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Take Shelter (2011) - Movie Details

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Release Date: October 7, 2011 (Limited)
On DVD: February 14, 2012
Genre: Suspense, Drama
Director: Jeff Nichols
Writer: Jeff Nichols
Cast: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Kathy Baker
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Running Time: 120 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for some language

Curtis LaForche lives in a small town in Ohio with his wife, Samantha, and daughter, Hannah, a six-year-old deaf girl. When Curtis begins to have terrifying dreams, he keeps the visions to himself, channeling his anxiety into obsessively building a storm shelter in his backyard. His seemingly inexplicable behavior concerns and confounds those closest to him, but the resulting strain on his marriage and tension within his community can't compare with Curtis's privately held fear...

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Storm's a coming. The air smells of it. The skies are churning. The rain will come, the wind and toxins wiping away humanity. The world is going to end. In Take Shelter, Michael Shannon stars as a man suffering from apocalyptic visions of the near future. He's certain that horrific storms will soon kill everyone in sight, including his family. Then again, he's also certain he's beginning to suffer from paranoid schizophrenia.

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