Movie: Shelter (2007/II)

• Director: Jonah Markowitz
• Release Date: 16 April 2009 (Germany)
• Run Time: 97 min | Germany:90 min | UK:85 min (DVD version)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , Romance , Sport  
• MPAA: Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief drug use.

Trivia: The film’s director Jonah Markowitz voiced the Cal Arts employee who contacted Zack on his cell phone. 

Goofs: Continuity: In the scene after Gabe, Zach and Shaun finish surfing Gabe says that he’s never going on a long board. When he says the line and the camera angle changes to Zach and Shaun, in the background you see people on the cliff, one has a red sweater on. When the scene changes back to Gabe and he says he’s going to get some beer and leaves, the people are no longer on the cliff when the camera angle switches. (Trevor also mentions that fact in the commentary.) 

“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. Written by bill stephens”