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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 50 wins & 94 nominations total

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Watch A Guide to the Films of Steve McQueen

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Watch "Sidewalk Conversation"

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Watch Shame: Toronto Clip 1

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Watch Shame: Your Hard Drive Is Filthy

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Watch Shame: Sidewalk Conversation

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Watch Shame: Boom Boom

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Watch Shame: On The Subway

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Watch Shame: What's Your Longest Relationship?

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Director
- Steve McQueen
Writers
- Steve McQueen
- Abi Morgan
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Trivia
The first time Michael Fassbender saw the film was with his father Josef. Both were relieved that his mother Adele could not make the screening.

Goofs
When Brandon is on the subway looking at the woman we see Fulton behind him on the wall of the subway tunnel. The train moves and a few minutes have passed. Next, when the woman exists the train and he follows her, we see that they are again at Fulton station.

Quotes
Sissy Sullivan: We're not bad people. We just come from a bad place.

Crazy credits
No opening credits apart from the movie's title.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Venice Film Festival 2011 (2011)

Soundtracks
Aria from the Goldberg Variations
Written by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Glenn Gould
Courtesy of Sony Masterworks and the Glenn Gould Estate
Licensed by Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd

Does To Sex What 'Requiem For A Dream' Did To Drugs

Steven McQueen's sophomore effort is a powerfully compelling, unflinchingly graphic & downright disturbing arthouse endeavour that shows that something even as coveted as sex can have destructive consequences if the need for it spirals out of control. Powered by sturdy performance from Michael Fassbender, Shame does to sex what Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend did to alcohol and Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream did to drugs.