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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0858423001353
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Genius Products (TVN)
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Genius Products (TVN)
MPN: LIB00135
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Genius Products (TVN)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Running Time: 89 minutes
Studio: Genius Products (TVN)
Theatrical Release Date: 2007

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
The feature-film debut from art director Jonah Markowitz (Quinceañera) 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.




Rating: - Shelter is the best romance film ever made
For a low budget film this one gets top rating from a movie buff like me. It is a film that you can enjoy again and again. The sad thing is that we cannot spend more time with Zack and Shaun, but with things ending as well as they do we shouldn't want to! Trevor Wright, Brad Rowe, and Tina Holmes do a superb job! Brad Rowe we remember from Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss and Tina from Edge of Seventeen. I await expectantly for another masterpiece from the writer/director Jonah Markowitz, who has done ... Read More

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Rating: - Other Gay Spiritual Movies
I knew a film maker who died very suddenly and I remember thinking: "What does a film maker leave behind?" This thought was the seed that sprouted the movie: Beatific Vision.

I found myself thinking of a secret film that a character would leave behind when he dies. Not one he wished not to be found but one he planned to be found. More than a final will and testament this film was a "Beatific Vision", a view into the future of all characters and a clear mapping of the coincidences that would ... Read More

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Rating: - Gimme Shelter
I really enjoyed this movie. It's much more than a love story; its also a coming of age story that's filled with inclusive family values. The movie has some great scenes of surfing and skateboarding, as well as "bombing" the suburbs with graffiti art. In many respects, the movie combines various subcultures in a new and innovate hybridized form. Surfing, graffiti, and the gay world meet and intermingle in this novel refreshing film. The love scenes and the kissing are so tender. The emotions of the ... Read More

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Rating: - BETTER THAN BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
IF YOU LIKE "BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN", THAN YOU WILL DEFINTELY LOVE THIS FILM. ALTHOUGH I AM A BIG FAN OF BROKEBACK, THE ACTORS IN "SHELTER" I THOUGHT WERE MUCH MORE INTENSE...AND NOT TO MENTION MUCH MORE SEXY. FOR NOT BEING HOLLYWOOD ACTORS BRAD ROWE AND THE GUY WHO PLAYS HIS BOYFRIEND ARE VERY TALENTED INDEED. THEY DELIVER A POWERFUL PERFORMANCE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL COMING OF AGE STORY THAT CAN REALLY BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES. THE ACTING IS SO PERFECT THAT ITS ALMOST AS IF THE ACTORS ARE REALLY BOYFRIENDS. HEATH ... Read More

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Rating: - Touching and emotionally charged without being sappy...
I watched this movie almost like I would have watched a fairy-tale. Actually, considering, I would say Zach is a modern Cinderella... His desires always came second after his family's and he didn't even realize how much his sister (or his absent father for that matter) took him for granted. And when his chance to have a life eventually came his way he almost pushed it away. Felt bad for Shaun - who didn't deserve at all Zach's rebiffs and second thoughts - but oh, how understandable these second thoughts and ... Read More

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