The Soloist (2009) - Credits and Details

The Soloist Credits and Details

Directed by
	Joe Wright
Written by
	Susannah Grant	...	screenplay
	Steve Lopez	...	book "The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music"
Cast
	Jamie Foxx	...	Nathaniel Ayers
	Robert Downey Jr.	...	Steve Lopez
	Catherine Keener	...	Mary Weston
	Tom Hollander	...	Graham Claydon
	LisaGay Hamilton	...	Jennifer Ayers (as Lisagay Hamilton)
	Nelsan Ellis	...	David Carter
	Rachael Harris	...	Leslie Bloom
	Stephen Root	...	Curt Reynolds
	Lorraine Toussaint	...	Flo Ayers
	Justin Martin	...	Young Nathaniel
	Kokayi Ampah	...	Bernie Carpenter
	Patrick Tatten	...	Paul Jr.
	Susane Lee	...	Marisa (as Susane E. Lee)
	Marcos De Silvas	...	Mayor Villaraigosa
	Ilia Volok	...	Harry Barnoff
	Michael Bunin	...	Adam Crane
	Mike Nowak	...	Julliard Conductor (as Michael Nowak)
	Jena Malone	...	Cheery Lab Tech
	Octavia Spencer	...	Troubled Woman
	David Jean Thomas	...	Angry Homeless Man
	Lemon Andersen	...	Uncle Tommy (as Lemon Anderson)
	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
	Anna Levin	...	Leeann (as Lee Anna Levin)
	Steve Foster	...	Steve
	Vivian George	...	Teresa (as Vivian Terresa George)
	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
	Russell Brown	...	Russell
	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 Gugliemi	...	Winston Street Cop (as Noel G.)
	Paul Cruz	...	EMT #2
	Wil Garret	...	Homeless Man
	Halbert Hernandez	...	EMT #3 (as Halbert Bernal)
	Alejandro Patiño	...	Construction Worker (as Alejandro Patino)
	Karole Selmon	...	Homeless Woman #1
	Rob Nagle	...	Neil
	Patricia Place	...	Cello Donor
	Ralph Cole Jr.	...	Enraged Homeless Man
	Gladys Khan	...	Reception Nurse (as Gladys Peters)
	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
Uncredited Cast
	Don Abernathy	...	Los Angeles Times Employee
	Justin Aguila	...	Homeless man
	Meggan Anderson	...	Flutist
	Julia Anna Barrios	...	E.R Visitor (Hoochie)
	Laura Beckner	...	Juilliard Student
	Matt Besser	...	Commuter #4
	Elena Nikitina Bick	...	Ballerina
	Kimberly Bishop	...	LA Times Staff
	Pete Brown	...	Composer
	Joshua Cabrera	...	Teenage Musician
	Gerry Carbajal	...	Policeman
	Jason Cekanski	...	Brawling Frat Guy
	Mike Cochrane	...	Homeless Man
	David Cohen	...	Photographer
	Ingrid Coree	...	Nurse
	Bridget Coulter	...	Disney Hall Patron
	Elise D'Orazio	...	Concert Attendee
	Doby Daenger	...	Mental Patient
	Youlanda Davis	...	Bag Lady
	Aurelius DiBarsanti	...	Paramedic
	Bonita Dorssom	...	Airport Extra
	Johnny Drocco	...	Hospital Orderly
	Windy Duncan	...	Radisson Guest
	Paul Edney	...	Driver
	Z.J. Esquenazi	...	Sgt. Hendrickson
	Angela Featherstone	...	Commuter #1
	Lauren E. Gates	...	Ballerina
	Marissa Ghavami	...	Ballerina
	Alan Gray	...	Homeless Man
	Paul Greenberg	...	Commuter #2
	Nancy Guerriero	...	Homeless Old Woman
	Lejla Hadzimuratovic	...	Disney Hall Patron
	Justin Rodgers Hall	...	Sgt. Harris
	Richard Hansen	...	Policeman
	Terri Hughes	...	Detroit
	Pete Ilarius	...	Disney Hall Patron
	Chasey James	...	Disney Hall Patron
	Paul Jeans	...	ER Doctor
	Christopher Karl Johnson	...	Drunk Uncle at Christmas Party
	Siso Kamburov	...	Disney Hall Patron
	Edward Kiniry-Ostro	...	Craig
	Adam Knapp	...	Piano Student
	Francesca Kortesmaki	...	Twin Violinist
	Therese Kortesmaki	...	Twin Violinist
	Kitty Kreidler	...	Skid Row Homeless Woman
	Heather La Bella	...	ER Doctor
	Hallie Lambert	...	Ballerina
	Michela Lansing	...	Community Woman
	Kirsten Lea	...	Awards Presenter
	Karen Levine	...	Jena Malone (Stand In)
	Janaya Logan	...	Ballerina
	Wally Lozano	...	Sign Spinner
	Patrick MacKellan	...	Banquet Guest
	Michael Maddigan	...	Brawling Frat Guy
	Ricky Marciano	...	Policeman
	Lauren Suzanne Martin	...	Juilliard Student
	Jennifer McGraw	...	Disney Hall Patron
	Paul McMichael	...	Juilliard Student
	George Meyers	...	Policeman
	Gabriel Morales	...	Angry Hospital Patron
	Samantha Nunley	...	Perfect bride
	Joel Pargman	...	Juilliard Violinist
	Tiffany Pulvino	...	Juilliard Student
	Franklin Ruehl	...	Homeless Man
	Paul Hobson Sadler	...	Passerby
	Esa-Pekka Salonen	...	Conductor
	Jules Sanchez	...	Skid Row Porta Potty Dweller
	Sharon Savene	...	LAPD Officer
	Thierry Segall	...	French Rock Star
	Eric Shackelford	...	Homeless Man
	Holly Sherman	...	Juilliard Student
	Gary Sievers	...	Homeless Street Preacher
	Kortnee Simmons	...	Extra
	Arne Starr	...	Concert Hall Guest
	Jeff Sutherland	...	Cowboy on Plane with Wife
	April Marie Thomas	...	Beauty Shop Patron
	Gina Tleel	...	Music Teacher
	Karmyn Tyler	...	Juilliard Party Guest
	Maggie Wagner	...	Mrs. Villaraigosa
	Troy Williams	...	Policeman - Hospital Scene
Produced by
	Rikki Lea Bestall	...	co-producer
	Tim Bevan	...	executive producer
	Josephine Davies	...	associate producer
	Eric Fellner	...	executive producer
	Gary Foster	...	producer
	Eric Heffron	...	co-producer
	Russ Krasnoff	...	producer
	Jeff Skoll	...	executive producer
	Leeann Stonebreaker	...	co-producer
	Patricia Whitcher	...	executive producer
Original Music by
	Dario Marianelli
Special Effects by
	Chad Ball	...	special effects technician: Cleveland
	Donald T. Black	...	special effects technician
	Max Brennan	...	special effects technician: Cleveland
	Rick Doyle	...	special effects technician: Cleveland
	James Fraser	...	special effects technician: Cleveland
	Donald Frazee	...	special effects coordinator
	Roland Hathaway	...	special effects technician: Cleveland
	Scott Lingard	...	special effects foreperson
	Spencer White	...	special effects technician: Cleveland
	Robert W. King	...	special effects technician
Visual Effects by
	Simon Allmark	...	head of editorial: Double Negative
	Adrian Banton	...	compositor: Double Negative
	Frank Berbert	...	compositor: Double Negative
	Marla Carter Barrett	...	flame compositor
	Emma Cummins	...	visual effects producer: Double Negative
	Max Decroix	...	technical director: Double Negative
	Andy Hague	...	visual effects editor: synthesia sequence, Double Negative
	Leanne Hayward	...	visual effects editor: Double Negative
	Robert Hemmings	...	visual effects animator: Dpuble Negative
	Claus Kogsbøll	...	animator
	Matthew Leach	...	studio assistant
	Gurel Mehmet	...	concept artist: Double Negative
	Andre Metello	...	character technical director: double negative
	John Moffatt	...	visual effects producer / visual effects supervisor
	Stuart Nelhams	...	visual effects editor: Double Negative
	Laurent-Paul Robert	...	technical director: Double Negative
	Melissa Taylor	...	visual effects executive producer: Double Negative
	Helen Wood	...	compositor: Double Negative
	George Zwier	...	compositor: Double Negative
	Patrick Clancey	...	digital opticals
	Pete Hanson	...	studio manager: Double Negative
	Jan Hyldebrandt-Larsen	...	visual effects producer
	Martin Kupski	...	matte painter
	Taz Lodder	...	technical support: Double Negative
	Thomas Mathai	...	data manager
	Julia Reinhard	...	digital compositor: Double Negative
	Tom Westermann	...	digital artist
Stunts
	Daniel W. Barringer	...	stunts
	Chino Binamo	...	stunts
	Michael Caradonna	...	precision driver
	John T. Cypert	...	stunts
	Greg Wayne Elam	...	stunts
	Kofi Elam	...	stunts
	Norman Epperson	...	precision driver
	Greg Fitzpatrick	...	stunts / stunt double: Robert Downey Jr.
	Mickey Giacomazzi	...	stunt coordinator
	Allan Graf	...	stunts
	Sean Graham	...	stunts
	Hollis Hill	...	stunts
	Kevin L. Jackson	...	stunts
	Hannah Kozak	...	stunts
	Jalil Jay Lynch	...	stunts
	Ed McDermott II	...	precision driver
	Marilyn Miller	...	stunts
	Robert Nagle	...	stunts
	Chad Randall	...	stunts
	Scotty Richards	...	precision driving coordinator
	George Marshall Ruge	...	stunts
	Todd Schneider	...	stunts
	Gregg Smrz	...	stunts
	Shirley Smrz	...	stunts
	C.C. Taylor	...	stunts
	Aaron Toney	...	stunts
	Peter Weireter	...	stunts
	Jim Wilkey	...	stunts
	Keith Woulard	...	stunts
	Danny Wynands	...	stunts
	Scott Alan Berk	...	precision driver
	Jason Cekanski	...	stunt performer
	Thomas DuPont	...	stunts
	Joey Freitas	...	precision driver
	Michael Maddigan	...	stunt performer
	Kortney Manns	...	stunts
	Angela Meryl	...	stunt performer
	Allan Padelford	...	remote drive systems
	Kofi Yiadom	...	stunts
Thanks
	Frank Jackson	...	the producers wish to thank: City of Cleveland, the Honorable Mayor
	Stephen Marder	...	the producers wish to thank
	Janos Marton	...	the producers wish to thank: The Living Museum at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center
	Lyndie Wright	...	the producers wish to thank
	Sarah Wright	...	the producers wish to thank

Additional Info
Premiere:	April 20, 2009
Theatrical Release:	April 24, 2009
DVD Release:	August 04, 2009
Blu-ray Release:	August 04, 2009
Countries:
Distributor:	Paramount Studios
Websites:

Ratings
6.7 / 10	61 / 100

Production Companies
DreamWorks Pictures (presents)
Universal Pictures (presents)
StudioCanal (StudioCanal) (in association with)
Participant (in association with)
Krasnoff Foster Productions (Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment)
Working Title Films (in association with)

Distributors
Paramount Pictures (2009) (United States) (theatrical)
DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (Blu-ray)
DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (DVD)
Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (DVD)
Home Box Office (HBO) (2010) (United States) (TV)
Warner Home Video (2013) (United States) (video)
Pluto TV (2019) (United States) (VOD) (video)
Paramount+ (2021) (United States) (VOD)

Filming Locations
Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
California, USA
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Interstate 110, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jordan High School, Long Beach, California, USA
Los Angeles Center Studios - 450 S. Bixel Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles Times - 145 S Spring St, Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Pershing Square, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
Skid Row, Central City East, Los Angeles, California, USA
USA
Walt Disney Concert Hall - 111 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

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