Shutter Island
A paranoid thriller that strands two U.S. marshals in a psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane, where a missing patient, a storm, and the institution's secrets close in.
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About the film
Someone is missing.
What it’s about
Two U.S. marshals travel to an island off Massachusetts to investigate the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane. During the investigation, they encounter a web of lies, a hurricane, and a deadly uprising by the inmates.
What hooks you
Martin Scorsese directs Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo as the marshals, with Ben Kingsley as Dr. Cawley. The film won a Georges Award for Best Foreign Drama. Based on Dennis Lehane's novel, it combines a psychiatric hospital, a hurricane, and a missing patient in a psychological thriller.
Who it’s for
It is worth a look for anyone who enjoys psychological tension, unreliable narrators, and thrillers set in isolated, storm-battered locations.
- Country
- United States
- Year
- 2010
- Running time
- 2h 18min
- Age rating
- 18+
- MPAA
- R
- World premiere
- Feb 13, 2010
×3.7box office to budget
Ratings
MOVIE․ONE · 953 votesCreative team
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Trivia
All facts 10
- When the American military enters the gates of Dachau, the arch of Auschwitz is shown. This is a mistake, as the gates at Dachau had the same inscription, but it looked different.
- When Ted and Chuck went to Ward C, the lights in the ward flickered, even though all the generators had burned out.
- The pistol that the commandant of Dachau uses to shoot himself is a nickel-plated Walther PP. The filmmakers deliberately chose the nickel-plated version so that it would contrast sharply with the dark floor. However, at the time of World War II, a nickel-plated version of the Walther did not yet exist.
- The film is based on Dennis Lehane's novel "Shutter Island" (2003).
- Columbia Pictures originally acquired the film rights to Dennis Lehane's book in 2003, but after numerous delays to the start of production, the rights reverted to the author.
- The producers initially wanted Wolfgang Petersen to direct the film, but later preferred Martin Scorsese.
Awards and nominations
1 win · 5 nominations
- 1 win Georges Awards
- Best Foreign Drama Georges Awards · 2011
Also nominated Saturn Awards5
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