Movie Info
Genre
Biography, Drama, MusicRelease Date
November 21, 2008Studio
DreamWorks
Cast and Crew
Director
Joe WrightProducer
Gary Foster, Russ KrasnoffScreenwriter
Susannah GrantStarring
- Jamie Foxx as Nathaniel Ayers
- Robert Downey Jr. as Steve Lopez
- Catherine Keener
- Rachael Harris
- Stephen Root
- Tom Hollander
- Lisa Gay Hamilton
Movie Story
Based on the true story of musical prodigy Nathaniel Ayers, who developed schizophrenia in his second year at Juilliard and ended up homeless on the streets of downtown L.A. where he performs the violin and cello. The drama is based on the relationship the musician developed with Steve Lopez, a Los Angeles Times reporter whose column informed the script, as did a book Lopez is writing that Putnam will publish in the spring.
