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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.
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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.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Joe Wright
- 2009-04-24
Apr 22, 2009 · Based on a true story, it stars Jamie Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless man who was once a musical prodigy, and Robert Downey Jr. as Steve Lopez, the Los Angeles Times columnist who writes a column about him, bonds with him, makes him famous, becomes discouraged by the man's mental illness and -- what? Hears him play great music? Advertisement.
Apr 24, 2009 · The friendship between Steve Lopez, a Los Angeles Times columnist, and Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless musician, has inspired newspaper columns, a book and now a movie.
Apr 15, 2023 · Yes, ‘The Soloist’ is based on a true story. The screenplay was written by Susannah Grant based on Steve Lopez’s ‘The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music,’ which in turn is based on the columns the journalist wrote about Nathaniel Ayers when they first met each other.
Summaries. A newspaper journalist discovers a homeless musical genius and tries to improve his situation. In 2005, the only thing hurting Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez more than his face from a recent bike accident was his pressing need for story ideas.
The Soloist. TRAILER. Los Angeles columnist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) has reached an impasse in his life. His marriage is on the rocks, and he's disillusioned with his job. Then, while ...
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- Drama, Biography
- PG-13
