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CAST: Leonardo DiCaprio .... Teddy Daniels Set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island. In Theaters: February 19, 2010 |
Shutter Island DVD Release
Martin Scorsese's latest thriller Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio will be released on Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and VOD on June 8, 2010.
Paramount is including a "Behind the Shutters" featurette which will include interviews with cast and crew, and a segment called "Into the Lighthouse," which will talk about psychiatric therapies during the 1950s, also through interviews with the cast and crew.
Music from the motion picture is available now from Rhino Records at retail stores and online. The double disc set was produced by friend and frequent Scorsese collaborator Robbie Robertson.
The SHUTTER ISLAND DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 5.1 Surround and Spanish 5.1 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles.
The Blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and Brazilian Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese subtitles.
'Shutter Island' Synopsis (from Booklist):
It's 1954, and U.S. Marshals Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule arrive at a small island in Massachusetts' Outer Harbor. It is home to Ashcliffe Hospital, a federal institution for the criminally insane, and one of the patients has escaped.
Although the two men are new partners, they have already developed a wry, jocular relationship while also swapping personal, painful details. Daniels' lost his much-loved wife two years prior in a fire, while Aule requested a transfer out of Seattle after being harassed over his personal relationship with a Japanese American woman.
After interviewing the hospital's medical personnel, both men have the feeling they are being stonewalled, especially by the director, who seems to alternate between a cold authoritarianism and a sudden and sweeping compassion.
When the island is hit by gale-force winds and Aule disappears, Daniels must go it alone, beset by the fear that he has been fed psychotropic drugs and the belief that the hospital is performing radical brain surgery as part of a secret-ops program.
Novelist Dennis Lehane throws in one mind-bending plot twist after another in Shutter Island
, a psychological thriller that will leave readers in suspense right up to the end. A master of the adroit psychological detail, Lehane makes the horrors of the mean streets pale in comparison to the workings of the human mind. (- Joanne Wilkinson)
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Reviews
Lou Lumenick of the NY Post: "An exquisitely crafted potboiler offering up two and a quarter hours of thrills, chills and Leonardo DiCaprio freaking out in a nuthouse during a hurricane."
Richard Roeper of richardroeper.com: "One of DiCaprio's best performances in an unforgettable psychological jigsaw puzzle."
Rogert Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times: "The film's primary effect is on the senses. Everything is brought together into a disturbing foreshadow of dreadful secrets."
Drew McWeeny of hitfix.com: "Scorsese's in Cape Fear mode here, making his own version of the sort of thing that rocked his world when he was younger... [a] horror film, but with a haunted house that travels on two legs."
John Anderson of the Wall Street Journal: "Not since Raging Bull has Mr. Scorsese so brazenly married brutality to beauty. Not since Kundun has one of his films felt so aspirational."
Scott A. Mantz of Access Hollywood: "It's only a matter of time before Daniels cracks under the pressure of Shutter Island, a dark and uninviting rock that makes Alcatraz look like Disneyland by comparison."
James Rocchi of MSN.com: "Shutter Island is not from the Scorsese who stands astride film like a colossus; instead, it's a giddy, gory gift from the Scorsese who sits beside us in the theater, elbowing us at the good bits and taking in the sinister spectacle up on screen."
Devin Faraci of chud.com :"The work of a master at his height. This is Scorsese flexing his muscles and cracking his knuckles and making a movie that's intense and thrilling and engrossing and beautiful and dense."
Todd McCarthy of Variety: "Expert, screw-turning narrative filmmaking put at the service of old-dark-madhouse claptrap."
Marshall Fine of hollywoodandfine.com: "Shutter Island is like a lunatic's trip to Wonderland, where no one and nothing is what it appears to be. It builds suspense with only brief respites, reaching a climax that is truly shattering. This is one man's journey into madness – and Martin Scorsese is your most welcome tour guide. Hang on tight."
Thomas Caldwell of Cinema Autopsy: "Shutter Island is the work of a true master who is completely accomplished in the art of filmmaking. An hour later you will be making plans to see it again."
Garth Twa of Pure Movies: "With Shutter Island Scorsese is taking a little holiday into film history, indulging his cinematic knowledge and passions to make an homage to 1950s late-noir thrillers and drive-in horror films so playful and skilled that Tarantino perhaps ought to be worrying about his own little slice of generic homage pie."
Behind the Scenes Footage
Trivia...
What films did Scorsese draw from in his inspiration for Shutter Island?
There are references to Psycho, Cat People, Isle Of The Dead, and Out Of The Past, with homage to Oracle At Delphi, Rosemary’s Baby and I Walk With the Zombie thrown in.
Featurette with Leo and Marty
Articles & Interviews
Pure Movies: Interview with Scorsese and DiCaprio
Shutter Island Sees Martin Scorsese Hitching a Ride
USA Today: Reuniting For the Fourth Time
Press Conference: Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese and Ben Kingsley
Scorsese, DiCaprio and Lehane navigate 'Shutter Island's' rocky shoals
Scorsese’s constant muse: DiCaprio
Mental Patience
Cue the Director's Adrenaline
Marty Does Auschwitz! Scorsese filming Holocaust flashbacks
Official website: www.shutterisland.com
Production Notes:
22 August 2009: Paramount Studios suddenly and uexpectedly pushed the US and worldwide release date of the highly anticipated Scorsese film, "Shutter Island," from October 2 to February 19, 2010. This not only takes the film out of any Academy Award contention for next year, it lands the film in a less than desirable February opening, a time of year when few films do well.
According to Reuters, Paramount Pictures Chairman and CEO Brad Grey said in a statement that reason for the delay is the "difficult economic climate."
"Leonardo DiCaprio is among the most talented actors working today and Martin Scorsese is not just one of the world's most significant filmmakers, but also a personal friend," Grey said. "Following a highly successful 2009, we have every confidence that Shutter Island is a great anchor to lead off our 2010 slate and the shift in date is the best decision for the film, the studio and ultimately Viacom."
According to Hollywood insider Nikki Finke, his source says the studio told the filmmaker “ it doesn’t have the financing in 2009 to spend the $50M to $60M necessary to market a big awards pic like this.”
But Finke has some follow-ups, that the studio does had the advertising budget but fears it won't have the DVD sales they want, given the state of the economy.
That, and the fact that Leo wouldn't have been available to promote the picture in the fall anyway...
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