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A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Language
Budget$60,000,000
Revenue $38,332,994
English
Budget$60,000,000
Revenue $38,332,994
Keywords
newspaper
schizophrenia
musician
violin
cello
based on true story
los angeles, california
unlikely friendship
homeless man
theater audience
Casts

Robert Downey Jr.
Steve Lopez

Jamie Foxx
Nathaniel Ayers

Catherine Keener
Mary Weston

Tom Hollander
Graham Claydon

Nelsan Ellis
David Carter

Michael Bunin
Adam Crane

LisaGay Hamilton
Jennifer Ayers

Rachael Harris
Leslie Bloom

Stephen Root
Curt Reynolds

Lorraine Toussaint
Flo Ayers

Jena Malone
Cheery Lab Tech

Octavia Spencer
Troubled Woman

Justin Martin
Young Nathaniel
Kokayi Ampah
Bernie Carpenter

Patrick Tatten
Paul Jr.

Susane Lee
Marisa

Marcos De Silvas
Mayor Villaigosa

Ilia Volok
Harry Barnoff
Mike Nowak
Julliard Conductor
David Jean Thomas
Angry Homeless Man
Lemon Andersen
Uncle Tommy
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
Steve Foster
Steve
Vivian George
Teresa
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 St.
Darryl
Kiana Parker
Kiana
Hazard Banner
Hazard
Russell Brown
Russell
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
Paul Cruz
EMT #2

Wil Garret
Homeless Man
Halbert Hernandez
EMT #3

Alejandro Patiño
Construction Worker

Karole Selmon
Homeless Woman #1

Rob Nagle
Neil

Patricia Place
Cello Donor

Ralph Cole Jr.
Enraged Homeless Man
Gladys Khan
Reception Nurse

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
News Editor

Nick Nervies
Jennifer's Son

Paul Norwood
Editor

Wally Lozano
Sign Spinner (uncredited)
Crews

Susannah Grant
Screenplay

Joe Wright
Director
Paul Tothill
Editor

Jacqueline Durran
Costume Design
Russ Krasnoff
Producer

Ve Neill
Makeup Department Head
Steve Lopez
Author
Gary Foster
Producer

Sarah Greenwood
Production Design
Greg Berry
Art Direction

Patricia Whitcher
Executive Producer

Francine Maisler
Casting

Allan Graf
Stunts
Shirley Smrz
Stunts
Hannah Kozak
Stunts
C.C. Taylor
Stunts

Todd Schneider
Stunts
Scott Alan Berk
Stunt Driver
Daniel W. Barringer
Stunts

Gregg Smrz
Stunts

Kevin L. Jackson
Stunts
Keith Woulard
Stunts

Jalil Jay Lynch
Stunts
Norman Epperson
Stunt Driver

Michael Caradonna
Stunt Driver

Kofi Yiadom
Stunts
George Marshall Ruge
Stunts

Marilyn Miller
Stunts
Jason Cekanski
Stunts
Ed McDermott II
Stunt Driver

Mickey Giacomazzi
Stunt Coordinator
Thomas DuPont
Stunts

Aaron Toney
Stunts

Chad Randall
Stunts
Robert Nagle
Stunts
Greg Wayne Elam
Stunts

Scotty Richards
Stunt Coordinator

Jim Wilkey
Stunts
Kofi Elam
Stunts

Chino Binamo
Stunts
Greg Fitzpatrick
Stunts
Michael Maddigan
Stunts

Sean Graham
Stunts
Peter Weireter
Stunts
Hollis Hill
Stunts

Kortney Manns
Stunts
John T. Cypert
Stunts

Angela Meryl
Stunts
Allan Padelford
Stunt Driver

Danny Wynands
Stunts

Dario Marianelli
Original Music Composer

François Duhamel
Still Photographer

Kerry Lyn McKissick
Script Supervisor

Seamus McGarvey
Director of Photography
Julie Smith
Set Decoration
Robert Mazaraki
Production Coordinator
Dominick Certo
Music Editor
Gloria Pasqua Casny
Hair Department Head

Patricia Whitcher
Unit Production Manager
Lisa Marie Rosenberg
Hairstylist
Adam Cole
Post Production Coordinator

Chris Castaldi
Second Assistant Director
Backdrops & Posters




