SHUTTER ISLAND
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Stars: Leonardo Caprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Max Von Sydow, Jackie Earle Harley ,Elias Kosteas
Directed: Martin Scorsese
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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plot: 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.
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RUNNING TIME: 148 Minutes
OUT: 9th October 2009
Wow, this film looks spectacular. Amazing what filmmakers (especially the greats like Scorsese) can do with dimly lit places such as a prison or mental hospital. I look forward to seeing this film!
Thanks derek for the reply, yeah it looks good, Its been a while since Scorsese has done a film in this genre, cape fear been the last