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Feature Film Mental Health | 2010
Best Actor | 2010 | Jamie
Performance in a Feature Film | 2010 | Robert Downey
Budget 60,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 38,332,994 USD
Jamie Foxx (who was already a classically trained pianist) learned to play the cello for the film.
Jamie Foxx had his teeth ground down for the role of Ayers. He says, "My teeth are just so big and white, a homeless person would never have them."
In the scene in which Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx) and Steve Lopez (Robert Downey, Jr.) attend a rehearsal concert, all the seats are covered with canvas. This was not cinematic imagery. This is actually done in some concert halls during rehearsals to reflect a more accurate sound, as if the seats were being occupied.
The writing of the book and the selling of the film rights have helped pay Ayers' expenses and helped his sister, a mental health professional, set up a foundation for him.
The real Nathaniel Ayers was invited to view the filming of the scenes at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, but opted on the day to set up his cello and music across the street and continue playing, saying "I really got something going here. I think I'm going to stay and play this just a little bit longer." Steve Lopez spoke about this incident in an interview conducted by Dave Davies for National Public Radio's program Fresh Air in April 2008. He added: "I look(ed) across (the street from Disney Hall) and there he is sawing away, as he calls it, and inside this building there are maybe three hundred people, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the cast, the crew, are shooting a movie about his life, and I said to Producer Gary Foster, 'You know what Gary? We picked the right name for this thing, The Soloist. There he is.'"
Jamie Foxx (who was already a classically trained pianist) learned to play the cello for the film.
Jamie Foxx had his teeth ground down for the role of Ayers. He says, "My teeth are just so big and white, a homeless person would never have them."
In the scene in which Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx) and Steve Lopez (Robert Downey, Jr.) attend a rehearsal concert, all the seats are covered with canvas. This was not cinematic imagery. This is actually done in some concert halls during rehearsals to reflect a more accurate sound, as if the seats were being occupied.
The writing of the book and the selling of the film rights have helped pay Ayers' expenses and helped his sister, a mental health professional, set up a foundation for him.
The real Nathaniel Ayers was invited to view the filming of the scenes at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, but opted on the day to set up his cello and music across the street and continue playing, saying "I really got something going here. I think I'm going to stay and play this just a little bit longer." Steve Lopez spoke about this incident in an interview conducted by Dave Davies for National Public Radio's program Fresh Air in April 2008. He added: "I look(ed) across (the street from Disney Hall) and there he is sawing away, as he calls it, and inside this building there are maybe three hundred people, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the cast, the crew, are shooting a movie about his life, and I said to Producer Gary Foster, 'You know what Gary? We picked the right name for this thing, The Soloist. There he is.'"
"[last lines] Steve Lopez: "Points West" by Steve Lopez. A year ago, I met a man who was down on his luck and thought I might be able to help him. I don't know that I have. Yes, my friend Mr. Ayers now sleeps inside. He has a key. He has a bed. But his mental state and his well-being, are as precarious now as they were the day we met. There are people who tell me I've helped him. Mental health experts who say that the simple act of being someone's friend can change his brain chemistry, improve his functioning in the world. I can't speak for Mr. Ayers in that regard. Maybe our friendship has helped him. But maybe not. I can, however, speak for myself. I can tell you that by witnessing Mr. Ayers's courage, his humility, his faith in the power of his art, I've learned the dignity of being loyal to something you believe in, of holding onto it. Above all else, of believing, without question, that it will carry you home."
"Steve Lopez: I've never loved anything the way he loves music."
