Take Shelter

Take Shelter
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jeff Nichols
Written by	Jeff Nichols
Produced by	Sophia Lin Tyler Davidson
Starring	Michael Shannon Jessica Chastain Shea Whigham Katy Mixon Kathy Baker
Cinematography	Adam Stone
Edited by	Parke Gregg
Music by	David Wingo
Production companies	Hydraulx Entertainment Rei Capital Grove Hill Productions Strange Matter Films
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics (North and Latin America, Australia and New Zealand) FilmNation Entertainment (International)
Release dates	January 24, 2011 (2011-01-24) (Sundance) September 30, 2011 (2011-09-30) (United States)
Running time	121 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5 million[2]
Box office	$5 million[3]

Take Shelter is a 2011 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. The plot follows a young husband and father (Shannon) who is plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, and questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself and his increasing worries over having paranoid schizophrenia.

The film won two Saturn Awards, Best Writing for Nichols and Best Actor for Shannon, and was nominated for two more, Best Horror or Thriller Film and Best Actress for Chastain. It explores the themes of masculinity, mental illness, and the lengths people go to protect the ones they love.