Shutter Island

[TimC.]

A film about one of my favorite books, Shutter Island, is coming out in October. Can't wait.

[zoezoe]

What is it about? Runs off to Amazon to check it out.

just looked it up..........sounds awesome!

[zoezoe]

saw the movie this weekend. very interesting to say the least. i sort of had the part about him figured out halfway through. didn't connect the dots with "her" though. movie is over 2 hours but i never got bored.

[Retriever Mama]

Just watched it last night! Great thriller. I adore Mark Ruffalo so I just want to get that out of the way first. DiCaprio really impresses me more every time I see him. I really liked the cinematography and the editing...it was very jarring and kept you on edge. Scorcese is the master. The story was cool, but I figured out the ending really early on, but that was ok because the journey is the fun part. Very cool with lots of twists and turns and great characters. I thought the music was overdone at the beginning, but the special effects were great. Highly recommend.

Does anyone know where they filmed it?
4 STARS

[MidwestGirl]

Will be watching it this weekend

[Mary Jane]

Now I want to see it!

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 adapt the novel for film. 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.[8] Production began on March 6, 2008.[6]

Filming of the World War II flashback scenes for DiCaprio's character, a former soldier, took place in Taunton, Massachusetts.[9] 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.[10] The fuel was supplied for the explosions by Dennis K. Burke Oil Co. Extras portraying the Dachau prisoners were called back to reshoot a scene in July, because the film of one scene was damaged due to an improperly sealed film shipping container. Scenes were filmed at the old Medfield State Hospital in Medfield, Massachusetts. Scenes in Doctor Cawley's office were shot on the second floor of the chapel during the late evening; lights were shone on the windows to make it look like it was daytime. The surrounding brick walls in the outside hospital scenes were actually painted plywood which served the dual purpose of acting as scenery and blocking the set from view of a local road. 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, which was impractical. Borderland State Park in Easton, Massachusetts was used for the cabin scene. Peddocks Island was used as a setting for the story's island and East Point, in Nahant, Massachusetts for the lighthouse scenes.[11] Filming ended on July 2, 2008.[12]