SHUTTER ISLAND was released 15 years ago this week. One of the more underrated of the Scorsese/DiCaprio collaborations, the story behind the scenes has a Kafkaesque genius to it… 1/28 - ThreadSky

alltherightmovies.com • 14 days ago

SHUTTER ISLAND was released 15 years ago this week. One of the more underrated of the Scorsese/DiCaprio collaborations, the story behind the scenes has a Kafkaesque genius to it…

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alltherightmovies.com•14 days ago

In 2003, Dennis Lehane’s gothic psychological horror novel Shutter Island was published, and film studios were immediately interested. Columbia optioned it but when they did nothing about it, the rights lapsed back to Lehane, who sold it to Phoenix Pictures.

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alltherightmovies.com•14 days ago

Screenwriter Laeta Klogradis was hired to adapt the novel and, in 2008, Martin Scorsese read the screenplay and was interested, but unavailable. He was currently on pre-production on The Wolf of Wall Street, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

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alltherightmovies.com•14 days ago

Other directors were considered, and Wolfgang Petersen became attached. When plans with Petersen fell through, David Fincher was briefly considered, and he reportedly planned to cast Brad Pitt and Mark Wahlberg in the leads.

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alltherightmovies.com•14 days ago

Then, The Wolf of Wall Street ran into unexpected financial problems, and the movie stalled. Scorsese was still interested in Shutter Island (“I decided to make [it] the night I read the script”) and he and DiCaprio decided to switch projects together.

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alltherightmovies.com•14 days ago

DiCaprio played Edward Daniels. The film was his and Scorsese’s 4th collaboration, and – in exploring what mentally ill people faced in insane asylums - DiCaprio would say it was the most difficult production he ever experienced.

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alltherightmovies.com•14 days ago

For the role of Chuck Aule, Scorsese considered casting Robert Downey, Jr and Josh Brolin. Mark Ruffalo had wanted to work with Scorsese his whole career and won the part when he wrote Marty a letter asking to work together.

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clebermiranda.bsky.social•14 days ago

underrated?

what?

j-pardi.bsky.social•14 days ago

Great book, great movie.

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