Shutter Island (film)

Shutter Island
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Martin Scorsese
Produced by	Mike Medavoy Arnold W. Messer Bradley J. Fischer Martin Scorsese
Screenplay by	Laeta Kalogridis
Based on	Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Starring	Leonardo DiCaprio Mark Ruffalo Ben Kingsley Michelle Williams Emily Mortimer Patricia Clarkson Max von Sydow
Cinematography	Robert Richardson
Edited by	Thelma Schoonmaker
Production company	Appian Way Productions Phoenix Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	February 19, 2010 (2010-02-19) (United States)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$80 million
Box office	$294.8 million

Shutter Island is a 2010 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on Dennis Lehane's 2003 novel of the same name. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as U.S. Marshal Edward "Teddy" Daniels, who is investigating a psychiatric facility on Shutter Island after one of the patients goes missing. Mark Ruffalo plays his partner officer; Ben Kingsley is the facility's lead psychiatrist; and Michelle Williams is Daniels' wife. Receiving generally favorable reviews from critics, the film grossed over $294 million at the box office.

In 1954, two U.S. Marshals – Edward "Teddy" Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aule – travel to the Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane on Shutter Island located in Boston Harbor. They are investigating the disappearance of patient Rachel Solando, who was incarcerated for drowning her three children. Their only clue is a cryptic note found hidden in Solando's room: "The law of 4; who is 67?" They arrive just before a storm hits, preventing their return to the mainland for a few days.

Daniels and Aule find the staff confrontational; John Cawley, the lead psychiatrist, refuses to turn over records, and they learn that Solando's doctor, Lester Sheehan, left the island on vacation immediately after Solando disappeared. Though they are given access to the hospital, they are told Ward C is off limits, while the lighthouse has already been searched. Whilst being interviewed, one patient secretly writes "RUN" in Daniels' notepad. Daniels starts to have migraine headaches from the hospital's atmosphere and experiences waking visions of his involvement in the Dachau liberation reprisals. He has disturbing dreams of his wife, Dolores Chanal, who was killed in a fire set by Andrew Laeddis, a local arsonist. In one instance Chanal tells Daniels that Solando is still on the island somewhere. The same applies to Laeddis who everyone claims was never there to begin with. Daniels later explains to Aule that locating Laeddis was an ulterior personal motive for taking the case.