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Miller Agreed To Movie Flop To Escape Media Intrusion

24 June 2009 11:56 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

British actress Sienna Miller had no qualms about stripping off for her movie The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh - because she would have done anything to keep her away from home following her high-profile split from Jude Law.

The Factory Girl star broke off her engagement to Law in November 2005 after he was caught having an affair with his children's nanny.

The scandal became tabloid fodder in their native U.K., and Miller admits she threw herself into her work in a bid to escape the media intrusion.

She agreed to star in The Mysteries of Pittsburgh in 2006 - even though it meant shedding her clothes for the part - but insists she will no longer consider roles requiring nudity, because she's moved on.

She tells Vogue magazine, "I don't think I feel comfortable getting naked now. I can see where I made the decision to make that film three years ago, but then you grow up and evolve and your tastes change.

"I was in this period where I was making movies back-to-back because I didn't want to be at home. Anything to not be in London. I was running away."

The movie was released in 2008 but was savaged by critics and film fans alike.

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Q & A: Actors Sienna Miller And Peter Sarsgaard Explore The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh

18 April 2009 6:21 AM, PDT | From Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news

Somewhat like her character in Mysteries In Pittsburg,--the alluring classical violinist Jane Bellwether--Sienna Miller is a compelling, straightforward person who makes no bones about what she's about and how she handles her life in the spotlight. Her fellow cast member Peter Sarsgaard, who, like his character, the seductive Cleveland Arning, can be this wry, almost snarky, individual who, in a rapid-fire manner, replies as playfully to questions as much as he answers them. In a sense, they replicate the experience of meeting their cinematic alter-egos in this celluloid approximation of Michael Chabon's debut novel Mysteries of Pittsburg. While novice director Rawson Marshall Thurber makes a valiant, though flawed, attempt to render this story of just-graduated college student Art Bechstein--played by Jon Foster [who wasn't available for this interview]--son of gangland boss Joe The Egg Bechstein (Nick Nolte), who struggles to break...

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Miller 'Not As Sexy As Queen'

13 April 2009 5:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Sienna Miller's popularity continues to wane - the actress has been voted less attractive than British monarch Queen Elizabeth II in a new poll.

The British star was recently dropped from Ridley Scott's forthcoming Robin Hood movie, with Cate Blanchett replacing her in the coveted role of Maid Marian.

She received further humiliation when her latest film, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, was blasted by U.S. critics earlier this month, with one reviewer claiming the most memorable thing about the movie is the actress' “moustache”.

And now Miller has been snubbed by the public - she plunged below the Queen to number 202 in FHM magazine's annual poll of the world's sexiest women.

FHM editor Chris Bell says, “Maybe it’s the credit crunch or that Sienna is a bit annoying, but men seem to be rejecting privileged It-girl types like her.”

The magazine will announce the top spot in the survey of 10 million people on 23 April. Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole is favourite for the prize.

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Miller Movie Panned By Critics

11 April 2009 7:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Sienna Miller's latest film has been blasted by critics - with one reviewer claiming the most memorable thing about the movie is the actress' “moustache”.

The British beauty stars alongside Peter Sarsgaard in The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, which was released in U.S. cinemas earlier this week (06Apr).

But her performance has not gone done well in the States.

New York Post critic Lou Lumenick writes, “You know a movie’s got problems when the most memorable thing about it is Sienna’s moustache.”

And the Boston Globe adds, “Almost nothing works in this movie."

Other reviewers have also criticised Miller's American accent. A reviewer for the New York Times says, "Just what accent Ms Miller is attempting is hard to guess."

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Review: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

10 April 2009 4:25 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

By: Scott Weinberg (from his 2008 Sundance Festival review)

Most directors' first effort is Not a huge blockbuster smash of a comedy starring Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn, but that's how writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber hit the scene: with Dodgeball. But based on the filmmaker's second effort, I'm guessing that Thurber took a lot of good-natured ribbing from his film-school friends and decided to snag some "indie cred" by doing a smaller movie for his second feature. That's all well and good, but it's too bad that the resulting movie -- The Mysteries of Pittsburgh -- is such an inert, episodic, and familiar piece of very typical festival fare. It's as if Mr. Thurber watched six Sundance films at random, and then just copied his favorite scenes from each one.

Based on the novel of the same name by Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is about the son of

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Film: Review: The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh

9 April 2009 1:25 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

Some coming-of-age movies capture the experience of growing up and moving on, while some keep the story going by spending 90 minutes keeping a protagonist from hitching the first ride out of town. The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh adapts Michael Chabon’s first novel, but it’s really rooted in every bastard child of I Vitelloni in which it’s clear from the first frame that the film won’t end until the protagonist clears out, but it makes us sit still and stare at the unpacked baggage.   In whatever is the opposite of a star-making performance, Jon Foster stars as ...

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Movie Review: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

8 April 2009 10:44 AM, PDT | From MovieRetriever | See recent MovieRetriever news

Apr 08, 2009 The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a low-budget, low-level, low-energy film with some pretty high-profile voices behind it. The film is based on the first book ever-written by the amazing author Michael Chabon (The Yiddish Policeman's Union, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay), was adapted into a feature film and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber (Dodgeball), and features the gorgeous Sienna Miller (Factory Girl), super-talented Peter Sarsgaard (Kinsey), and intriguing Jon Foster (The Door in the Floor). The film struggled in development for years (Jason Schwartzman was nearly attached a few years ago) and ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com

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Sarsgaard And Miller's Late-night Karaoke Sessions

8 April 2009 12:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Sienna Miller and Peter Sarsgaard became karaoke buddies while shooting new film Mysteries Of Pittsburgh.

Night shoots in Pennsylvania often left the cast and crew awake in between takes at very unsocial hours, but they found a local bar where they could sing to each other.

Miller says, "A lot of this film was night shoots so we did karaoke. My signature song was These Boots Are Made For Walking."

Sarsgaard adds, "I did Behind Blue Eyes because it sounded very right for (character) Cleveland. That’s (karaoke) always good for chemistry."

The fun nights also helped take Sarsgaard's mind off the fact he was about to become a first-time father - his fiancee, Maggie Gyllenhaal, was close to giving birth as he shot the film in Pennsylvania.

He tells WENN, "My 'wife' was about to have a baby and I was flying back every 10 minutes on a Seneca airplane and I’m a bad flyer."

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Happy Belated Trailer Tuesday

1 April 2009 1:54 PM, PDT | From ReelTalkTV.com | See recent ReelTalkTV.com news

Because I never got the chance to post a Trailer Tuesday video yesterday, I bring you two today! The first, “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh,” stars Jon Foster, Sienna Miller, Mena Suvari, Nick Nolte and Peter Sarsgaard in a coming-of-age story about a recent college grad whose summer is turned upside-down when he’s whisked away from his dull job at the Book Barn. According to Ropes of Silicon, the film was released in New York on March 27th and will hit theaters in Los Angeles on April 4th.

The second trailer is for the highly anticipated summer comedy “Year One” with Jack Black and Michael Cera. This brand new trailer reveals much more about the film’s plot than we’ve seen in any other material released and provides glimpses of the supporting cast, which includes Paul Rudd, Olivia Wilde, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Hank Azaria. “Year One” will rock theaters June 19th.

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"The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" - Trailer added.

26 March 2009 | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

We have the trailer in from Peace Arch Entertainment's "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" starring Jon Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sienna Miller, Mena Suvari and Nick Nolte. "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" director Rawson Marshall Thurber helms and adapts the screenplay based on the novel written by Michael Chabon ("Wonder Boys" novel as well as the screen story for "Spider-Man 2").   The film was a nominee of at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival for the Grand Jury Prize.   See the trailer here.   The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a coming-of-age story set in the faded glory of early 1980’s era Pittsburgh, based on the novel of the same name by Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon. The story opens with Art Bechstein (Jon Foster) floundering in his new-found post-college freedom, opting to take the job with the least amount of responsibility he can find (at the appropriately titled Book Barn), while sleep walking through

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"The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" - Trailer added.

26 March 2009 12:32 AM, PDT | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

We have the trailer in from Peace Arch Entertainment's "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" starring Jon Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sienna Miller, Mena Suvari and Nick Nolte. "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" director Rawson Marshall Thurber helms and adapts the screenplay based on the novel written by Michael Chabon ("Wonder Boys" novel as well as the screen story for "Spider-Man 2"). The film was a nominee of at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival for the Grand Jury Prize. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a coming-of-age story set in the faded glory of early 1980’s era Pittsburgh, based on the novel of the same name by Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon. The story opens with Art Bechstein (Jon Foster) floundering in his new-found post-college freedom...

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"The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" - Trailer added.

26 March 2009 12:32 AM, PDT | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

We have the trailer in from Peace Arch Entertainment's "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" starring Jon Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sienna Miller, Mena Suvari and Nick Nolte. "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" director Rawson Marshall Thurber helms and adapts the screenplay based on the novel written by Michael Chabon ("Wonder Boys" novel as well as the screen story for "Spider-Man 2"). The film was a nominee of at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival for the Grand Jury Prize. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a coming-of-age story set in the faded glory of early 1980’s era Pittsburgh, based on the novel of the same name by Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon. The story opens with Art Bechstein (Jon Foster) floundering in his new-found post-college freedom...

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The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh Trailer

12 March 2009 5:21 AM, PDT | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news

Hot on the heels of Watchmen comes another book adaption 20 years in the making, Michael Chabon's The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh.While unlikely to generate anything on the scale of Watchmania, Chabon's debut novel is well-loved, and fans will be reassured by Rawson Marshall Thurber's near-reverential adaptation. Thurber, the man who brought us the mighty Wight Goodman as writer/director of Dodgeball, also directs.The trailer looks promising enough, with Sienna Miller pitched back into love triangle territory after her turn as one of Dylan Thomas' paramours in The Edge Of Love. Miller plays glamorous dilettante Jane Bellwether, who along with small-time hood Cleveland Arning (the ever-excellent Peter Sarsgaard) and college graduate Art Bechstein (Jon Foster) wiles away a hot Pennsylvanian summer in Chabon's coming-of-age tale.With a growly Nick Nolte turn, Mena Suvari, and Sienna Miller in a bikini, what's not to like? Click here to view the trailer.

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Trailer - 'The Mysteries of Pittsburgh'

11 March 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Michael Chabon is one of the best fiction writers going. His Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is a must read and a Pulitzer Prize winner, and though I haven't read his novel Wonder Boys, it's a damn fine film.

Another of his books has been adapted for the screen, and we'll get to see The Mysteries of Pittsburgh later this year. It's a coming of age story about a college graduate in the steel city, and a year ago, it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, although most people would have a tiny but better connection to the project because Sienna Miller made negative comments about the city while filming there.

In addition to Miller, Mysteries stars Mena Suvari, Nick Nolte, Peter Sarsgaard, and Jon Foster.

Colin Boyd

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Explore 'The Mysteries of Pittsburgh' in the Brand New Trailer

11 March 2009 3:39 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Photo: Peace Arch Entertainment The Mysteries of Pittsburgh played at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival starring the likes of Peter Sarsgaard, Sienna Miller, Jon Foster, Mena Suvari and Nick Nolte with Dodgeball helmer Rawson Thurber at the helm moving from brainless comedy to independent film. The pic is an adaptation of Michael Chabon's 1988 novel and with the debut of the trailer at Yahoo I have come to learn Peace Arch has picked it up for a limited New York release on March 27 before it heads down to Los Angeles on April 4 and based on a sampling of reviews I found online I don't expect it to travel much further before finding its way onto DVD. Dennis Harvey at Variety says: A surefooted screen translation of Michael Chabon's beloved 1988 debut novel, "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" will likely irk diehard fans of the book, as helmer-adaptor Rawson Marshall Thurber takes considerable

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