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		List Price: $34.99		Label: Peace Arch Home Entertainment Salesrank: 71315 Released: August 4, 2009
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		MPAA Rating: R (Restricted) Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
A recent college grad spends his final summer with a girl and her adventurous boyfriend before heading into a job his father wants him to take and along the way realizes what he wants more out of his life. Based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Michael Chabon.

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh [Blu-ray] Reviews:
Stars for cast and soundtrack only
2009-10-20 - I'm sure this was a good novel, and I will read it. However, whoever brought it to the screen made it quite dull and slow. It's also hard to understand why anyone would ever want to be with Peter Saarsgard's obnoxious character at all.

That said, I was glad to see Jon Foster again, having enjoyed his work in The Door in the Floor. Saarsgard is as good as ever, and Sienna Miller was wonderful as the woman caught between these troubled men. Nick Nolte also makes a fine turn as the very unpleasant and controlling father.

Soundtrack recommended too.

Mystery Unsolved
2009-10-18 - One of the mysteries of the film 'The Mysteries of Pittsburgh' is that this film could vary so widely from the book by Chabon. I have read that Chabon was OK with the film version, but it is such a non-entity, I am quite simply shocked.

Pittsburgh is my hometown and except for a few glimpses of places I know, this could be any town, anyplace USA. The story of a young man, Art, played by Jon Foster, recently graduated from college and off to start a new job in the fall is known to many of us. Before he starts his new life, he takes the summer off. No one, it seems is happy with this, particularly his father, played by Nick Nolte. He, the gangster of Pittsburgh, known by all, but Art thinks it is a secret. Art works in a discount book store for the summer, is having an affair with his boss, Mena Suvari, and that entanglement is a mess. He is in it for the sex and she is in it for love. One evening Art meets Jane, played by Sienna Miller, a beautiful, young woman and then he meets her boyfriend, Cleveland. Cleveland, played by Peter Sarsgaard. Right here, I have to say that Peter Sarsgaard is one of the few reasons that brings this film some life. I completely understand how Jane and Jon come to fall in love with him. And, that is the film, my friends. A few escapades here and there and some talking and lots of sex and there you have it.

I have no idea what to make of this film. No point, no promise, a beginning that leads to an ending. Growing up in Pittsburgh was nuttin' like this honey.

Recommended only for the character played by Peter Sarsgaard. prisrob 10-17-09

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berkley bee ess
2009-09-24 - Caution: Contains Spoilers

Never before have I seen such a desparate production of absurdity painted as hopefully possible.

In a nutshell: An average mildly conservative college boy entering his last summer before college graduation, give him a gangster dad, a minimum wage job where his more-mature boss sexually harasses him, then introduce a beautiful young couple that both seduce him to spend his last summer with them, partying, vacationing, home invasion, robbery, riding her, getting ridden by him, and of course choosing to continue getting ridden by him, since that's so much better than Sienna Miller (duh!) ... what a gem of a story

I'll give it 3 stars; the acting, directing, and cinematography were all top notch; the story itself is totally absurd. If it were more honest, it would have painted the protagonist as more gay to begin with.. because average college guys dont take it in the can.

Watch the Commentary Between Chabon and Thurber FIRST
2009-08-09 - For those who find it difficult to appreciate the adaptation format of film making from a famous novel, THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH as now released on DVD should help explain the naysayers' opinions. In a very valuable session of conversations among Michael Chabon and Rawson Marshall Thurber (screenwriter and director) and the producer and cast, the transition of this complex novel into a very altered story is comfortably explained and the person most happy with the result seems to be the originator - Michael Chabon!

That being said this film stands well on its own terms. June and July in hot Pittsburgh generate mysteries among a variety of people, especially the young college graduate Art Bechstein (Jon Foster) who while working in a bookstore wastes time with a fling with the supervisor Phlox (Mena Suvari) with disinterested post grad classes dealing with becoming a broker and having monthly dinners with his mobster father Joe Bechstein (Nick Nolte), until he encounters an odd couple: bisexual biker and thief Cleveland (Peter Sarsgaard) and his female consort, the violinist Jane Bellwether (Sienna Miller). The bizarre interactions among these characters drive Art to make many decisions and discoveries - including his falling in love with both Cleveland and Jane. The summer winds down with Art finally discovering his own identity despite the clouds of mystery that have surrounded his life. It is a piece of life as lived by disparate characters whose direction in life seems at odds with the natural flow of finding happiness and success. But then the question is asked - what is happiness and what is success if not survival?

For this viewer the explanation by the makers of this film was interesting enough to encourage a repeat watching of the movie. A good movie not a great movie, but it still tastes strongly of Michael Chabon's genius. It deserves more attention than the critics have given it.....Grady Harp, August 09

Not what I thought, average BD product
2009-08-01 - The trailer and ad promos sent to us made this look different than it was, but at least now I can market this towards a different demographic with hopefully some success.

The story follows a grad student through his last summer before becoming an employed worker bee during the mid 1980s. I did not read the book and several other reviewers here have stated all of the differences and likes, so I will stick with the BD review. The picture quality was solid in some sequences, adequate in others. There are only a few scenes of bright colors, as they stuck with the steel and drab colors for Pittsburgh. The story is way too one dimensional for there to be any character depth (hence no deep scenery footage for PA) so this isn't exactly a representative piece for the region. The sound is decent for a non DTS track, and it really only gets used in the music (the one live performance and/or soundtrack) sequences, and even then it was dubbed poorly.

The special features are at best irritating, as the "behind the scenes" five-minute segment is all bloopers and the director playing football/catch with an off camera guy. The ten-minute "based upon the novel" segment gives those who are bummed about the changes all the insight on why this film came to light (in this style).

Nick Nolte is really the only reason to watch this as he hands out another great mobster style performance. Everyone else is lackluster and boring. The BD quality is average and the features are sophmorish. Not as much a skipper, but maybe a serious consideration of knowing the content before purchasing.