Directed by John Cameron Mitchell Written by John Cameron Mitchell   Cast Paul Dawson ... James Lindsay Beamish ... Severin Adam Hardman ... Jesse, the John Sook-Yin Lee ... Sofia Raphael Barker ... Rob Peter Stickles ... Caleb, the Stalker PJ DeBoy ... Jamie David Pittu ... Jacuzzi Hunter Jeff Whitty ... Jacuzzi Hunted Mickey Cottrell ... Dead Man in the Jacuzzi Mary Beth Peil ... Ann (Our Lady of the Gutter) Shanti Carson ... Leah, the Beautiful Couple Jan Hilmer ... Nick, the Beautiful Couple Mx Justin Vivian Bond ... Justin Bond Bradford Scobie ... Dr. Donut Murray Hill ... Murray Hill Ethan Eunson-Conn ... Sex-Not-Bombs Room D.J. Stephen Kent Jusick ... Creamy Jonathan Caouette ... Blondie-Grabber Jay Brannan ... Ceth Derek Jackson ... Derek Rachel Friedman ... Yenta Voice (voice) Paul Oakley Stovall ... Magnus Reg Vermue ... The Albino Ray Rivas ... Shabbos Goy Alan Mandell ... Tobias, the Mayor Bitch ... Bitch / Shortbus House Band Lex Vaughn ... Bucky Rachael C. Smith ... Zoey (as Rachael Cyna Smith) Yolonda Ross ... Faustus Jocelyn Samson ... Jid (as JD Samson) Daniel Sea ... Little Prince Tanya Gagné ... The Wau Wau Sisters Adrienne Truscott ... The Wau Wau Sisters Dirty Martini ... Dirty Martini Timmy Young ... Mikey / Oglesby the Puppet The World Famous *BoB* ... The World Famous *BOB* Eric Gilliland ... Eric Gilliland Jasper James ... Jasper Grace Kahng ... Suicide Nurse Miriam Shor ... Cheryl Justin Hagan ... Brad Harry Slattery ... Piñata Boy Ralph Gunderman ... Radio Announcer (voice) Nate Calkins ... Shortbus House Band Christine Choi ... Shortbus House Band Paul Festa ... Shortbus House Band / Sextra Peter Gingerich ... Shortbus House Band Scott Matthew ... Shortbus House Band Louis Schwadron ... Shortbus House Band Jeannann Seidman ... Shortbus House Band Matt Way ... Shortbus House Band Brent Alberghini ... Sextra Ashley Balavender ... Sextra Jonathan Bastiani ... Sextra John Caffery ... Sextra Anthony Cefala ... Sextra Aeran Doron ... Sextra Dominique Doron ... Sextra Patrick Egan ... Sextra Cat Erickson ... Sextra Feva ... Sextra Colin Fitzpatrick ... Sextra Michael Freeland ... Sextra Shawn Frenté ... Sextra Pamela Giaroli ... Sextra Joseph Gross ... Sextra Christopher Hamblin ... Sextra Timothy Heber ... Sextra Sienna Horton ... Sextra Bel Jordan ... Sextra Joseph Keckler ... Sextra Bré Kelly ... Sextra Kenneth Lang ... Sextra Lapis Luxury ... Sextra Erin Markey ... Sextra Janie Martinez ... Sextra Kelly McKay ... Sextra Jesse Miller ... Sextra Kristen Munchheimer ... Sextra Nicole Pasulka ... Sextra Carlo Quispe ... Sextra Emma Rander ... Sextra David W. Robinson ... Sextra Jesse Sanford ... Sextra Frank Susa ... Sextra Tristan Taormino ... Sextra Matt Thomas ... Sextra Layard Thompson ... Sextra Colten Tognazzini ... Sextra Jorge Torres ... Sextra Lix Velvet ... Sextra Will D. Ware ... Sextra Isabelle Woodley ... Sextra Leopard Zeppard ... Sextra Kris Anton ... Hungry March Band Jason Candler ... Hungry March Band Jon 'Corn Mo' Cunningham ... Hungry March Band (as Jon Cunningham) Luca Fadda ... Hungry March Band Emily Fairey ... Hungry March Band Julie Hair ... Hungry March Band Michele Hardesty ... Hungry March Band Jen Emma Hertel ... Hungry March Band John Heyenga ... Hungry March Band Ben Holtzman ... Hungry March Band Richard Hutchins ... Hungry March Band Sebastian Isler ... Hungry March Band Joseph B. Keady ... Hungry March Band Quince Marcum ... Hungry March Band Ben Meyers ... Hungry March Band Anders Nelson ... Hungry March Band Greg Schneiderman ... Hungry March Band Sasha Sumner ... Hungry March Band Samantha Tsisktinas ... Hungry March Band Sara Valentine ... Hungry March Band Theresa Westerdahl ... Hungry March Band Okkon Yokoyama ... Hungry March Band Uncredited Cast Fast Ali ... Party Girl Brad Bachtell ... Extra Marc Bonan ... House Band Guest Daniel J. Gerstle ... Club Guest John Cameron Mitchell ... Sextra Justin Tranter ... Sextra Produced by Wouter Barendrecht   Howard Gertler   Pamela Hirsch   Richie Jackson   John Cameron Mitchell   Morgan Higby Night   Tim Perell   Bobbi Thompson   Michael J. Werner   Neil Westreich   Richard Wofford   Alexis Fish   Original Music by Yo La Tengo

Additional Info Premiere: May 20, 2006 Theatrical Release: October 13, 2006 DVD Release: March 13, 2007 Country: Distributor: THINKFilm Websites: Production Companies THINKFilm (presents) Fortissimo Films (in association with) Q Television (in association with) Process Media (as Process Productions) Distributors THINKFilm   (2006) (USA) (theatrical) SundanceTV   (2008) (USA) (TV) (as Sundance Channel) THINKFilm   (2007) (USA) (DVD) (unrated) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.4 / 10 Our Rating 6.1 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.1 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,889 / 20,886 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 1 total rating Almost Perfect 2 total ratings Average 1 total rating Site Ranking #2,885 Bros (2022) #2,886 The Island Of Dr. Moreau (1996) #2,887 Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday (1993) #2,888 Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018) #2,889 Shortbus (2006) #2,890 Back To School (1986) #2,891 The Woodsman (2004) #2,892 She Said (2022) #2,893 King Kong (1976)