Church hosts gala premiere for The Fault is in Our Stars

St Paul’s Episcopal Church held a screening party for the release of the film, “The Fault Is In Our Stars,” partially filmed at the church. It was more than your ordinary trip to the movies,Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports:

It was like Oscar night and prom rolled into one.

Fault_in_our_stars.jpgThursday night, men and women of all ages gathered at the Galleria of Mt. Lebanon in anticipation of the night’s main event: a screening of the film “The Fault in Our Stars,” adapted from John Green’s best-selling teen novel. Wearing dresses and suits — or, for a fancy few, gowns and tuxedos — most of the filmgoers, more than 300, chose to go Hollywood.

But for many of these attendees, the film had added significance in their community. The evening, which began with a gala-style red carpet event before the screening, was organized and planned by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Mt. Lebanon — which was used as one of the film’s set locations. In the movie, main characters Hazel (Shailene Woodley) and Augustus (Ansel Elgort), two teens who meet during a cancer support group that is held within the walls of a church.

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