Back Ground Of The Film

The Soloist, based on a true story of friendship and trust between two men in L.A. The film is about Nathaniel Ayers, also known as Nathanial Anothony Ayers who was a homeless musician living in L.A and who suffered from schizophrenia. The friendship within the film is based on Nathaniel Ayers and a L.A. columnist, Steve Lopez who was intrested in Nathaniel and wrote a series of columns about the musician who he met on the busy streets of L.A.
Nathaniel Ayers moved to L.A, California still suffering from his mental illness of schizophernia, which is the reason for him becoming homeless and living on the dirty, run down streets of Los Angeles. The only posesions Nathaniel had with him were a violin and cello, both of which were in very poor conditions, yet he played with a clear passion and love for music, showing that even though his life was difficult life circumstances and suffering from his illness.
The film orginated from the colums and book that Steve Lopez worte about the aspiring musician. The book was called ' The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikey Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music', which was a very popular book making Working Title film production wanting to take it on to make into a film.