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Sometimes life leads you to the most mysterious places.Plot:
Based on Michael Chabon's novel, the film chronicles the defining summer of a recent college graduate who crosses his gangster father and explores love, sexuality, and the enigmas surrounding his life and his city. | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(17 articles)
Miller Agreed To Movie Flop To Escape Media Intrusion (From WENN. 24 June 2009, 11:56 AM, PDT)
Q & A: Actors Sienna Miller And Peter Sarsgaard Explore The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh
(From Huffington Post. 18 April 2009, 6:21 AM, PDT)
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Trying to be an indie cool movie - and failing moreCast
(Credited cast)| Omid Abtahi | ... | Momo | |
| Seth Adams | ... | Feldman | |
| Jack Baun | ... | Officer #1 | |
| Aaron Bernard | ... | Club Punk | |
| Nicholas Brady | ... | Motorcycle kid | |
| Jarid Faubel | ... | Mohawk | |
| Jon Foster | ... | Art Bechstein | |
| Keith Michael Gregory | ... | Keith | |
| Jeff Hochendoner | ... | Cop | |
| Katie Jensen | ... | Club Punk | |
| Katie Jensen | ... | Club Punk | |
| Patrick Jordan | ... | Phlox's New Boyfriend | |
| William Kania | ... | Elevator Attendant | |
| Shaz Khan | ... | Lebanese Guy | |
| Frederick E. Kowalo | ... | Biker Funeral Attendee | |
| Meritt Latimore | ... | Woman / Couple Seated at Resturaunt | |
| Marc Macaulay | ... | Lenny Burns | |
| Buzz McEntire | ... | Club punk | |
| Dominic Mecchia | ... | Funeral Attendee | |
| Sienna Miller | ... | Jane Bellwether | |
| Jeremy Moon | ... | Businessman | |
| David Morse | ... | Sous Chef | |
| Nick Nolte | ... | Joseph Bechstein | |
| Joe Pawlenko | ... | Bartender | |
| Peacoe Reilly | ... | Club Punk Rocker (as David Charles Reilly) | |
| Peter Sarsgaard | ... | Cleveland Arning | |
| Mena Suvari | ... | Phlox Lombardi | |
| Mark Tierno | ... | Priest | |
| Matt Veltri | ... | Bell Hop | |
| Jocelyn Wrzosek | ... | Townie |
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USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:18A (Manitoba/Ontario)Fun Stuff
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Max Minghella was originally attached to play Art but dropped out due to school commitments. moreSoundtrack:
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Based on the novel by Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is about the young son of a notorious gangster who spends his last teenage summer roaming around with two friends. The year is 1983, and young Art Bechstein (Jon Foster) is at a crossroads. Completely opposed to his father's lifestyle, Art plans to become a stockbroker. Visually contrived with painful attempts to create beautiful hip indie cinematography, the whole film feels like the director - whose previous effort Dodgeball was funny if outright commercial - is desperately seeking indie credibility by cobbling together aspects of other indie films but sprinkling it with stars like Mena Suvari, Sienna Miller and Nick Nolte. Like so many of the star-laden premieres at Sundance this year it felt like this was a secrety studio-sponsored vanity project to help the director earn some indie credibility points - it failed in that respect and as a film in its own right.