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

Name: Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
Director: M. Sean Kaminsky
Released: 2007-2-13
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Raphael Barker, Lindsay Beamish, Justin Vivian Bond, Jay Brannan, Jonathan Caouette

User score: 6.3
Production country: United States of America
Producer: M. Sean Kaminsky
Production companies: Sundance Channel, Spectrum Media Productions
Genre: Documentary
Release date: 3/13/2007
Run time: 31 min.

Movie description

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.