Shutter Island
Cast & Crew
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Director
Martin Scorsese -
Producer
Arnold Messer -
Producer
Brad Fischer -
Producer
Martin Scorsese -
Producer
Mike Medavoy
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Teddy Daniels
Leonardo DiCaprio -
Chuck Aule
Mark Ruffalo -
Dr. John Cawley
Ben Kingsley -
Rachel Solando
Emily Mortimer -
Dolores Chanal
Michelle Williams
Synopsis
It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn't been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy's shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals "escape" in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything - his memory, his partner, even his own sanity. - In Theaters October 2nd, 2009
Latest Updates
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'Shutter Island': Is Scorsese hitting the grind-house circuit?
Published on: June 11, 2009
You know when you hear someone say in a threatening tone of voice that "You can never leave this island!" that you are in natural-born horror-movie territory.
That seems to be the message behind the new Paramount trailer for "Shutter Island" that just went up on the Web. The film is loaded with A-list talent, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese, but the vibe of the trailer seems to be: Don't expect anything too personal, this is still a genre-film thrill ride. It's pretty obvious what Paramount is going for, in terms of commercial appeal, since the studio is opening the movie on Oct. 2, basically the same date that Warners used for the release of "The Departed," Scorsese's Oscar-winning crime film of 2006.
Scorsese began his career making genre films -- his 1972 film, "Boxcar Bertha," which starred Barbara Hershey and the late David Carradine, was a low-low-budget project for Roger Corman. He's returned to the form on occasion, with mixed results, depending on how much you liked seeing Robert De Niro chew the scenery in "Cape Fear." So it's hardly a surprise to see Scorsese in grind-house mode again.
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