The Soloist (2009)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.3/10   

Director:

Joe Wright

Escritores (WGA):

Susannah Grant (screenplay)
Steve Lopez (book)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

24 abril 2009 (USA)

Género:

Biografía | Drama | Música

Frase comercial:

Life has a mind of its own

Plot:

A Los Angeles Journalist, befriends a homeless Julliard trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.

Plot Keywords:

Musician | Journalist | Los Angeles Times | Columnist | Musical Genius

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The Truth about Schizophrenia

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Reparto

Jamie Foxx	...	Nathaniel Ayers
Robert Downey Jr.	...	Steve Lopez
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Meggan Anderson	...	Flutist
Halbert Bernal	...	EMT
Matt Besser	...	Commuter #4
Troy Blendell	...	New young editor
Jayce Bradley	...	Brawling Frat Guy
Pete Brown	...	Composer
Michael Bunin	...	Adam Crane
Joshua Cabrera	...	Teenage Musician
Ralph Cole Jr.	...	Enraged Homeless Man
Ingrid Coree	...	Nurse
Paul Cruz	...	EMT
Marcos De Silvas	...	Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Aurelius DiBarsanti	...	Paramedic
Paul Edney	...	Driver
Nelsan Ellis	...	David
S. Zev Esquenazi	...	Sgt. Hendrickson
Angela Featherstone	...	Commuter #1
Lauren E. Gates	...	Ballerina
Marissa Ghavami	...	Ballerina
Artel Great	...	Leon (as Artel Kayàru)
Paul Greenberg	...	Commuter #2
Lejla Hadzimuratovic	...	Disney Hall Patron
Justin Rodgers Hall	...	Sgt. Harris
Lisa Gay Hamilton	...	Jennifer (as Lisagay Hamilton)
Richard Hansen	...	L.A.P.D
Rachael Harris	...	Leslie
Joe Hernandez-Kolski	...	EMT #1
Tom Hollander	...	Graham Claydon
Pete Ilarius	...	Disney Hall Patron
Catherine Keener	...	Mary Weston
Edward Kiniry-Ostro	...	Craig
Francesca Kortesmaki	...	Twin violinist
Therese Kortesmaki	...	Twin violinist
Kitty Kreidler	...	Skid Row Homeless woman
Heather La Bella	...	ER Doctor
Hallie Lambert	...	Ballerina
Kirsten Lea	...	Awards Presenter
Susane Lee	...	Marisa
Lemon	...	Jeremy
Wayne Lopez	...	Officer Hank
Wally Lozano	...	Sign Spinner
Michael Maddigan	...	Brawling Frat Guy
Ricky Marciano	...	Cop
Justin Martin	...	Nathaniel - Age 13-16
Annie McKnight	...	Linda - LAMPS Advocate
George Meyers	...	Cop
Rob Nagle	...	Neil
Nick Nervies	...	Jennifer's son
Kai Nuuhiwa	...	Brawling Frat Guy
Alejandro Patino	...	Construction foreman
Palma Lawrence Reed	...	ER Nurse
Stephen Root	...	Curt
Franklin Ruehl	...	Homeless man
Esa-Pekka Salonen	...	Conductor
Jules Sanchez	...	Skid Row Porta Potty Dweller
Sharon Savene	...	LAPD Officer
Holly Sherman	...	Juilliard student
Robyn Jean Springer	...	Disney Hall patron
Janaya Sultze	...	Ballerina
Jeff Sutherland	...	Cowboy on Plane with Wife
Valentyna Svyatchenko	...	Julliard Student
Patrick Tatten	...	Paul
David Jean Thomas	...	Jim Trotter
Karmyn Tyler	...	Juilliard Party Guest
Ilia Volok	...	Mr. Barnoff
Maggie Wagner	...	Mrs. Villaraigosa
Charlie Weirauch	...	Atheist
Troy Williams	...	Cop - Hospital Scene

También conocida como:

Imagining Beethoven (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some drug use and language.

Duración:

117 min

País:

UK | USA | France

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Clasificación:

Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44923) | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:12 | Ireland:12A

Locaciones de Filmación:

Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivialidades:

Cameo: [Nathaniel Ayers, Jr.]The subject of the movie is himself seen in the front row of the concert, during the last scene of the movie.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Lopez pulls over in the tunnel after spotting Ayers, his car blocks the right lane. In subsequent shots, cars are seen in the background cruising through that very same lane, one even merges into it, even though Lopez's car is blocking it just a few yards ahead.

Citas:

Steve Lopez: I don't give a smooth fart whether or not we go.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV)

The Truth about Schizophrenia

I sometimes work clinically with schizophrenics. This film shows us the truth about working with severely mentally ill people. David, the man who runs the shelter for the homeless honestly spoke the truth with his stance that is opposite of what the Pharmaceutical Industry, most of psychiatry and the legal system try to make us believe. David was my hero in this movie.

All though the movie goes quickly over Jamie Fox's childhood trauma and losses -- it's still there, i.e. no father and the truck on fire represent some of the traumas that created his illness. Homeless people with mental illness did not come from healthy childhoods. Almost all came from repeated childhood trauma.(see New Zealand Psychologist John Read PhD and colleagues, the ACE Study from the CDC, and Charles Whitfield's book The Truth about Mental Illness, 2004).

Hollywood did not cover over the painful truths in this story. Jamie Fox's character's mother and his sister were good people and that comes through but they couldn't prevent his wounding. At the end of the film, we are told "90,000 Homeless people in Los Angeles." We walked out of the theater overwhelmed with that figure and uplifted by this true story.

If you're really interested in the truth about schizophrenia there is an excellent DVD documentary called Take These Broken Wings: Recover from Schizophrenia without Medication by Daniel Mackler