Shortbus [videorecording] / ThinkFilm, Q Television Network, Fortissimo Films presents in association with Q Television ; a Process production ; produced by Howard Gertler, Tim Perell, John Cameron Mitchell ; written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell
- Published
- [New York, N.Y.] : Thinkfilm, 2007.
- Copyright Date
- ©2006
- Edition
- Unrated.
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Additional Creators
- Gertler, Howard, Perell, Tim, Mitchell, John Cameron, Lee, Sook-yin, Dawson, Paul, Beamish, Lindsay, Deboy, P. J., Barker, Raphael, Stickles, Peter, Brannan, Jay, Bond, Justin, Yo La Tengo (Musical group), Thinkfilm (Firm), Fortissimo Films, Q Television (Firm), and Process (Firm)
- Language Note
- In English with optional French or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned. - Summary
- An exploration into the lives of several characters living in New York City as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex. Male and female, straight and gay, they find one another -- and eventually themselves -- when they all converge at a weekly underground salon called "Shortbus," a mad collision of art, music, politics, and carnality.
- Subject(s)
- Men—Sexual behavior—New York (State)—New York—Drama
- Women—Sexual behavior—New York (State)—New York—Drama
- Sex—New York (State)—New York—Drama
- Man-woman relationships—New York (State)—New York—Drama
- Salons—New York (State)—New York—Drama
- Heterosexuals—New York (State)—New York—Drama
- Gay people—New York (State)—New York—Drama
- Gay men—New York (State)—New York—Drama
- New York (N.Y.)—Drama
- Genre(s)
- Audience Notes
- Unrated ; contains sexually explicit content.
- Note
- DVD release of the 2006 motion picture.
Special features: trailers ; "Gifted and challenged: the making-of 'Shortbus'" featurette ; "How to shoot sex: a docu-primer" featurette ; deleted scenes with filmmaker & cast commentary ; trailers ; teaser ; filmmaker & cast commentary. - Creation/Production Credits Note
- Director of photography, Frank G. DeMarco ; editor, Brian A. Kates ; original score, Yo La Tengo ; costume designers, Kurt and Bart ; production designer, Jody Asnes.
- Participant/Performer Note
- Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, Adam Hardman, P.J. Deboy, Raphael Barker, Jay Brannan, Peter Stickles, Justin Bond.
- Technical Details
- DVD ; region 1 ; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, digitally mastered.
- Terms of Use and Reproduction
- No public performance rights. Classroom instruction and home use permitted.
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