The Soloist

In 2005, Steve Lopez is a journalist working for the Los Angeles Times. He is divorced and now works for his ex-wife, Mary, an editor. A biking accident lands Lopez in a hospital. One day, he hears a violin being played beautifully. Investigating, he encounters Nathaniel Ayers, 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.

MPAA Rating:PG-13
Genre:Biography, Drama, Music
Country:France, United Kingdom, United States
Produced By:Josephine Davies, Patricia Whitcher, Leeann Stonebreaker, Tim Bevan, Jeff Skoll, Gary Foster, Eric Fellner, Eric Heffron, Rikki Lea Bestall, Russ Krasnoff
Directed By:Joe Wright
Written By:Steve Lopez, Susannah Grant
Cast:Artel Great, Michael Bunin, Terri Hughes, Catherine Keener, J.J. Boone, Rob Nagle, Patricia Place, Paul Jeans, Lorraine Toussaint, Jeff Sutherland, Michael Nowak, Kitty Kreidler, Johanna Olson, Pete Brown, Noel Gugliemi, Franklin Ruehl, Anna Levin, Ilia Volok, Nick Nervies, Troy Blendell, Don Abernathy, Justin Aguila, Rio Ahn, Gabriel Morales, Windy Duncan, Doby Daenger, Moya Brady, Matt Besser, Lejla Hadzimuratovic, Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Meggan Anderson, Paul Edney, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jules Sanchez, Youlanda Davis, Edward Kiniry-Ostro, Sharon Savene, Robert Downey Jr., April Marie Thomas, Angela Featherstone, Susane Lee, Kevin Cohen, Arne Starr, Wally Lozano, Patrick Tatten, Gina Tleel, Richard Hansen, David Cohen, Annie McKnight, Marissa Ghavami, Marcos De Silvas, Ingrid Coree, Mike Cochrane, Ricky Marciano, Nelsan Ellis, Laura Beckner, Christopher Karl Johnson, Stephen Root, Paul Norwood, Justin Martin, Karmyn Tyler, Alan Gray, Charlie Weirauch, S. Zev Esquenazi, Paul Greenberg, Paul Grace, Tony Genaro, Nancy Guerriero, Tom Hollander, Gary Sievers, Karole Selmon, Adam Knapp, Rachael Harris, Wil Garret, Jason Cekanski, Albert Olson, Lorinda Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Maggie Wagner, Wayne Lopez, Tiffany Pulvino, Jamie Foxx, Joel Pargman, Alejandro Patiño, Jennifer McGraw, Bernadette Speakes, Siso Kamburov, Halbert Hernandez, David Jean Thomas, Troy Williams, Michela Lansing, Paul Cruz, Palma Lawrence Reed, Kirsten Lea, Jena Malone, Bridget Coulter, Patrick MacKellan, Johnny Drocco, Elena Caruso, Lemon Andersen, Kevin Michael Key, Gladys Khan, Orlando Ashley, Lauren Suzanne Martin, Bronwyn Hardy, George Meyers, Samantha Nunley, Ralph Cole Jr., Kimberly Bishop, Kokayi Ampah, LisaGay Hamilton, Heather La Bella
In Theaters:Apr 24, 2009
Runtime:1 hour 57 minutes
Production:Dreamworks Pictures, Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Participant, Krasnoff Foster Productions, Working Title Films
Budget:$60,000,000
Box Office:$31,720,158
Available On:Amazon, Itunes, Vudu
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