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Take Shelter is a 2011 American drama film and psychological thriller written and directed by Jeff Nichols. The movie features Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, and Kathy Baker in the cast. Produced by Hydraulx, REI Capital, Grove Hill Productions, and Strange Matter Films, the film was distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. It was filmed in Ohio, which also serves as the narrative location. The story is set in a small town near a beach and includes themes of schizophrenia, nightmares, and obsession.
The film has a runtime of 120 minutes and was released on January 24, 2011, May 15, 2011, September 15, 2011, and September 30, 2011. Its tagline is "Far away from the cruel world." Critical reception includes a review score of 92%, 8/10, and 85/100, with an IMDb rating of 7.3 and a TMDb vote average of 7.055. Financial details list a capital cost of 4,750,000 and a box office of 5,000,000, while other sources cite a budget of 5,000,000 and revenue of 3,741,098.
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7.1Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
Cast
- Michael Shannon as Curtis LaForche
- Jessica Chastain as Samantha LaForche
- Shea Whigham as Dewart
- Tova Stewart as Hannah LaForche
- Katy Mixon as Nat
- Robert Longstreet as Jim
Themes
- small town
- beach
- schizophrenia
- nightmare
- obsession
- deaf
- ohio
- shelter
- end of the world
- premonition
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jeff Nichols
- Screenwriter
- Jeff Nichols
- Narrative location
- Ohio
- Filming location
- Ohio
- Duration
- 121
- FilmAffinity ID
- 239375
- Official website
- www.sonyclassics.com/takeshelter
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- title
- Take Shelter
- distributed by
- Sony Pictures Classics
- capital cost
- 4750000
- box office
- 5000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 85/100
- Commons category
- Take Shelter
- publication date
- 2012-03-22
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