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New Movie in the works: Imagining Beethoven

It has been reported (by the Hollywood Reporter) that a new movie is in production by Steven Speilberg's firm -- DreamWorks -- on Nathaniel Ayer's life, the street musician in Los Angeles who suffers from schizophrenia.

"DreamWorks to Adapt Tale of Homeless Musician

DreamWorks has hired Susannah Grant to write an adaptation of a 12-part series of Los Angeles Times newspaper columns by Steve Lopez about a homeless schizophrenic musiciain with grandiose dreams of playing at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The adaptation is tentatively called Imagining Beethoven. The musician, named Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, was a former student at prestigious Julliard School. He wanders around the city's Skid Row with his beat up violin and hears the sounds all around him as if they were an orchestra."

We reported on the series of stories about Nathaniel Ayers that was written by Steve Lopez in 2005. You can read the full series at the following link - they are highly recommended reading:

Nathaniel Ayers - Life on the Streets of Los Angeles

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