2008 was a struggle for many, but here's hoping that 2009 will be a year of great comebacks.
And if you missed "My Tale of Two Cities", a comeback story starring the City of Pittsburgh and many of its most favorite neighbors, or just want to see it again with an audience, the film will be playing at the Hillman Performing Arts Center at Shady Side Academy on FRIDAY JANUARY 16th at 7 p.m. Filmmaker Carl Kurlander and other cast members will speak after the movie.
Screening tickets are just $5, but you can purchase a special "Pittsburgh Pack" of 4 screening tickets and a "My Tale of Two Cities" DVD for just $25. ($30 for 4 tickets, DVD, and CD soundtrack.) Email Kris at mytaleoftwocities@gmail.com to get the Pittsburgh pack and your tickets in advance.
If you can't make the screening or just want to share the DVD with friends and family, "My Tale of Two Cities" is also available online or by calling WQED at 800-800-274-1307. The DVD is also available at The Heinz History Center, The Pleasant Present in Squirrel Hill, Kards Unlimited in Shadyside, HeidiOptics in Downtown Pittsburgh, the Sewickley Public Library, Dreaming Ant DVD in Oakland and Bloomfield, and online at the PG Store.
With the Steelers in the playoffs, we have been talking with various Steelers bars around the country about doing special post-season screenings of "My Tale of Two Cities". If you know of a Steelers bar which might be interested (the screenings can be in the bars or at a nearby venue), please email Kris at mytaleoftwocities@gmail.com. But please let us know soon as after the season, Pittsburgh expats tend to drift away until the next year. We are hoping MTOTC will be yet another good reason for folks to get together and cheer for the Burgh!
Click Here to see the Youtube trailer for the movie.
Whether you're a boomerang, comeback kid, recent transplant, or dyed-in-the-wool Burgher, you won't want to miss "My Tale of Two Cities," the much-buzzed about new film by St. Elmo's Fire screenwriter and Steeltown Entertainment Project co-founder Carl Kurlander, which proves once and for all, that yes, you can go home again. With 1,300 people packing the film's sold-out debut (and delivering a standing ovation!),... ("My Tale of Two Cities" is)... a sort of collective cinematic homecoming for Pittsburghers everywhere... the film stars beloved local icons like Franco Harris and Mr. McFeely, and traces the city's storied role in building America's steel, conquering polio, and inventing everything from aluminum to the Big Mac. A classic comeback tale for a town in transition, the film follows the witty and charming Kurlander as he tosses a football with Franco Harris, shops with Teresa Heinz Kerry, has breakfast with Paul O' Neill, and ponders the time honored question: Can you go home again? Dubbed a "funny valentine to Pittsburgh,"... you know you'll cry black and gold tears as Pittsburghers from Times Square to Beverly Hills to Point State Park sing in unison to the city's anthem, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"-- Pop City Media
Read the article: Love Letter to the Burgh: still time to catch My Tale of Two Cities on the big screen and check out the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and USA Today articles on "My Tale Of Two Cities".
We thank you and hope you enjoy this film that proves "it's never too late to come back" and that the whole world really is "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
If you would like to arrange for a screening of "My Tale of Two Cities" in your neighborhood (regionally or at venues around the country), please contact mytaleoftwocities@gmail.com.
"My Tale of Two Cities" is a funny and heartfelt "comeback" story about coming home and the city of Pittsburgh, the real-life "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", coming back to once again become "The City of Champions." The film, which stars some of the city's favorite neighbors including, including Franco Harris, Teresa Heinz Kerry, former treasury secretary Paul O' Neill, and many others, seems to have struck a chord at a time when people and cities across this country are thinking about how to reinvent themselves for a new age.
The film continues to screen in various venues across Western Pennsylvania and across the country. (Join this Facebook group for "My Tale of Two Cities" to see when and where or contact mytaleoftwocities@gmail.com to help arrange a screening in your neighborhood or your favorite Steelers bar.)
