The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

Categories: Entertainment | Movies | Comedy Films | Contemporary Films
    • Limited release: March 27, 2009 (NY)
    • Los Angeles release: April 4, 2009
    • Running time: 96 minutes
    • Directed by: Rawson Marshall Thurber
    • Written by: Rawson Marshall Thurber
    • Based on the book by Michael Chabon
    • Cinematographer: Michael Barrett
    • Editor: Barbara Tulliver
    • Producers: Ayelet Waldman, Michael London, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Jason Ajax Mercer
    • Distributor: Peach Arch Entertainment Group
      1. MPAA rating
      :       R

  • The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a 2009 film directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. The screenplay is written by Rawson Marshall Thurber from the novel of the same name by Michael Chabon.

  • Synopsis

    The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is an American film selected for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The film is based on the novel of the same name. The movie's plot concerns a tense father-son relationship during a life defining summer. The movie also explores the young man's love hate relationship with his hometown of Pittsburgh.

  • Review Quotes

    • "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is great. And then it's terrible. And then it's puzzling. Then it's truthful. Then you go, whaaaa? And it ends and you're like, eh."—BuzzSugarBuzz Sugar: Sundance Review: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (January 25, 2008)
    • "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 liberties and arrives at a more conventional general tone. Still, this engaging '80s flashback embroiling a hitherto vanilla protagonist with some wild characters during one heady summer has appeal for straight and gay twenty-to-fortysomething auds."—VarietyVariety: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (January 22, 2008)

  • Cast

    • Sienna Miller as Jane Bellwether
    • David Morse as Sous Chef
    • Peter Sarsgaard as Cleveland Arning
    • Mena Suvari as Phlox Lombardi
    • Nick Nolte
    • Omid Abtahi as Momo
    • Seth Adams as Feldman
    • Jeremy Moon as a Businessman
    • Jon Foster as Art Bechstein
    • Keith Michael Gregory as Keith
    • Marc Maccaulay as Lenny Burns

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