 Set in 1980s Pittsburgh, the film follows the affairs of two young men with one woman, and later also with each other.Earlier attempts to bring "Pittsburgh" to the big screen failed, including Chabon's own try at adapting the novel.In early 2000, independent filmmaker Jon Sherman (writer and director of 1996's "Breathing Room") adapted Chabon's novel into a screenplay, hoping to film it with Jason Schwartzman in the role of Art Bechstein.