Shutter Island (film)
| Shutter Island | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Martin Scorsese |
| Written by | Novel: Dennis Lehane Screenplay: Laeta Kalogridis Steven Knight |
| Produced by | Martin Scorsese Brad Fischer Mike Medavoy Arnie Messer |
| Starring | Leonardo DiCaprio Mark Ruffalo Ben Kingsley Emily Mortimer Michelle Williams Jackie Earle Haley Max von Sydow |
| Cinematography | Robert Richardson |
| Edited by | Thelma Schoonmaker |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | October 2, 2009 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Shutter Island is an upcoming American thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The film is based on the 2003 novel Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. Production started in March 2008; Shutter Island is slated to be released on October 2, 2009.
Plot
In 1954, two U.S. marshals Teddy and Chuck investigate the disappearance of a patient Rachel from a hospital for the criminally insane on an island in Massachusetts. They run into trouble when they are deceived by others, a hurricane hits and an inmate riot traps them on the island. [1]
Production
Feature film rights to the 2003 novel Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane were first optioned to Columbia Pictures in 2003, but the rights lapsed back to the author. The author's representatives then sold the rights to the production company Phoenix Pictures, who hired screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis to script the novel for a film adaptation. The project was in development for a year. By October 2007, the project had developed into a co-production between the studios Columbia Pictures and Paramount Pictures. Director Martin Scorsese and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who had worked together on three films, were both attracted to Shutter Island as their next collaboration. Locations like Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Nova Scotia were scouted.[2] Production began on March 6, 2008.[1]
Production took place in Taunton, Massachusetts to film World War II flashback scenes of DiCaprio's character, who served as an American soldier.[3] Scorsese filmed the scenes in old industrial buildings in Taunton's Whittenton Mills Complex, which replicated the Dachau concentration camp.[4] Extras portraying the Dachau Prisoners were called back to reshoot a scene in July, due to the film of one scene being damaged going through Logan Airport Security. Scenes were filmed at the old Medfield State Hospital in Medfield, Massachusetts. Peddocks Island was used as a setting for the story's island and East Point, in Nahant, Massachusetts for the lighthouse scenes.[5] Filming ended on July 2, 2008.[6]
Filming
The Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative is a biennial initiative that seeks out willing members every two years and gives them the opportunity to be mentored by a veteran in their particular medium for an entire year. Celina Murga, a thirty-six year old Argentinean filmmaker was chosen by Martin Scorsese as a part of the Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative, and the two were brought together as mentor and protege during the time Marty was filming Shutter Island. The British film magazine, Total Film, commisioned Celina Murga to create an account of her experiences onset with Marty, to share with their readers. In her account Celina describes her first impressions of the script as "Kafka/Welles(The Trial)/Hitchcock/After Hours, set in the 50's, given a film noir adaptation". Scorsese mentions one of the influences of the film came from "The Trial", a 1962 film directed by Orson Welles adapted from the novel by Franz Kafka; he says references to The Trial include: corridors, tunnels, claustrophobic ceilings, and angular lenses. Scorsese describes to Murga that he wanted to create an atmosphere that would be "unbearable for the character", one of Scorsese's themes that seem to be recurrent in many of his movies, the idea of subjectivity and a subjective reality, the conflict between how much of what people see is real and how much of it is imagined, as can be seen in many Robert De Niro roles as well as in the films Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, After Hours, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Age of Innocence, and The Departed. Celina Murga recalls a conversation with Scorsese about dreams, nightmares, and hallucinations, the idea of being in a sense of reverie, Marty's idea was to film scenes dealing with these themes as directly as possible, as if they were real. It seems as if The Shining and Psycho made influence on Scorsese's stylistic decisions in the making of the film, as Murga recalls Marty telling her that, a sense of ambiguity and alienation must be felt by the audience in some of the scenes, particularly to place you in the perspective of the main character (Teddy Daniels), and to bring you into the nightmare that his reality has become. Onset, shooting exteriors on a cliff, Celina Murga recalls a conversation between Scorsese and his collaborators on the idea of rhythm within the film, and the notion of how to capture the specific action of a certain shot. Murga remembers Scorsese referring to internal rhythm (the composition of a shot), and, external rhythm (the editing of shot, and the placement of a shot in relation to its preceding shot and its succeding shot). Murga mentions Marty thinking thoroughly of rhythm, and the overall importance of rhythm in his films. A funny little thing Celina Murga describes about Scorsese's way of directing is how intensely he focuses on the exact spot of the rim of the frame on which his characters aim their glance towards, Scorsese mentions that the exact spot in which a character has his glance cast towards may substantially change the relationship between the character and the spectator. Sometimes he has to adjust the difference by millimeters. File:Http://mos.totalfilm.com/images/o/on-set-of-shutter-island-10-420-75.jpg
Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio portrays Teddy Daniels, a U.S. marshal investigating the disappearance.[2]
- Mark Ruffalo portrays Chuck Aule, a U.S. marshal who is Teddy's partner. Before Ruffalo was cast, Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese also considered casting Robert Downey Jr or Josh Brolin for the role of Chuck Aule., [7]
- Ben Kingsley portrays the hospital's chief physician.[8]
- Michelle Williams portrays Dolores Chanal, Daniels' wife.[9]
- Emily Mortimer portrays Rachel Solando, the escaped patient.[1]
- Max von Sydow portrays Dr. Jeremiah Naehring, one of the hospital's physicians.[1]
- Jackie Earle Haley portrays George Noyce, one of the inmates.[1]
- Patricia Clarkson in an unidentified role.[1]
Release
The film is scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures on October 2, 2009 in the United States and Canada.[10] Spanish distributor Manga Films will distribute the film after winning a bidding war that reportedly reached the $6 million to $8 million range.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Mayberry, Carly (February 26, 2008). "Trio of stars in for 'Shutter'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 27, 2008.
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{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Downing, Vicki-Ann (March 8, 2008). "Film adaptation of Lehane's novel a boon to the region". The Enterprise. GateHouse Media. Retrieved May 21, 2008.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Riglian, Adam (April 14, 2008). "DiCaprio, Scorsese filming on Peddocks Island". The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved May 21, 2008.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Fee, Gayle (July 3, 2008). "DiCaprio, crew cap 'Ashecliffe' shoot". Boston Herald. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
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{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Siegel, Tatiana (December 3, 2007). "Kingsley signs on to 'Shutter Island'". Variety. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Fleming, Michael (December 6, 2007). "Michelle Williams joins 'Island'". Variety. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ McClintock, Pamela (February 13, 2008). "'Star Trek' pushed back to 2009". Variety. Retrieved February 13, 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ De Pablos, Emiliano (May 17, 2008). "Manga nabs 'Shutter Island'". Variety. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
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