Take Shelter: Directed by Jeff Nichols. With Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham. Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

Actor: Take Shelter. Michael Corbett Shannon was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Geraldine Hine, a lawyer, and Donald Sutherlin Shannon, an accounting professor at DePaul University.

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Take Shelter is an intelligent, thought provoking, nicely shot film featuring an excellent performance by Michael Shannon (an Oscar nomination, surely?), who was also great in director Nichols' previous/first film, Shotgun Stories.

Michael Shannon. Actor: Take Shelter. Michael Corbett Shannon was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Geraldine Hine, a lawyer, and Donald Sutherlin Shannon, an accounting professor at DePaul University.

Take Shelter (2011) - The scene where Michael Shannon witnesses all the furniture in his living room lift up spontaneously was entirely CGI. The Strause brothers and their firm Hydraulx came on board at an early stage in development; indeed they are executive producers on the film.

With Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, Barlow Jacobs, Michael Abbott Jr.. Set in Arkansas, this poetic and powerful film directed by Jeff Nichols (Mud, Take Shelter) tracks a blood feud that erupts when two sets of half-brothers come to blows at their father's funeral.

As backstory, Take Shelter received a limited theatrical run and now the film is moving to DVD and Blu-Ray February 14th. The film stars Michael Shannon as Curtis a man who sees apocalyptic visions in the skies and in his dreams.

Take Shelter: Directed by Jeff Nichols. With Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham. Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.