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The Soloist Movie Review Summary. Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of The Soloist; A journalist tries to help a homeless schizophrenic cello prodigy find his way in the world. Steve Lopez is an Los Angeles Time journalist down on his luck. He's divorced from his editor, he suffers a severe.
The Soloist. One day Los Angeles Times reporter Steve Lopez notices a homeless man in a downtown park playing a two-stringed violin.Intrigued by the intensity of his playing, Lopez stops to talk to the man. He discovers that the man is Nathaniel Ayers, an accomplished musician who previously attended the Julliard School of Music in New York, studying the cello.
Released April 24th, 2009, 'The Soloist' stars Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander The PG-13 movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 57 min, and received a score of 61 (out of.
The most prestigious prize on offer at any festival is the award for best feature film. That’s best picture at the Academy Awards, the Palme d’Or at Cannes, or Berlin’s Golden Bear.
Many readers will remember Scott Hicks’s multiple Oscar winning 1996 film Shine, which told the story of David Helfgott, a gifted pianist whose promising career was devastated by the onset of schizo-affective disorder in his early 20s. Like many who saw this film I was moved by Shine ’s theme: that to achieve genius the prodigy must pay the price of consequent madness.
The Soloist (2009) Trailers and Clips 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.
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