Take Shelter Page #3

Synopsis: Curtis, a father and husband, is starting to experience bad dreams and hallucinations. Assuming mental illness, he seeks medical help and counseling. However, fearing the worst, he starts building an elaborate and expensive storm shelter in their backyard. This storm shelter threatens to tear apart his family, threatens his sanity and his standing in the community, but he builds it to save his family's life.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Jeff Nichols
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  42 wins & 36 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
85
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
R
Year:
2011
120 min
$1,600,000
Website
474 Views


I've been having...

I've been having some trouble sleeping.

I was hoping

you could give me something for it.

How long's this been going on?

About four nights now.

You're not sleeping at all?

Well, some, but real restless.

Well, I think four nights

is a little too soon to tell.

My advice would be to not eat

or drink anything after 8:00 at night.

Cut back on any alcoholic drinks,

tobacco, caffeine.

Get some daily exercise.

Well, I think...

- I think I might need to try some medication.

- Why do you say that?

The reason I've been having trouble

sleeping is these dreams I've been having.

I didn't think it was anything at first,

but then the other day I woke up

and the bed was wet.

- You urinated in your bed?

- Yeah.

Couple days before that,

I had a dream that my dog attacked me

and it took all day

for the pain in my arm to go away.

You been out to see your mother lately?

It's been about a month.

Okay.

Okay. This is a prescription

for a pretty mild sedative.

It's non-habit forming,

but I'm only giving you enough

for a few days anyway.

Take it and see if it helps.

In the meantime,

this is the number of a good friend of mine

in Columbus. He's a psychiatrist.

It's a drive, but he's the best I know.

Okay.

I'll give him a call

and let him know you'll be down to see him.

All right.

- Hey, Dewart.

- What you say, Curtis?

Not much.

They want us

to get a pilot hole drilled by lunch.

I figure worse comes to worse,

we can eat on the rig.

Yeah, we'll get it done. Weekend all right?

Yeah. Same old sh*t.

No. No, I need the name of the specialist

whose diagnosis you'll accept.

No. Look it, I've told you this twice.

Please.

Just get me the name

and/or the approval code.

Okay.

All right. And the phone? All right.

Great. Well, thank you very much.

All right, this is the name

and the phone number of the specialist

who the insurance company approves of.

Just call and make an appointment.

Now if this doctor signs off,

you should have the implant procedure

fully covered.

I'm sorry it took so long.

Can I give you a hug?

It's fine. It's fine.

You know, your husband's company actually

has very good insurance when it kicks in.

Not a lot of jobs offer policies half

as good. You're very lucky.

That's okay.

We have your insurance on file.

- That'll be $47.64.

- What's the co-pay?

That is your co-pay.

Hey.

I love you.

I love you too.

I have good news.

Green? How about a red?

It was like talking to a

sane person for once.

She made one phone call. That's it.

I've been trying that 800 number

for weeks. You.

It's great. It's great.

Hey, Hannah.

Are you excited?

We're gonna get you some help.

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Jeff Nichols

Jeff Nichols is an American film director and screenwriter from Little Rock, Arkansas. He studied filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Nichols has directed Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter, Mud and Midnight Special. more…

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