THE SOLOIST
by Joe Wright
synopsis
Based on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers, a musical prodigy who develops schizophrenia during his second year at Juilliard School. Ayers becomes homeless in the streets of downtown Los Angeles, while still playing the violin and the cello.
| international title: | The Soloist |
| original title: | The Soloist |
| country: | United Kingdom, United States, France |
| year: | 2009 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Joe Wright |
| release date: | GR 03/09/2009, UK 25/09/2009, PT 15/10/2009, DK/NO/RO 16/10/2009, CZ 22/10/2009, DE 10/12/2009, ES 19/02/2010, IT 23/07/2010, FR 23/12/2009 |
| screenplay: | Susannah Grant |
| cast: | Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Lisa Gay Hamilton |
| cinematography by: | Seamus McGarvey |
| film editing: | Paul Tothill |
| art director: | Sarah Greenwood |
| costumes designer: | Jacqueline Durran |
| music: | Dario Marianelli |
| producer: | Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff, Rikki Lea Bestall, Eric Heffron, Leeann Stonebreaker |
| production: | Working Title Films, StudioCanal, Participant Media (USA) |
| distributor: | Universal Pictures International United Kingdom, Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais, StudioCanal, Universal Pictures International Italy |
