The Soloist (2008)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 49 mins | Drama, Biopic, Music, Adaptation | Released: 4/24/2009 |Box Office Total: $31.6M

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Synopsis:

Columnist Steve Lopez is at a dead end. The newspaper business is in an uproar, his marriage to a fellow journalist has fallen apart and he can’t entirely remember what he loved about his job in the first place. Then, one day, while walking through Los Angeles’ Skid Row, he sees the mysterious bedraggled figure Nathaniel Ayers, pouring his soul into a two-stringed violin. At first, Lopez approaches Ayers as just another story idea in a city of millions. But as he begins to unearth the mystery of how this alternately brilliant and distracted street musician, once a dynamic prodigy headed for fame, wound up living in tunnels and doorways, it sparks an unexpected quest. Imagining he can change Ayers’ life, Lopez embarks on a quixotic mission to get him off the streets and back to the world of music. But even as he fights to save Ayers’ life, he begins to see that it is Ayers – with his unsinkable passion, his freedom-loving obstinacy and his valiant attempts at connection and love – who is profoundly changing Lopez.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
4/24/2009

Studio	Credit
DreamWorks SKG	Studio
Universal Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Joe Wright	Director
Cast	Credit
Jamie Foxx	Nathaniel Ayers
Robert Downey Jr	Steve Lopez
Catherine Keener	Mary Weston
Rachael Harris	Leslie Bloom
Tom Hollander	Graham Claydon
LisaGay Hamilton	Jennifer Ayers
Nelsan Ellis	David Carter
Stephen Root	Curt Reynolds
Lorraine Toussaint	Flo Ayers
Justin Martin	Young Nathaniel
Kokayi Ampah	Bernie Carpenter
Patrick Tatten	Paul Jr
Susane E Lee	Marisa
Marcos De Silvas	Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Ilia Volok	Harry Barnoff
Michael Bunin	Adam Crane
Michael Nowak	Juilliard Conductor
Jena Malone	Cherry Lab Tech
Octavia Spencer	Troubled Woman
David Gene Thomas	Angry Homeless Man
Lemon Andersen	Uncle Tommy
Kevin Michael Key	Homeless Transvestite
Moya Brady	Barely Dressed Woman
Orlando Ashley	LAMP Homeless Guy
Artel Great	Leon
J J Boone	Shouting Woman
Annie McKnight	LAMP Advocate
Bernadette Speakes	Homeless Lady
Lee Anna Levin	Leeann
Steve Foster	Steve
Vivian Terresa George	Teresa
Kevin Cohen	KK
Courtney Andre	Courtney
Teri Hughes	Detroit
Linda Harris	Linda
Albert Olson	Bam Bam
Melissa Black	Melissa
Valarie Hudspeth	Mama Grouch
Darryl Black Sr	Darryl
Kiana Parker	Kiana
Hazard Banner	Hazard
Kenneth Henry	Simone
Jacqueline Sue West	Jackie
Joyre Manuel	Ashley
Lorinda Hawkins	Singing Woman
Annette Valley	Annette
Patrick Kelly	Patrick
Quiana Farrow	Quiana
Tony Genaro	Globe Lobby Guard
Charlie Weirauch	Atheist
Wayne Lopez	Cop With Tents
Joe Hernandez-Kolski	EMT 1
Noel G	Winston Street Cop
Paul Cruz	EMT 2
Will Garret	Homeless Man
Halbert Bernal	EMT 3
Alejandro Patino	Construction Worker
Karole Selmon	Homeless Woman 1
Rob Nagle	Neil
Patricia Place	Cello Donor
Ralph Cole Jr	Enraged Homeless Man
Gladys Peters	Reception Nurse
Palma Lawrence Reed	ER Nurse
Isabel Hubmann	Laid-Off Employee
Bonita Jefferson	Homeless Woman 2
Eshana O'Neal	Winston Street Prostitute
Myia Hubbard	Young Jennifer Ayers
Iyanna Newborn	Miss Little John
Bronwyn Hardy	Beauty Shop Girl
Troy Blendell	New Editor
Nick Nervies	Jennifer's Son
Paul Norwood	Editor
Russell Brown	Russell
Production Credits	Credit
Tim Bevan	Executive Producer
Gary Foster	Producer
Rikki Lea Bestall	Co-Producer
Josephine Davies	Associate Producer
Eric Fellner	Executive Producer
Russ Krasnoff	Producer
Eric N Heffron	Co-Producer
Leeann Stonebreaker	Co-Producer
Jeff Skoll	Executive Producer
Patricia Whitcher	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment	Production Company
Between Two Trees	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
DreamWorks Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Finnkino Oy	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Toho-Towa Company	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
DreamWorks	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
United International Pictures (UIP)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Pictures International (UPI)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Paramount Pictures International (PPI)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Writer	Credit
Susannah Grant	Screenplay
Steve Lopez	Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Cristina Duncan	Assistant Accountant
Janet Lonsdale	Production Accountant
Jerry Carville	Accountant - Construction Accountant
Margo Romano	Assistant Accountant - 2nd Assistant Accountant
John Montgomery	Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Gloria Hernandez	Accountant - Accounting Clerk
Erica Gonzales	Assistant Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Lauren Henry	Animal Services - Animal Coordinator
Art Department	Credit
Karen Teneyck	Graphics Coordinator - Graphic Designer
Joanna Bush	Illustrator - Production Illustrator
Clyde Zimmerman	Painter - Paint Supervisor
Julie K Smith	Set Decorator
Suzan Wexler	Art Director
Sarah Greenwood	Production Designer
Ron Mason	Assistant Art Director
Brett Phillips	Model Maker
Brent Rice	Lead Person
Shari Ratliff	Art Department Coordinator
Sean Daly	Scenic Artist - Artist
Andrew Birdzell	Set Designer
Max K Bozeman	Set Dresser
Kent Jones	Painter - Paint Foreperson
Roger Lundeen	Set Designer
Gregory A. Berry	Art Director
Katie Spencer	Set Decorator
Digby Cottrell	Set Dresser
Jim Wallis	Set Designer
Howard Payne Miller	Set Dresser
Hugh Pritchard	Set Dresser
Brook Bacon	Set Dresser
Scott W Leslie	Set Dresser
Craig Pittman	Set Dresser
Chris Taylor	Set Dresser
Eric J Luling	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Elizabeth Chodar	Casting Assistant
Francine Maisler	Casting Director
Leslee Feldman	Casting - Casting Executive
Kathleen Driscoll-Mohler	Casting Associate
Lauren Grey	Casting Associate
Maryellen Aviano	Casting - Background Casting
Craft Services	Credit
leah amir	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Seamus McGarvey	Director of Photography
George Billinger	Steadicam Operator
Liz Flush	Dailies - Dailies Project Manager
Bill Coe	Photography - 1st Assistant Photographer
Mitch Dubin	Camera Operator
Yvan Lucas	Colorist
Dale Grahn	Color Timer
Rene Gonzalez	Projectionist
Chuck Weiss	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist Operator
Trevor Carroll-Coe	Loader - Film Loader
Christian Prejza	Film Lab - DI Producer
Tom Reiser	Colorist - Colorist Assist
Harry Zimmerman	Photography - 1st Assistant Photographer
Rick Whitfield	Video Assist/Playback - 24 Frame Video Playback Supervisor
Curtis Lindersmith	Film Lab - DI Editor
David J Frederick	Steadicam Operator
Paul Babin	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Paul Babin	Camera Operator
Chris Harhoff	Steadicam Operator
Mike Shaheen	Video Assist/Playback - 24 Frame Video Playback Operator
mark sachen	Colorist - Dailies/Preview Colorist
Robert A McMahan	Photography - 2nd Assistant Photographer
Stephen Byrne	Film Lab - DI Producer
Christopher Moseley	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Thomas D Lairson Jr	Photography - 2nd Assistant Photographer
Francois Duhamel	Photography - Still Photographer
Michael D Weldon	Photography - Assistant Photographer (2nd Unit)
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Working Title Films	Film Financier
Participant Media	Film Financier
StudioCanal	Film Financier
Music	Credit
USC Symphony	Music Performer
Benjamin Wallfisch	Music - Orchestra Conductor
Adam Michalak	Score Recording - Score Recordist
Esa-Pekka Salonen	Music Conductor - Orchestra Conductor
John Richards	Music Recording Facilities - Music Recorder/Mixer
Maggie Rodford	Music Supervisor - Score Supervisor
Sandy DeCrescent	Music Contractor
Dario Marianelli	Original Music
Dominick Certo	Music Editor
timothy boot	Music Engineer - Music Playback Operator
Peter Rotter	Music Contractor
Ben Hong	Music - Featured Cellist
Hollywood Studio Symphony, The	Music Performer
Vincent Cirilli	Music Engineer - Pro Tools Engineer
Mark Graham	Music - Music Preparation
Michael Atwell	Music Engineer - Pro Tools Engineer
Physical Effects	Credit
Daniel Barringer	Stunts
Mickey Giacomazzi	Stunt Coordinator
Shirley Smrz	Stunts
Greg Fitzpatrick	Stunts
Kofi Elam	Stunts
Sean Graham	Stunts
Jalil Lynch	Stunts
John Cypert	Stunts
Kevin L Jackson	Stunts
Robert Patrick Nagle	Stunts
Todd Schneider	Stunts
Aaron Toney	Stunts
Jim Wilkey	Stunts
Gregg Smrz	Stunts
Keith Woulard	Stunts
Dan Wynands	Stunts
Gregg Elam	Stunts
Marilyn Miller	Stunts
Chino Binamo	Stunts
Hollis Hill	Stunts
Hannah Kozak	Stunts
Chad Randall	Stunts
CC Taylor	Stunts
Peter Weireter	Stunts
George Marshall Ruge	Stunts
Allan Graf	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Shaun Gordon	Post-Production Coordinator
Patty Whitcher	Unit Production Manager
Gary Trentham	Assistant Production Coordinator
Robert Mazaraki	Production Coordinator
Lyn McKissick	Script Supervisor
Abigail Callahan	Post-Production Supervisor
Elisa Ann Conant	Assistant Location Manager
Eric Heffron	Assistant Director
Kokayi Ampah	Location Manager
Chris Castaldi	Assistant Director
Deborah Harding	Post-Production Supervisor (UK)
Alison A Taylor	Assistant Location Manager
Adam Cole	Post-Production Coordinator
Marvin J Williams Jr	Assistant Director
Pamella D'Pella	Assistant Location Manager
Ptah Shabaf	Assistant Location Manager
Eugene Davis	Assistant Director - 2nd Assistant Director
Ronald Antwine (Kartoon)	Assistant Location Manager
Eric Sherman	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Karen E Gilbert	Assistant Location Manager
Steve Beimler	Assistant Location Manager
Publicity	Credit
Alex Worman	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Barbara Harris	ADR Voice Casting
Ellen Heuer	Foley Artist
Laura Graham	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Becki Ponting	ADR Supervisor - Dialogue/ADR Supervisor
Shannon Mills	Sound Effects Editor
Kevin Sellers	Foley Recordist
Doug Ford	Sound Engineer - Engineering Services
Craig Berkey	Supervising Sound Editor - Sound Editor/Designer
Tim Burby	Sound Editor - Digital Editorial Services
Sean England	Foley Mixer
Jose Antonio Garcia	Sound Mixer - Production Sound Mixer
Chris Scarabosio	Rerecording Mixer
Pascal Garneau	Foley Editor
Eric Bautista	Sound - Cable Person
Jonathan Fuh	Boom Operator
Clint Smith	Rerecording - Recordist
Ivan Fritz	Sound Editor - Digital Editorial Services
Nathan Nance	Sound Mixer - Mix Technician
Chris Scarabosio	Supervising Sound Editor - Sound Editor/Designer
Craig Berkey	Rerecording Mixer
Michael Haight	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Howie Hammerman	Sound Engineer - Engineering Services
Michael Lyle	Foley Artist
Jonathan Greber	Sound - Digital Transfer
Dee Selby	Supervising Sound Editor
Christopher Barron	Sound - Digital Transfer
David Burk	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Assistant Editor
Zach Martin	Sound Mixer - Mix Technician
John Countryman	Sound - Digital Transfer
Visual Effects	Credit
don frazee	Special Effects Coordinator
don black	Special Effects Technician
John Moffatt	Visual Effects Supervisor - Visual Effects Supervisor/Producer
Matt Purse	Visual Effects Editor - HD Preview Editor
Dr Rick Glassman	Special Effects - Dental Special Effects
Scott Lingard	Special Effects Foreman - Special Effects Foreperson
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
LaLette Littlejohn	Makeup Artist
Ve Neill	Makeup Designer - Makeup Designer & Department Head
Nikoletta Skarlatos	Makeup - Makeup Department Head
Paul Spadone	Assistant Costume Designer
Deidra Dixon	Hair Stylist
Jacqueline Durran	Costume Designer
Gloria Pasqua Casny	Hair - Department Head Hair
Craig Anthony	Costumer
Brian Penikas	Makeup Supervisor
Deborah Blevins	Costume Supervisor
Sabine Roller Taylor	Makeup Supervisor
Iraina Crenshaw	Hair Stylist
Barbara Cantu	Hair - Department Head Hair
Robert Maverick	Makeup
Robin McMullan	Costumer
Angela Gurule	Hair
Vivian Baker	Makeup
Karan Doherty	Costumer
Lisa Marie Rosenberg Alpert	Hair Stylist
Cammy Langer	Hair
Cyndi Reece-Thorne	Makeup
Nancy Smytka	Costumer - On-Set Costumer
Kelcey Fry	Makeup
Jenny Eagan	Costumer
Miia Kovero	Hair
Laura Hill	Makeup
Diana Edgmon	Costumer
Joanne Harris	Hair
Hitomi Golba	Hair
Corrine Larson	Costumer
Brigitte Hennech	Makeup
Brad Scott	Hair
Debbie Zoller	Makeup
Leah Brown	Costumer
David DeLeon	Makeup
Susan Schuler	Hair
Peggy Semtob	Hair
Mark Landon	Makeup
Myke Michaels	Makeup

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