Shutter Island overview

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Synopsis:

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio team up for a fourth time for this adaptation of Shutter Island, a novel by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River). The film opens in 1954 as World War II veteran and current federal marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner, Chuck (Mark Ruffalo), ferry to Shutter Island, a water-bound mental hospital housing the criminally insane. They have been asked to investigate the disappearance of Rachel Solando (Emily Mortimer), a patient admitted to the asylum after she murdered her three children.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Martin Scorsese
  • Studio: Sikelia Productions, Phoenix Pictures, Appian Way
  • Year: 2010
  • Run Time: 137 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: R (for disturbing violent content, language and some nudity)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Thriller
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 2010 02 19 (USA)