The Soloist

OT: The Soloist

Joe Wright // United Kingdom, USA, 2009
Fiction Feature // FF2009

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Story

Los Angeles, 2005. Journalist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) is in a crisis. He is suffering from writer’s block and his marriage is in ruins. Then he meets the highly talented street musician Nathaniel Ayers. Lopez finds out that the schizophrenic, homeless cellist was once prophesied a career as a soloist. With much patience he works on creating a perspective for the man. Based on a true story. Joe Wright was previously represented at FILMFEST HAMBURG ith the Oscar-nominated film “Atonement” in 2007.

Director

Joe Wright was born in 1972. The british director is internationally known for his dramatic films"Atonement" as wellas "Pride

Trailer

Info

Original title: The Soloist

Film type: Fiction Feature

Original language: English

Section: Agenda 09//FF2009

Production country: United Kingdom, USA

Produced: 2009

Runtime: 109 min

Language and subtitles: OV

Director: Joe Wright

Screenplay: Susannah Grant

Cast: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander

Producer: Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff

DoP: Seamus McGarvey, B.S.C.

Editor: Paul Tothill, A.C.E.

Music: Dario Marianelli

Production design: Sarah Greenwood

German Distributor: Universal Pictures International Germany GmbH

Production Company: DreamWorks SKG

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