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Movie Shot in Dormont Gets Release Date

MTV's Hollywood Crush reports 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' will debut in September.

A movie shot in Dormont and around Pittsburgh in the summer of 2011 will soon be coming to the big screen.

MTV's Hollywood Crush reports The Perks of Being a Wallflower will open in limited release on Sept. 14.

The USA release date listed on IMDb is Sept. 21.

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The movie trailer will debut during the MTV Movie Awards pre-show on June 3. Actress Emma Watson let the news loose on Twitter in May.

The director of the movie is Upper St. Clair native Stephen Chbosky. The movie is based on a novel he wrote, also titled The Perks of Being a Wallflower, about an introvert high school freshman who learns things about drug use, sex and suicide.

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Some of the places the movie was shot in Upper St. Clair include , and . 

Scenes were also shot in , T and the Fort Pitt Tunnels.


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