Shortbus

Shortbus
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Cameron Mitchell
Written by	John Cameron Mitchell
Produced by	Howard Gertler John Cameron Mitchell Tim Perell Alexis Fish
Starring	Sook-Yin Lee Paul Dawson Lindsay Beamish PJ DeBoy Raphael A. Barker Peter Stickles Jay Brannan
Cinematography	Frank G. DeMarco
Edited by	Brian A. Kates
Music by	Yo La Tengo
Production companies	Fortissimo Films Q Television
Distributed by	THINKFilm
Release dates	May 20, 2006 (2006-05-20) (Cannes) October 20, 2006 (2006-10-20) (Canada)
Running time	101 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million[2]
Box office	$5.4 million[3]

Shortbus is a 2006 American erotic comedy-drama film written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell. The plot revolves around a sexually diverse ensemble of colorful characters trying desperately to connect in an early 2000s New York City. The characters converge in a weekly Brooklyn artistic/sexual salon loosely inspired by various underground NYC gatherings that took place in the early 2000s. According to Mitchell, the film attempts to "employ sex in new cinematic ways because it's too interesting to leave to porn." Shortbus includes a variety of explicit scenes containing non-simulated sexual intercourse with visible penetration and male ejaculation.