Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
Release: 2007-03-13
·Runtime: 31m
·★ 6.5
Documentary
A look at the unusual process used in the making of the film Shortbus (2006) 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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Sundance Channel
Spectrum Media Productions
Cast
Justin Vivian Bond
as Himself
PJ DeBoy
as Jamie
Raphael Barker
as Rob
Paul Dawson
as James / Himself
Lindsay Beamish
as Severin
Jonathan Caouette
as Himself
Shanti Carson
as Leah
Jasper James
as Jasper
John Cameron Mitchell
as Himself
Jay Brannan
as Ceth
Sook-Yin Lee
as Sofia
Peter Stickles
as Caleb