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Shutter Island
Theatrical poster
Directed byMartin Scorsese
Written byNovel:
Dennis Lehane
Screenplay:
Laeta Kalogridis
Uncredited:
Steven Knight
Produced byMartin Scorsese
Bradley J. Fischer
Mike Medavoy
Arnie Messer
StarringLeonardo DiCaprio
Mark Ruffalo
Ben Kingsley
Michelle Williams
Patricia Clarkson
Jackie Earle Haley
Emily Mortimer
Ted Levine
and Max Von Sydow
CinematographyRobert Richardson
Edited byThelma Schoonmaker
Production
companies
Phoenix Pictures
Appian Way Productions
Sikelia Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
February 19, 2010
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Shutter Island is an upcoming American thriller directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The film is based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. Production started in March 2008; Shutter Island was originally slated to be released on October 2, 2009, but Paramount recently announced that it was going to push the film towards a mid-February release in 2010.[1]

Plot

In 1954, two U.S. marshals investigate the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane on an island in Massachusetts. They run into trouble when they are deceived by the hospital's chief administrator, a hurricane hits and an inmate riot traps them on the island.[2]

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.[3] Production began on March 6, 2008.[2]

Production took place in Taunton, Massachusetts to film World War II flashback scenes of DiCaprio's character, a former soldier.[4] Scorsese filmed the scenes in old industrial buildings in Taunton's Whittenton Mills Complex, which replicated the Dachau concentration camp.[5] Extras portraying the Dachau prisoners were called back to reshoot a scene in July, due to the film of one scene being damaged due to an improperly sealed film shipping container. 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.[6] Filming ended on July 2, 2008.[7] Additional footage was filmed in Los Angeles and wrapped in July 2009.

In Total Film magazine,[citation needed] Scorsese says one of his influences on the film was Orson Welles' 1962 film The Trial — an adaptation of Franz Kafka's novel — in particular its use of corridors, tunnels, claustrophobic ceilings, and angular lenses. He also discusses the importance of costume choices as an element of characterization, noting that a striking choice can leave a subconscious imprint of a character's essence in the spectator's mind: in Shutter Island, he made Dr. Cawley smoke a pipe, and in some scenes of the film he seems covered by a cloud of smoke, hiding something, with an aura of malice and mystery. A sequel is currently in the works and called Shutter island 2

Cast

Release

The film was scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures on October 2, 2009 in the United States and Canada.[12] Paramount later annouced it was going to push back the release date to February 19, 2010;[13] Reports attribute the pushback to Paramount not having "the financing in 2009 to spend the $50 to $60 million necessary to market a big awards pic like this," DiCaprio's unavailability to promote the film internationally, and Paramount's hope that the economy might rebound enough by February 2010 that a film geared toward adult audiences would be more viable financially. The film is being pushed back to December 2009[14]

Spanish distributor Manga Films will distribute the film in Spain after winning a bidding war that reportedly reached the $6 million to $8 million range.[15]

References

  1. ^ http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/shocker-paramount-moving-scorsesedicaprios-shutter-island-to-february-2010/
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Mayberry, Carly (February 26, 2008). "Trio of stars in for 'Shutter'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 27, 2008. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  3. ^ a b Fleming, Michael (October 22, 2007). "Scorsese, DiCaprio team for 'Island'". Variety. Retrieved January 8, 2008. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  4. ^ Alspach, Kyle (March 8, 2008). "Raynham native plays Nazi soldier executed in Scorsese film". The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved May 21, 2008. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  5. ^ 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)
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ Fee, Gayle (July 3, 2008). "DiCaprio, crew cap 'Ashecliffe' shoot". Boston Herald. Retrieved July 17, 2008. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Goldstein, Gregg (November 27, 2007). "'Island' life calls Ruffalo". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 7, 2008. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  9. ^ 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)
  10. ^ Fleming, Michael (December 6, 2007). "Michelle Williams joins 'Island'". Variety. Retrieved January 8, 2008. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  11. ^ Scream 2009: Exclusive Shutter Island Trailer
  12. ^ 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)
  13. ^ Comingsoon.net
  14. ^ Finke, Nikki (Aug. 21, 2009). "SHOCKER! Paramount Moves Scorsese's 'Shutter Island' To February 19, 2010". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved Oct. 29, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  15. ^ De Pablos, Emiliano (May 17, 2008). "Manga nabs 'Shutter Island'". Variety. Retrieved July 29, 2008. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)

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