Shelter | 
| Director: Jonah Markowitz
Actors: Brad Rowe, Tina Holmes, Mat Bushell, Trevor Wright, Ross Thomas
Studio: Ryko Liberation
Category: DVD
List Price: $23.95
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Rating:  145 reviews
Sales Rank: 987
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.5
MPN: 135
UPC: 858423001353
EAN: 0858423001353
ASIN: B0013D8LCW
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: May 27, 2008
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The feature-film debut from art director Jonah Markowitz (Quinceanera) pivots on the tension between responsibility to family and responsibility to self. Recent high-school graduate Zach (Trevor Wright) has one summer to reconcile the competing halves of his life. The aspiring Picasso lives in blue-collar San Pedro with his irresponsible sister, Jeanne (Tina Holmes, Half Nelson), her five-year-old son, Cody (Jackson Wurth), and their rarely-seen father. Zach gave up his art school dreams to toil in a diner and help look after his much-loved nephew. With his best friend, Gabe (Ross Thomas), away at college, Zach draws, surfs, and skateboards by his lonesome. When Gabe's novelist brother, Shaun (Brad Rowe, Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss), returns to his Orange County home to recover from a broken heart, he and Zach alternate between riding the waves and encouraging each other to pursue their aspirations. Shaun is gay, while Zach appears to be straight, but a casual kiss between the two soon leads to a secret relationship. Before the former returns to Los Angeles, the latter has to decide who he is--gay, straight, artist, cook, uncle, or father--and what he's going to do about it. Except for the location shooting, this low-budget indie plays like an extended episode of The O.C. what with all the "bro"s and "dude"s and love scenes tame enough for network TV. Nonetheless, Markowitz's heart is in the right place, and Shelter may provide some real-life Zachs with the courage they need to follow their passions. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Product Description
Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach spends his days working a dead end job and helping his needy sister care for her son. In his free time he surfs, draws and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe, who lives on the wealthy side of town. When Gabe's older brother, Shaun, returns home, he is drawn to Zach's selflessness and talent. Zach falls in love with Shaun while struggling to reconcile his own desires with the needs of his family.
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very enjoyable for all June 18, 2009
John H. Johnson III (New Mexico)
I wasnt sure about ordering this film but the previopus reviews caught my attention. I really enjoyed the film. Engaging actors that you really care about. A story line that is true to life and lets you relate to things that happened in your own life and decisions that you made. An enjoyable evenings watching!
Surfing to a new life June 17, 2009
FizzWiz (Pittsburgh, PA)
Zach is best friends with Gabe, and they both surf. Zach is also going on and off with Tori and starts to hang out with Gabe's brother, Shaun. Shaun came out awhile ago and sparks some sensuality in Zach that confuses him. The sexualness is all natural and not overly done, and the situations that Zach faces are easily relateable being in a broken family and unsure about his relationship with Tori. The usual conflicts of being homosexual with prejudices and hesistation come into play, but the story is told so authentically that this movie is a keeper.
Superb! June 15, 2009
H. Hall
I really can't say enough good about this movie. The main characters are likeable, the story is well-told, the cinematography is engaging, the actors can actually act and the dialoge is completely real. Not just a superiour gay romance, but a true testament to what it means - in terms of sacrifice and reward - to be committed to family and at the same time to find the courage to follow your own path. Worth watching again and again!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! June 12, 2009
Jerome Mccullum (USA)
Hello, I just seen This movie shelter... UNBELIEVEABLE.. one of the best movie Ive seen since BrokeBack ... It touches you in a place of realness..life and its not full of sex... buy this movie.... Its about real life facing real situation.. he just so happen to be a young man coming to terms with his sexuality... Side NOTE: No one ever said that falling in love would be easy.... But it can be done...
ENJOY THIS MOVIE... I DID...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great Movie - Close to BBM. June 1, 2009
Alan Tiberis (Miami, FL)
This movie was almost as good as, if not better than Brokeback Mountain.
My girlfriend and I watched it together (yes, I'm semi-straight and still enoyed the movie), and she agrees that the movie was a sweet love story.
We both laughed. She cried. 5 stars.
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