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
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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 22 mins) When viewing his profile Ceth reads Magnum's "measurements". An important one is listed as 15cm, which receives a gasp from Sofia. In reality 15cm is a bit under 6 inches, which is about average.
- 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".
- SoundtracksLanguage
Written & Performed by Scott Matthew
Arranged and Produced by Louis Schwadron
Engineered and Mixed by Keith Gary
Featured review
This film is an unabashedly sexually charged and frank look at people, their relationships and how sex is intertwined into it.
The treatment is both naïve yet incredibly sophisticatedeven while showing very intense sexual scenes, it doesn't sugarcoat or judge them, but merely explores them in a way that most American cinema is afraid to do.
It is as one of the actors says "Voyeurism is Participation" (or somewhat close to that). Simply by viewing it, we explore the actors interconnected relationships and hear the their stories in a way that makes us care about them and recognize their bruised humanity in ourselves, our friends and our neighbors (or at least as I have witnessed out my window) Somewhat close in spirit to "The Dreamers" but with a dash of neurotic comedy. Not so slapstick like "Another Gay Movie" but with the same laugh out loud, pee in your pants humor that had had the audience both fantasizing and roaring out in laughter at the same time.
The treatment is both naïve yet incredibly sophisticatedeven while showing very intense sexual scenes, it doesn't sugarcoat or judge them, but merely explores them in a way that most American cinema is afraid to do.
It is as one of the actors says "Voyeurism is Participation" (or somewhat close to that). Simply by viewing it, we explore the actors interconnected relationships and hear the their stories in a way that makes us care about them and recognize their bruised humanity in ourselves, our friends and our neighbors (or at least as I have witnessed out my window) Somewhat close in spirit to "The Dreamers" but with a dash of neurotic comedy. Not so slapstick like "Another Gay Movie" but with the same laugh out loud, pee in your pants humor that had had the audience both fantasizing and roaring out in laughter at the same time.
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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
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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