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 In The Soloist, an emotionally soaring drama about the redemptive power of music, journalist Steve Lopez (Oscar® nominee Robert Downey Jr.) discovers Nathaniel Anthony Ayers (Oscar®winner Jamie Foxx), a former classical music prodigy, playing his violin on the streets of L.A. As Lopez endeavors to help the homeless man find his way back, a unique friendship is formed, one that transforms both their lives. The Soloist is directed by Joe Wright (Golden Globe winner for Best Drama and Oscar® nominee for Best Picture "Atonement").
Columnist Steve Lopez is at a dead end. The newspaper business is in an uproar, his marriage to a fellow journalist has fallen apart and he can't entirely remember what he loved about his job in the first place. Then, one day, while walking through Los Angeles' Skid Row, he sees the mysterious bedraggled figure Nathaniel Ayers, pouring his soul into a two-stringed violin. At first, Lopez approaches Ayers as just another story idea in a city of millions. But as he begins to unearth the mystery of how this alternately brilliant and distracted street musician, once a dynamic prodigy headed for fame, wound up living in tunnels and doorways, it sparks an unexpected quest. Imagining he can change Ayers' life, Lopez embarks on a quixotic mission to get him off the streets and back to the world of music. But even as he fights to save Ayers' life, he begins to see that it is Ayers -- with his unsinkable passion, his freedom-loving obstinacy and his valiant attempts at connection and love -- who is profoundly changing Lopez.
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from DreamWorks Pictures
Directed by
Joe Wright
Starring
Robert Downey Jr. (Steve Lopez)
Catherine Keener (Mary Weston)
Jamie Foxx (Nathaniel Ayers)
Tom Hollander (Graham Claydon)
LisaGay Hamilton (Jennifer Ayers-Moore)
Stephen Root (Curt)
Rachael Harris (Leslie)
Angela Featherstone (Commuter #1)
Nelsan Ellis (David)
Justin Martin (Nathaniel - Age 13-16)
Michael Bunin (Adam Crane)
Meggan Anderson (Paper Airplane Student)
Matt Besser (Commuter #4)
Alejandro Patino (Construction foreman)
David Jean Thomas (Jim Trotter)
Hallie Lambert (Ballerina)
Justin Rodgers Hall (Sgt. Harris)
Susane Lee (Marisa)
Robyn Jean Springer (Disney Hall patron)
Marissa Ghavami (Ballerina)
Maggie Wagner (Mrs. Villaraigosa)
Paul Greenberg (Commuter #2)
Ilia Volok (Mr. Barnoff)
Troy Blendell (New young editor)
Lemon (Jeremy)
Lejla Hadzimuratovic (Disney Hall Patron)
Ingrid Coree (Nurse)
Aurelius DiBarsanti (Paramedic)
Karmyn Tyler (Juilliard Party Guest)
Wayne Lopez (Officer Hank)
Jeff Sutherland (Cowboy on Plane with Wife)
Rob Nagle (Neil)
Ralph Cole Jr. (Enraged Homeless Man)
Artel Kayaru (Leon)
George Meyers (Cop)
Franklin Ruehl (Homeless man)
Paul Cruz (EMT)
Jules Sanchez (Skid Row Porta Potty Dweller)
S. Zev Esquenazi (Sgt. Hendrickson)
Kirsten Lea (Awards Presenter)
Edward Kiniry-Ostro (Craig)
Charlie Weirauch (Atheist)
Heather La Bella (ER Doctor)
Kai Nuuhiwa (Brawling Frat Guy)
Annie McKnight (Linda)
Sharon Savene (LAPD Officer)
Janaya Sultze (Ballerina)
Troy Williams (Cop - Hospital Scene)
Marcos De Silvas (Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa)
Joshua Cabrera (Teenage Musician)
Patrick Tatten (Paul)
Esa-Pekka Salonen (Conductor)
Michael Maddigan (Brawling Frat Guy)
Joe Hernandez-Kolski (EMT #1)
Kitty Kreidler (Skid Row Homeless woman)
Holly Sherman (Juilliard student)
Halbert Bernal (EMT)
Pete Brown (Composer)
Richard Hansen (L.A.P.D)
Therese Kortesmaki (Twin violinist)
Paul Edney (Driver)
Pete Ilarius (Disney Hall Patron)
Jayce Bradley (Brawling Frat Guy)
Francesca Kortesmaki (Twin violinist)
Wally Lozano (Sign Spinner)
Lauren E. Gates (Ballerina)
Ricky Marciano (Cop)
Palma Lawrence Reed (ER Nurse)
Valentyna Svyatchenko (Julliard Student)
Written by
Susannah Grant
Steve Lopez (book)
Rated: 
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The Soloist (DVD & Blu-ray)
The Soloist [CD]
Original Soundtrack
The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music
by Steve Lopez
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