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     Jamie Foxx

     Nathaniel Ayers
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     Robert Downey Jr.

     Steve Lopez
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     Catherine Keener

     Mary Weston
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     Tom Hollander

     Graham Claydon
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     LisaGay Hamilton

     Jennifer Ayers-Moore
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     Stephen Root

     Curt

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   Is the soloist based on a true story?

   • The Soloist is a 2009 drama film directed by Joe Wright, and starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. The plot is based on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers, a musician who developed schizophrenia and became homeless. The film was released in theaters on April 24, 2009.

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   Is the soloist a movie?

   • The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music was published in 2008, and, during the following year, was made into a feature-length movie starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr. Complete summary of Steve Lopez's The Soloist. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Soloist.

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   Who wrote 'the soloist' based on?

   • Directed by Joe Wright, was written by Susannah Grant, based on a series of columns written by Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez, who chronicled the plight of Nathaniel Ayers, Jr., a musician with schizophrenia, and eventually was chronicled in Lopez's book, The Soloist, which was published in the spring of 2008.

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   Is 'the soloist' an uplifting drama?

   • "The Soloist" has all the elements of an uplifting drama, except for the uplift. The story is compelling, the actors are in place, but I was never sure what the filmmakers wanted me to feel about it.

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   A true story of a homeless musician and a journalist who befriends him, but struggles with his mental illness. The film is lost between uplifting drama and serious depiction of madness, and fails to convince the audience of its characters' arcs.

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   The Soloist is a 2009 drama film directed by Joe Wright, and starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. The plot is based on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers, a musician who developed schizophrenia and became homeless. The film was released in theaters on April 24, 2009.

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   Overview. Steve Lopez’s 2008 book, The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music, is a work of nonfiction that charts the experience of the musician Nathaniel Ayers. Lopez is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and encounters Ayers playing a two-string violin on the streets of downtown Los Angeles.

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   Synopsis. The film opens up in the early morning. A man is cycling by as a paper boy is driving around delivering newspapers. A newspaper hits a door and the main articles title is Life Has A Mind by Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.). Steve Lopez is cycling around town and goes in the opposite direction of a bunch of cyclists.

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   Complete summary of Steve Lopez's The Soloist. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Soloist.

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   Apr 24, 2009 · The Soloist: Directed by Joe Wright. With Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander. A newspaper journalist discovers a homeless musical genius and tries to improve his situation.

10. www.npr.org › 2009/04/22 › 103198515'The Soloist': Living With Mental Illness On Skid Row : NPR

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    Apr 22, 2009 · The movie The Soloist is the story of a gifted musician named Nathaniel Ayers whose mental illness drove him from the halls of The Juilliard School in New York to the streets of Los Angeles....