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'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' Director Coming to Upper St. Clair

Stephen Chbosky will speak to students at the Upper St. Clair High School on Friday.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower author and film director will return to the place he graduated more than 20 years ago. Stephen Chbosky will be speaking to students at Upper St. Clair High School on Friday.

The highly anticipated movie debuted in select theaters in Los Angeles and New York last week, and will open at AMC-Loews at the Waterfront and the Manor Theater in Squirrel Hill this weekend, according to the Post-Gazette.

Chbosky will take questions after the 7 and 8 p.m. shows at AMC-Loews at the Waterfront on Friday. He will also do a book signing at 10:15 p.m. and introduce the 10:45 p.m. screening.

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On Saturday, Chbosky will do another book signing at 6 p.m. at the Manor. He will take audience questions after the 7 p.m. showing and introduce the 9:50 p.m. screening.

Also on Saturday, Chbosky will introduce The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Dormont's Hollywood Theater at 10:30 p.m., where some scenes from Perks were filmed.

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On Sunday, Chbosky will take questions after the 2 p.m. screening at the Manor Theater in Squirrel Hill.

Famous faces and loads of production equipment were seen around Upper St. Clair in the summer of 2011 when Chbosky brought the crew to film in his hometown.

Actresses and actors working in town included Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Paul Rudd and Kate Walsh.

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