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The Soloist is a 2009 biographical drama film directed by Joe Wright. The screenplay was written by Susannah Grant and Steve Lopez. The cast includes Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, and Tom Hollander. The film was produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Jeff Skoll. Production companies involved include Universal Pictures, DreamWorks, StudioCanal, and Working Title Films.
The narrative is set in Los Angeles and Long Beach. It follows a journalist who befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician. The film has a runtime of 117 minutes and is rated PG-13. It was released in 2009. The original language is English. The musical score was composed by Dario Marianelli.
The film received various review scores, including 57%, 6/10, and 61/100. It has an IMDb rating of 6.7. The budget was 60,000,000, and the revenue was 38,332,994. A soundtrack album was released in 2009. The film has been assessed under the Bechdel test.
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6.7A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Cast
- Robert Downey Jr. as Steve Lopez
- Jamie Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers
- Catherine Keener as Mary Weston
- Tom Hollander as Graham Claydon
- Nelsan Ellis as David Carter
- Michael Bunin as Adam Crane
Themes
- newspaper
- schizophrenia
- musician
- violin
- cello
- based on true story
- los angeles, california
- unlikely friendship
- homeless man
- theater audience
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
56,402 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
56%
Metacritic
61/100
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, Music
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Joe Wright
- Screenwriter
- Steve Lopez
- Cast member
- Angela Featherstone
- Composer
- Dario Marianelli
- Producer
- Eric Fellner
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Seamus McGarvey
- Narrative location
- Long Beach
- Filming location
- Long Beach
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 777491
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.soloistmovie.com
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- publication date
- 2009-12-10
- title
- The Soloist
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- costume designer
- Jacqueline Durran
- executive producer
- Tim Bevan
- different from
- Soloist
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 61/100
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