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Director:
Writer (WGA):
John Cameron Mitchell (written by)
Release Date:
6 October 2006 (Canada)
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Tagline:
Voyeurism is Participation more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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6 wins
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5 nominations
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(31 articles)
Victoria Film Festival: Review of Sook-Yin Lee's Year Of The Carnivore
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Favorite 100 Movies of the Decade (#75-51)
(From FilmExperience. 12 January 2010, 4:32 PM, PST)
(From QuietEarth. 4 February 2010, 11:23 AM, PST)
Favorite 100 Movies of the Decade (#75-51)
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a road story with a difference.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 | |
| Shanti Carson | ... | Leah, the Beautiful Couple | |
| Justin Hagan | ... | Brad | |
| Jan Hilmer | ... | Nick, the Beautiful Couple | |
| Stephen Kent Jusick | ... | Creamy |
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Also Known As:
The Sex Film Project (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
101 min
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1.78 : 1 more
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Certification:
Netherlands:16 |
Canada:R (British Columbia/Ontario) |
Finland:K-18 |
UK:18 |
Australia:R |
USA:Unrated |
Germany:18 |
Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) |
Sweden:15 |
Norway:18 |
Italy:VM18 |
Hong Kong:III |
New Zealand:R18 |
Portugal:M/18 |
Singapore:(Banned) |
Japan:R-18 |
Ireland:18 |
South Korea:Limited (original rating) |
Argentina:18 |
France:-16 (with warning) |
USA:TV-MA (TV rating) |
South Korea:18 (re-rating) (2009)
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To make the actors more comfortable, the director and the cameramen were stripped naked while filming the orgy scene.
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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.
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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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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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Movie Connections:
Featured in Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema (2009) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
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Why is the movie called Shortbus?Why actual sex? Is it really necessary?
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There are a couple of features about this movie that will hit you. Yes there is some rather graphic sex, but to anyone after hitting adulthood it works purely to support the film, erotic would be too strong a word for it. It is to everybody's' credit that this was possible. The model of New York works great and is a real devise for the movie.
As we progress through the film we see the lives of a small group of New Yorkers grow as they develop their relationships or indeed the quest for a relationship. The medium for bringing these lives together is the "Shortbus" club. A rather carnal club which they all drawn to becomes a focus for their development. Each confronts their own particular daemons. As heavy as this sounds, it is quite a light hearted film. The closing scenes are fantastic. As you watch this film you will feel yourself being dragged in, until the end when u feel almost as if you are part of it.
A great movie, one which should become a cult classic (only because it might be a bit too "graphic" for mainstream cinemas, but certainly a classic. Any attempt to sanitize and edit it would surely destroy the film.
This movie will make you laugh, cry and sing; you will leave the movie theatre affected by this film.