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Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus' (2007)
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Video | 31 min | Documentary, Short

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Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus' (2007)

TV-MA

Video | 31 min | Documentary, Short

A look at the unusual process used in the making of the film Shortbus featuring interviews, behind the scenes footage and clips from the feature film. Director John Cameron Mitchell starts with the concept of using real sex in a film with ...See moreA look at the unusual process used in the making of the film Shortbus featuring interviews, behind the scenes footage and clips from the feature film. Director John Cameron Mitchell starts with the concept of using real sex in a film with a positive message. The cast of unknowns is selected from homemade audition tapes and then a callback audition workshop. More acting workshops are used to develop the characters and script. The project overcomes a number of obstacles and the rest of the film's development is followed up until its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Written by TimeNTide See less

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
Raphael Barker Rob Rob See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
Lindsay Beamish Severin Severin See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
Mx Justin Vivian Bond Self (as Justin Bond) Self (as Justin Bond) See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
Jay Brannan Ceth Ceth See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
Jonathan Caouette Self Self See fewer	Tarnation (2003)
Shanti Carson Leah Leah See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
Miek Coccia Self Self See fewer	Tarnation (2003)
Paul Dawson James / Self (as Paul 'Pinto' Dawson) James / Self (as Paul 'Pinto' Dawson) See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
PJ DeBoy Jamie Jamie See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
Howard Gertler Self Self See fewer	How to Survive a Plague (2012)
Maya Hardinge Self Self See fewer	Allegiant (2016)
Timothy Heber Self (as Tim Heber) Self (as Tim Heber) See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
Jasper James Jasper Jasper See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
Bel Jordan Self Self See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
Sook-Yin Lee Sofia Sofia See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
John Cameron Mitchell Self Self See fewer	Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Tim Perell Self Self See fewer	Shortbus (2006)
Louis Schwadron Self Self See fewer	In the Shadow of the Moon (2019)
Susan Shopmaker Self Self See fewer	The Holdovers (2023)
Peter Stickles Caleb Caleb See fewer	Shortbus (2006)