Saturday, March 13, 2010  The Soloist   Foxx portrays Ayers, who
is considered a cello prodigy, and Downey portrays Lopez, a Los
Angeles Times columnist who discovers Ayers and writes about him
in the newspaper. The film was released in theatres on 24 April
2009[1] and on DVD and Blu-Ray August 5.  The Soloist is based
on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a musical
prodigy who develops schizophrenia during his second year at
Juilliard School. Ayers becomes homeless and plays a two-
stringed violin in the streets of downtown Los Angeles. One day
Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.), an LA Times Columnist, meets
Nathanial and decides to write a newspaper column for the Los
Angeles Times about Nathaniel Ayers and his homelessness. An old
woman takes sympathy and sends Steve a cello for Nathaniel to
play. In attempting to help Ayers, Lopez is forced to grapple
personally with the complex issues and frustrations surrounding
the thousands of mentally ill who are homeless on the streets of
L.A.