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Shortbus is a 2006 film written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell, writer/director/star of the play and film Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The comic and tragic plot revolves around a sexually diverse group of emotionally-challenged New Yorkers trying desperately to connect in post-9/11, Bush-exhausted bohemian New York. The characters converge on a weekly Brooklyn artistic/sexual salon loosely inspired by various underground NYC gatherings that took place in the early 00's. According to Mitchell, the film attempts to "employ sex in new cinematic ways".
It was released in North America October 2006 by THINKFilm after premiering in May at the Cannes Film Festival, and it played in over 25 countries, winning multiple awards at the Athens, Zurich, and Gijon Film Festivals. Howard Gertler and Tim Perell received an Independent Spirit Award as Producers of the Year. The film was released to DVD in North America on March 13, 2007. The DVD features a comprehensive documentary "Gifted and Challenged: the Making of Shortbus" (Director/Producer M. Sean Kaminsky), the vérité-style "How to Shoot Sex: A Docu-Primer", a number of deleted scenes (including a dropped subplot about a character who is the Bush twins' personal assistant), as well as a filmmaker/cast audio commentary.
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Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Writer: John Cameron Mitchell Cast: Sook-Yin Lee (Sofia), Paul Dawson (James), Lindsay Beamish (Severin), PJ DeBoy (Jamie), Raphael Barker (Rob), Peter Stickles (Caleb, the Stalker), Jay Brannan (Ceth), Alan Mandell (Tobias, the Mayor), Adam Hardman (Jesse, the John), Ray Rivas (Shabbos Goy), Bitch (Bitch/Shortbus House Band), Daniela Sea (Little Prince), Justin Bond (Himself)...
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Jay's song 'Soda Shop' is featured on the soundtrack.
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