Atonement

April 24, 2009 at 7:33pm PST

Tags: Atonement, Jamie Foxx, Joe Wright, Nathaniel Ayers, Pride and Prejudice, Robert Downey Jr., See it or Skip it, Steve Lopez, The Soloist

Photos: Dreamworks

Robert Downey Jr. can do no wrong.

That’s what he proves in The Soloist, a film that would profoundly suffer from his absence.

Based on LA Times reporter Steve Lopez’s articles and subsequent book of the same name, The Soloist is about Lopez’s initial fascination and subsequent friendship with a homeless, schizophrenic Julliard trained cellist, played by Jamie Foxx.

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Behind the Scenes of The Soloist

April 24, 2009 at 5:40am PST

Tags: Atonement, Behind the Scenes, Jamie Foxx, Joe Wright, Los Angeles Times, Nathaniel Ayers, Pride and Prejudice, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Lopez, The Soloist

Photos: Dreamworks

Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx star in The Soloist, the film adaptation of Los Angeles Times reporter Steve Lopez’s memoir about his friendship with Nathaniel Ayers, a music prodigy who went from studying the cello at Julliard to being homeless and playing for pigeons and buses on the streets of LA.

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