Shortbus

Shortbus is a comedic drama written and directed by Hedwig and the Angry Inch star and director John Cameron Mitchell. The film focuses on the intertwined sexual lives of New Yorkers who visit an erotic club known as Shortbus.

Five hundred audition tapes came in through an online open call which eventually led to improv auditions for 40 actors. Out of those 40, 9 were chosen as the cast. Over the course of 2 1/2 years the cast explored the story in improvisation workshops as Mitchell wrote the script from the material generated during those sessions.

According to Mitchell, most of the sexual situations in the film are not simulated. As indicated in one of the final scenes in the film, real orgasms occur as well as Mitchell participating in a final orgy scene performing oral sex on a woman.

• • Sook-Yin Lee as Sofia Lin
  • Paul Dawson as James Baysden
  • PJ DeBoy as Jamie
  • Lindsay Beamish as Severin
  • Raphael Barker as Rob
  • Jay Brannan as Ceth
  • Peter Stickles as Caleb, the Stalker
  • Justin Bond as Himself (Mistress of Shortbus)
  • Alan Mandell as Tobias, the Mayor
  • Adam Hardman as Jesse, the John
  • Ray Rivas as Shabbos Goy
  • Daniela Sea as Little Prince
  • Shanti Carson and Jan Hilmer as Leah and Nick, "The Beautiful Couple"
  • Miriam Shor as Cheryl
  • Justin Hagan as Brad
  • The Hungry March Band as Themselves
  • John Cameron Mitchell (director cameo) as Sextra

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• Amazon.com: Shortbus DVD and Soundtrack

• eBay: Shortbus Merchandise

• CafePress.com: Shortbus Store

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• Official Site: Shortbus Photo Gallery

• IMDb: Shortbus Photo Gallery

• Rotten Tomatoes: Shortbus Photo Gallery

• Google Image Search: Shortbus

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• Official Site: Shortbus Press

• The New York Times: Shortbus Review (2006)

• Variety: Shortbus Review (2006)

• Newsweek: 'Romp and Roll' (2006)

• LA Weekly: 'Yearning to Breathe Free' (2006)

• Guardian Unlimited Film: 'Everybody's doing it...' (2006)

• Time Out London: ' 'Shortbus' feature' (2006)

• The Independent: 'John Cameron Mitchell: Let's talk dirty' (2006)

• FilmStew.com: 'The Sex Film Project'(2006)

• The Hollywood Reporter: ' 'Shortbus' steering clear of controversy' (2006)

• BBC: Scenes of a Sexual Natiure (2006)

• Metacritic: Shortbus Reviews

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• Google Blog Search: Shortbus

• Official Site: Shortbus Forums and Shortbus Blog

• MySpace: Shortbus Blog

• IMDb: Shortbus Message Board

• New York Magazine Blog Post: 'Hedwig Is Busy, Reluctantly Celibate' (2007)

• The Reeler Blog Post: NYC Premiere: Shortbus (2006)