayor, who pledges money for homeless centers.
Academy Award-nominated Atonement director Joe Wright teams with screenwriter Susannah Grant to tell the true-life story of Nathaniel Ayers, a former cello prodigy whose bouts with schizophrenia landed him on the streets after two years of schooling at Juilliard. Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) is a disenchanted journalist stuck in a dead-end job. His marriage to a fellow journalist having recently come to an end, Steve is wandering through Los Angeles' Skid Row when he notices a bedraggled figure playing a two-stringed violin. The figure in question is Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a man whose promising career in music was cut short due to a debilitating bout with mental illness. The more Lopez learns about Ayers, the greater his respect grows for the troubled soul. How could a man with such remarkable talent wind up living on the streets, and not be performing on-stage with a symphony orchestra? Later, as Lopez embarks on a quixotic quest to help Ayers pull his life together and launch a career in music, he gradually comes to realize that it is not Ayers whose life is being transformed, but his own. [D-Man2010]
Journalist Steve Lopez discovers Nathaniel Anthony Ayers , a former classical music prodigy, playing his violin on the streets of L.A. As Lopez endeavors to help the homeless man find his way back, a unique friendship is formed, one that transforms both their lives. [D-Man2010]
Joe Wright
Director(s)
Susannah Grant
Steve Lopez
Writer(s)
Rikki Lea Bestall
co-producer
Tim Bevan
executive producer
Josephine Davies
associate producer
Eric Fellner
executive producer
Gary Foster
producer
Eric Heffron
co-producer (as Eric N. Heffron)
Russ Krasnoff
producer
Jeff Skoll
executive producer
Leeann Stonebreaker
co-producer
Patricia Whitcher
executive producer
Producer(s)
Dario Marianelli
Composer(s)
Nathaniel Ayers
Jamie Foxx
Steve Lopez
Robert Downey Jr.
Mary Weston
Catherine Keener
Graham Claydon
Tom Hollander
Jennifer Ayers (as Lisagay Hamilton)
Lisa Gay Hamilton
David Carter
Nelsan Ellis
Leslie Bloom
Rachael Harris
Curt Reynolds
Stephen Root
Flo Ayers
Lorraine Toussaint
Young Nathaniel
Justin Martin
Bernie Carpenter
Kokayi Ampah
Paul Jr.
Patrick Tatten
Marisa (as Susane E. Lee)
Susane Lee
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Marcos De Silvas
Harry Barnoff
Ilia Volok
Adam Crane
Michael Bunin
Julliard Conductor
Michael Nowak
Cheery Lab Tech
Jena Malone
Troubled Woman
Octavia Spencer
Angry Homeless Man
David Jean Thomas
Uncle Tommy (as Lemon Anderson)
Lemon
Homeless Transvestite
Kevin Michael Key
Barely Dressed Woman
Moya Brady
LAMP Homeless Guy
Orlando Ashley
Leon
Artel Great
Shouting Woman
J.J. Boone
LAMP Advocate
Annie McKnight
Homeless Lady
Bernadette Speakes
Leeann (as Lee Anna Levin)
Anna Levin
Steve
Steve Foster
Teresa (as Vivian Terresa George)
Vivian George
KK
Kevin Cohen
Courtney
Courtney Andre
Detroit
Teri Hughes
Linda
Linda Harris
Bam Bam
Albert Olson
Melissa
Melissa Black
Mama Grouch
Valarie Hudspeth
Darryl
Darryl Black Sr.
Kiana
Kiana Parker
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Imagining Beethoven
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O Solista
Brazil
Солист
Russia
Der Solist
Germany
El solista
Argentina
O virtouozos
Greece
Solista
Poland
Solisten
Denmark
Solisten
Norway
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Julliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Steve Lopez hasn't had a good story in a while and the newspaper where he works is laying off journalists due to falling ratings. He had been looking for a story in all the wrong places; when he happened upon a homeless violinist, Nathaniel Ayers, playing beautifully with only 2 strings. Ayers was a former Juilliard student who begins to trust Lopez, and a friendship grows, but not necessarily to the benefit of either. While Lopez intention is to help Ayers; he isn't sure that he has in the end. Some believe Lopez saved Ayers, because he became his only friend. Can the act of caring be enough to help a person who has a mental illness? Even still, Lopez has been positively influenced by witnessing the musical genius he has found in Ayers. He was interested in Ayers and so were his readers and public officials, including the mayor, who pledges money for homeless centers.
Academy Award-nominated Atonement director Joe Wright teams with screenwriter Susannah Grant to tell the true-life story of Nathaniel Ayers, a former cello prodigy whose bouts with schizophrenia landed him on the streets after two years of schooling at Juilliard. Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) is a disenchanted journalist stuck in a dead-end job. His marriage to a fellow journalist having recently come to an end, Steve is wandering through Los Angeles' Skid Row when he notices a bedraggled figure playing a two-stringed violin. The figure in question is Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a man whose promising career in music was cut short due to a debilitating bout with mental illness. The more Lopez learns about Ayers, the greater his respect grows for the troubled soul. How could a man with such remarkable talent wind up living on the streets, and not be performing on-stage with a symphony orchestra? Later, as Lopez embarks on a quixotic quest to help Ayers pull his life together and launch a career in music, he gradually comes to realize that it is not Ayers whose life is being transformed, but his own. [D-Man2010]
Journalist Steve Lopez discovers Nathaniel Anthony Ayers , a former classical music prodigy, playing his violin on the streets of L.A. As Lopez endeavors to help the homeless man find his way back, a unique friendship is formed, one that transforms both their lives. [D-Man2010]
Director(s)
Steve Lopez
Writer(s)
co-producer
Tim Bevan
executive producer
Josephine Davies
associate producer
Eric Fellner
executive producer
Gary Foster
producer
Eric Heffron
co-producer (as Eric N. Heffron)
Russ Krasnoff
producer
Jeff Skoll
executive producer
Leeann Stonebreaker
co-producer
Patricia Whitcher
executive producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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