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Shortbus (2006)
6.5
Ratings: 6.5/10 from 18,339 users
Metascore:
64/100
Reviews: 196 user | 156 critic | 27 from Metacritic.com A group of New Yorkers get caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality. Director:John Cameron MitchellWriter:John Cameron Mitchell |
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Caleb, the Stalker
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Tobias, the Mayor
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Jesse, the John
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Bitch | ... |
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Shortbus House Band
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Shanti Carson | ... |
Leah, the Beautiful Couple
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Jan Hilmer | ... |
Nick, the Beautiful Couple
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Stephen Kent Jusick | ... | |
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Storyline
Numerous New York City-dwellers come to the exclusive club Shortbus to work out problems in their sexual relationships. Rob and Sophia are a happily married couple, except for the fact that she has never experienced sexual climax. This irony follows her to work, because she is a couples counselor who frequently has to deal with the sexual issues other couples have. Two of her patients are Jamie and James, a gay couple who have been monogamous for five years and counting. James wants to bring other men in to the relationship, and his own history with depression may hint at an ulterior motive. Ceth (Pronounced like Seth) may be the perfect addition to their family, but Caleb, a voyeur from across the street, may have his own ideas about that. Sophia visits Severin, a dominatrix with secrets of her own to reveal. Written by Anonymous
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(Canada) See more »Also Known As:
Shortbus - Dove tutto è permesso See more »Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USABox Office
Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$107,907 (USA) (8 October 2006) (6 Screens)Gross:
$5,093,860 (Worldwide) (15 April 2007)Company Credits
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Jesse, the John: Are you a top or a bottom?
Severin: I beg your pardon?
Jesse, the John: I mean in real life.
Severin: This is real life.
Jesse, the John: Let me put it this way: do you think we should get out of Iraq?
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'Sextras' at the end of the film. See more »
Written & Performed by Scott Matthew
Arranged and Produced by Louis Schwadron
Engineered and Mixed by Keith Gary See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was going to fire Sook-Yin Lee when they learned that she was going to be participating in a film with explicit sexual content. Several prominent individuals came to her rescue, including Gus Van Sant, Atom Egoyan, David Cronenberg and Julianne Moore, in successfully urging CBC to retain Lee as a member of their staff. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Caleb is sitting in a chair in the background when Jamie asks James if James still loves him. In a reaction shot, Caleb is standing in a doorway. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Jesse, the John: Are you a top or a bottom?
Severin: I beg your pardon?
Jesse, the John: I mean in real life.
Severin: This is real life.
Jesse, the John: Let me put it this way: do you think we should get out of Iraq?
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Crazy Credits
The orgy participants seen throughout Club Shortbus are credited as'Sextras' at the end of the film. See more »
Soundtracks
"Language"Written & Performed by Scott Matthew
Arranged and Produced by Louis Schwadron
Engineered and Mixed by Keith Gary See more »
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