A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
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- 7 wins & 9 nominations total
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- TriviaTo make the actors more comfortable, the director and the cameramen were stripped naked while filming the orgy scene.
- Goofs(at around 56 mins) 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.
- Quotes
Justin Bond: As my dear departed friend Lotus Weinstock used to say: "I used to wanna change the world. Now I just wanna leave the room with a little dignity."
- Crazy creditsThe orgy participants seen throughout Club Shortbus are credited as 'Sextras' at the end of the film.
- Alternate versionsFor the 2022 4K restoration, all of Mx Justin Vivian Bond's on screen credits are updated, i.e. "Justin Bond" is "Justin Vivian Bond".
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Written & Performed by Scott Matthew
Arranged and Produced by Louis Schwadron
Engineered and Mixed by Keith Gary
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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.
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.
- tpurcell-1
- Aug 15, 2006
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,016,181
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $107,907
- Oct 8, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $5,557,564
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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