Entries tagged with “My Tale of Two Cities” from In The News

This Sunday I will be heading to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where our film, “My Tale of Two Cities” will be shown at a keynote session of the 55th Annual Convention of the International Downtown Association, representing over 650 downtown organizations from around the world.

From The Tribune-Review

Carl Kurlander is a Hollywood screenwriter (“St. Elmo’s Fire”), a TV writer-producer (“Saved By the Bell”) and a visiting senior lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh. He recently produced and directed “My Tale of Two Cities,” a funny and heartfelt comeback story starring the City of Pittsburgh that sold out the Byham Theater in November at its Pittsburgh premiere.

Kurlander currently is working on a documentary about how Dr. Jonas Salk and his team at the University of Pittsburgh conquered the most feared disease of the last century, polio. For more information about “My Tale of Two Cities,” check out www.mytaleoftwocities.com.

Pittsburghers everywhere are invited to come home this Thanksgiving weekend for a special red-carpet screening of the film “My Tale of Two Cities,” November 28th at The Byham Theater, Downtown Pittsburgh, as part of the city’s Homecoming Weekend and 250th birthday celebration. The evening will benefit Steeltown Entertainment Project’s “Youth & Media Initiative” in partnership with the Holy Family Institute.

On November 28th at The Byham Theater, as part of “Pittsburgh’s Homecoming Weekend” celebrating the city’s 250th birthday, there will be a special red-carpet screening of “My Tale of Two Cities”, a film about coming home and the city of Pittsburgh reinventing itself. The city of Pittsburgh stars in this often funny and sometimes moving “comeback story” where “St. Elmo’s Fire” screenwriter (and Steeltown co-founder) Carl Kurlander tosses a football with Franco Harris and his son Dok, goes shopping in the Strip with Teresa Heinz Kerry, has breakfast at Ritter’s diner with Paul O’ Neill, asking them and others how their hometown can once again become “The City of Champions.” Pittsburghers everywhere are invited to come home for this special Thanksgiving weekend event and then join Mr. McFeely and the cast in singing “Won’t You Be My Neighhbor?”. Go to www.mytaleoftwocities.com to see clips from the movie and email homecoming@steeltown.org for information on tickets to the event.

The theme of Pittsburgher's coming together played a prominent role during the events surrounding the premiere of Carl Kurlander's documentary "My Tale of Two Cities" at last week's Sonoma Valley Film Festival.

Director Carl Kurlander recently appeared on the KDKA-TV program, 'Pittsburgh Today Live' to discuss his documentary 'My Tale of Two Cities'

Once a Pittsburgher, always a Pittsburgher.

Carl Kurlander proved that theorem during the Sonoma Valley Film Festival, which attracted a 93-year-old woman from Mountain View, Calif., who left Pittsburgh in 1954 but still considers the place home.

She saw Kurlander’s “My Tale of Two Cities” during the festival, which also honored actor-turned-director Michael Keaton, earlier this month.

To read the full article click here

This year's Sonoma Valley Film Festival, which runs from April 9-13, will have a distinctly Pittsburgh feel n'at as native son's Michael Keaton and Carl Kurlander will be featured prominently in festival festivities.