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Shutter Island
Theatrical poster
Directed byMartin Scorsese
Written byLaeta Kalogridis
Steven Knight (uncredited)
Dennis Lehane (Novel)
Produced byMartin Scorsese
Bradley J. Fischer
Mike Medavoy
Arnold W. Messer
StarringLeonardo DiCaprio
Ben Kingsley
Mark Ruffalo
Michelle Williams
Patricia Clarkson
Emily Mortimer
Ted Levine
John Carroll Lynch
Elias Koteas
Jackie Earle Haley
and Max von Sydow
CinematographyRobert Richardson
Edited byThelma Schoonmaker
Music byRobbie Robertson (supervision)
Production
companies
Phoenix Pictures
Appian Way Productions
Sikelia Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
February 19, 2010 (2010-02-19)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$80 million [1]
Box office$54,763,675[2]

Shutter Island is a 2010 psychological thriller film 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 pushed the release date to February 19, 2010.[3] Paramount head executive Brad Grey blamed the recent economic downturn as the main decision behind the delayed release date.

Plot

In 1954, two U.S. marshals Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) 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 psychiatrist and administrator Dr. John Cawley (Ben Kingsley), a hurricane hits, and they uncover a series of sinister human experiments.[4]

In the end of the movie it is revealed that "Teddy" is actually a delusional mental patient in the hospital, named Andrew Laeddis. He murdered his manic depressive wife Dolores Chanal (Michelle Williams) after she drowned their three children. He was a mental patient at the hospital for two years, and the doctors decided to try a roleplay experiment to allow him to live out his delusional fantasy in order to come to grips with reality. The treatment plan works - and the patient is retold what has happened to him and he accepts what he did to his wife. However, in the final scene he relapses to a delusional state, and the administrator decides to lobotomize him. It is implied that he is faking his relapse so he will not have to deal with the mental anguish of his act, as he feels personally responsible for his wife murdering their children.

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 in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Nova Scotia were scouted.[5] Production began on March 6, 2008.[4]

In order to film World War II flashback scenes of DiCaprio's character, a former soldier, production took place in Taunton, Massachusetts.[6] Scorsese filmed the scenes in old industrial buildings in Taunton's Whittenton Mills Complex to replicate Dachau, a World War II concentration camp seen in flashbacks.[7] 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. Originally, scenes were going to be shot at the old Worcester State Hospital, but the filming would have gone on during the demolition of the surrounding buildings, so filming was impractical. Peddocks Island was used as a setting for the story's island and East Point, in Nahant, Massachusetts for the lighthouse scenes.[8] Filming ended on July 2, 2008.[9]

No original soundtrack was written for the film. Instead, Scorsese made use of his long time collaborator Robbie Robertson to create an ensemble of previously recorded material to use in the film. According to a statement on Paramount's website: "The collection of modern classical music [on the soundtrack album] was hand-selected by Robertson, who is proud of its scope and sound. 'This may be the most outrageous and beautiful soundtrack I’ve ever heard.' [Robertson stated]."[10]

Cast

Music

A full track-listing of the album can be seen below. All the songs are featured in the final film.

  • Disc 1
  1. "Fog Tropes" (Ingram Marshall) – Orchestra of St. Lukes, conducted by John Adams
  2. "Symphony No. 3: Passacaglia - Allegro Moderato" (Krzysztof Penderecki) – National Polish Radio Symphony, conducted by Antoni Wit
  3. "Music For Marcel Duchamp" (John Cage) – Philipp Vandré
  4. "Hommage á John Cage" – Nam June Paik
  5. "Lontano" (György Ligeti) – Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Claudio Abbado
  6. "Rothko Chapel 2" (Morton Feldman) – UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus
  7. "Cry" – Johnnie Ray
  8. "On The Nature Of Daylight" – Max Richter
  9. "Uaxuctum: The Legend Of The Mayan City Which They Themselves Destroyed For Religious Reasons – 3rd Movement" (Giacinto Scelsi) – Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
  10. "Quartet for Strings and Piano in A minor" (Gustav Mahler) – Prazak Quartet
  • Disc 2
  1. "Christian Zeal And Activity" (John Adams) – The San Francisco Symphony, conducted by Edo de Waart
  2. "Suite For Symphonic Strings: Nocturne" (Lou Harrison) – The New Professionals Orchestra, conducted by Rebecca Miller
  3. "Lizard Point" – Brian Eno
  4. "Four Hymns: II For Cello And Double Bass" (Alfred Schnittke) – Torleif Thedéen & Entcho Radoukanov
  5. "Root Of An Unfocus" (John Cage) – Boris Berman
  6. "Prelude - The Bay" – Ingram Marshall
  7. "Wheel Of Fortune" – Kay Starr
  8. "Tomorrow Night" – Lonnie Johnson
  9. "This Bitter Earth"/"On The Nature Of Daylight" – Dinah Washington/Max Richter

Release

The film was scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures in the United States and Canada on October 2, 2009.[14] Paramount later announced it was going to push back the release date to February 19, 2010.[15] 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", to DiCaprio's unavailability to promote the film internationally, and to Paramount's hope that the economy might rebound enough by February 2010 that a film geared toward adult audiences would be more viable financially.[16]

The film premiered at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival as part of the competition screening on February 13, 2010.[17][18] 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.[19]

Critical reception

The film has received generally positive reviews. The film currently holds a 66% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 159 reviews with an average rating of 6.6/10.[20] It also received a weighted average score of 61 out of 100 from Metacritic based on 34 reviews from mainstream critics.[21]

Lawrence Toppman of The Charlotte Observer gave the film 4/4 stars claiming "After four decades, Martin Scorsese has earned the right to deliver a simple treatment of a simple theme with flair."[22] Writing for The Wall Street Journal, John Anderson highly praised the film suggesting it "requires multiple viewings to be fully realized as a work of art. Its process is more important than its story, its structure more important than the almost perfunctory plot twists it perpetrates. It's a thriller, a crime story and a tortured psychological parable about collective guilt."[23] Awarding the film 3½ stars out of 4, Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times wrote in this review that "the movie is about: atmosphere, ominous portents, the erosion of Teddy's confidence and even his identity. It's all done with flawless directorial command. Scorsese has fear to evoke, and he does it with many notes."[24]

Of The Orlando Sentinel, Roger Moore, giving the film 2½ stars out of 4, wrote "It's not bad, but as Scorsese, America’s greatest living filmmaker and film history buff should know, even Hitchcock came up short on occasion. See for yourself."[25] One mixed review includes Dana Stevens of Slate who described the film "an aesthetically and at times intellectually exciting puzzle, but it's never emotionally involving."[26] The Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday negatively described the film as being "weird".[27] A.O. Scott of The New York Times wrote in his review that "Something TERRIBLE is afoot. Sadly, that something turns out to be the movie itself."[28]

Box Office

The film opened #1 at the box office with $41 million, according to studio estimates. The movie gave both Scorsese and DiCaprio their best box office opening yet. [29]

References

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  2. ^ "Shutter Island (2010) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
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  5. ^ 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)
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ 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)
  9. ^ 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)
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  12. ^ Fleming, Michael (December 6, 2007). "Michelle Williams joins 'Island'". Variety. Retrieved January 8, 2008. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
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  18. ^ Shutter Island (2010) - Awards
  19. ^ 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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  22. ^ Toppman, Lawrence. "'Shutter' yields shudders - and ideas". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 2010-2-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  23. ^ Anderson, John. "Film Reviews: Scorsese's 'Shutter Island', Polanski's 'The Ghost Writer'". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2010-2-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  24. ^ Ebert, Roger (2010-2-17). "Shutter Island Review". rogerebert.suntimes.com. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2010-2-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  25. ^ Moore, Roger (2010-2-17). "Movie Review: Shutter Island". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-2-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  26. ^ Stevens, Dana (2010-2-18). "I'm Surrounded by Crazy People - Leo DiCaprio scrunches his face in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island". Slate.com. Retrieved 2010-2-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  27. ^ "Critic Review for Shutter Island "Shutter Island," a gothic thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, were put to a free association test, the word most likely to come to mind would certainly be "weird."". Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-2-10. If "Shutter Island," a gothic thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, were put to a free association test, the word most likely to come to mind would certainly be "weird." {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  28. ^ Scott, A.O. (2010-2-19). "Movie Review - Shutter Island". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-2-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  29. ^ Germain, David (2010-2-21, 1:22 pm ET). "`Shutter Island' makes waves with $40.2M debut". Associated Press. Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2010-2-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
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