Directed by:
John Cameron MitchellScreenplay:
John Cameron MitchellCinematography:
Frank G. DeMarcoComposer:
Yo La TengoCast:
Sook-Yin Lee, Lindsay Beamish, Raphael Barker, Adam Hardman, Bitch, Peter Stickles, Daniel Sea, Miriam Shor, Mickey Cottrell, Mary Beth Peil, Jonathan Caouette (more)Plots(1)
Male and female, straight and gay, the characters find one another – and eventually find themselves – when they all converge at a weekly underground salon called "Shortbus," a mad world of art, music, politics, and polysexual carnality. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Sook-Yin Lee
Canada
Best movies:
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Shortbus (2006)
3 Needles (2005)
Lindsay Beamish
Best movies:
The Greatest (2009)
Jimmy and Judy (2006)
Shortbus (2006)
Raphael Barker
Best movies:
The Stranger in Us (2010)
Shortbus (2006)
Strapped (2010)
Adam Hardman
Best movies:
Shortbus (2006)
Peter Stickles
USA
Best movies:
The Girl Next Door (2007)
BearCity (2010)
Shaft (2000)
Daniel Sea
USA
Best movies:
Shortbus (2006)
Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)
Die Lebenden (2012)
Miriam Shor
USA
Best movies:
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Mickey Cottrell
USA
Best movies:
Ed Wood (1994)
Apt Pupil (1998)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Mary Beth Peil
USA
Best movies:
The Odd Couple II (1998)
Collateral Beauty (2016)
Maladies (2012)
Jonathan Caouette
USA
Best movies:
Shortbus (2006)
Fat Girls (2006)
Kiss of the Damned (2012)
Yolonda Ross
USA
Best movies:
The Get Down (2016) (series)
The United States of Leland (2003)
Whatever Works (2009)
John Cameron Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Vinyl (2016) (series)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Band of the Hand (1986)
Cat Erickson
Best movies:
Shortbus (2006)
Eric Gilliland
USA
Best movies:
The Ultimate Gift (2006)
Paper Man (2009)
Shortbus (2006)
Jeff Whitty
Best movies:
Shortbus (2006)
Tristan Taormino
USA
Best movies:
She Hate Me (2004)
Shortbus (2006)
David Pittu
USA
Best movies:
King Kong (2005)
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Sharper (2023)
Murray Hill
Best movies:
Shortbus (2006)
Jackpot! (2024)
Marie and Bruce (2004)
Justin Tranter
Best movies:
Shortbus (2006)