Lehanes inspiration for the hospital and island setting was long island in boston harbor, which he had visited during the blizzard of 1978 as a child with his uncle and family. Boston harbor shutter island under construction aol lifestyle. Many scenes for this movie were shot at bearskin neck in rockport. Hurricane scenes took place at the wilson mountain reservation in dedham, massachusetts. The 2010 martin scorcese film starring leonardo dicaprio about a missing psychiatric patient takes place on an island off the coast of boston. In shutter island chuck aule mark ruffalo, center left in fedora and teddy daniels leonardo dicaprio, center right. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by dennis lehane, a wellknown boston author. Its a fortress of almost abstract horror, surrounded by cliffs on all sides and given to inclement weather, including a hurricane that flattens trees and chips away at the mighty structure. During our time in boston we drove down to the medfield state hospital for some shutter island location spotting. It had incredible twists and turns that you couldnt have expected. Here comes the boom was filmed in lowell, boston, peabody.
See the film locations of shutter island traveler master. Real local flavor on display in shutter island news the patriot. Federal marshall teddy daniels and his new partner chuck aule travel to a governmentrun institution for the criminally insane on shutter island, near boston, when there is a report that a prisoner has gone missing. Although the departed is set in boston, the majority of the movie was filmed in new. We approach it by boat through lowering skies, and the feeling is something like the approach to king kongs island. Visiting a shutter island martin scorsese filming location in medfield, ma. Feb 17, 2015 leonardo dicaprio starred in shutter island which was filmed in many massachusetts locations. Taunton being the location for the world war ii flashback scenes. The movie filmed scenes at the whittenton mills complex in taunton, then director martin scorsese moved on to.
Shutter islands ending explained shutter island the. Feb 17, 2010 its been hard to avoid the commercials and trailers for shutter island, the new martin scorsese movie that opens in theaters on friday. The islands got a publicity boost from the film, which featured actor. Daniels, weighed down with his own baggage, has his own reasons for wanting to get to the island. Hes been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasnt been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments. Based on dennis lehanes novel, martin scorseses shutter island takes place in 1954 on a compound in the middle of boston harbor that specializes in the containment and care of the criminally insane. Boston harbor shutter island under construction aol. Notable new england film locations new england today. The film was directed by the legendary scorsese and adapted from a novel by dennis lehane mystic river, gone baby gone. The town has played host to filming of at least five movies, with three in the last months. Shutter island, were told, is a remote and craggy island off boston, where a civil warera fort has been adapted as a prison for the criminally insane. Looming in gloom from the sea, it fills the visitor with dread. The asylum is on an island and they get stranded there after a big storm sweeps in after their arrival.
Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. Shutter islands ending explained shutter island the guardian. The inception ending dominated movie headlines in 2010, but shutter island opened months earlier and had a similar last moment that continues to perplex. Plot analysis shutter island is a brilliant film based on a book by the same name. Visiting a shutter island martin scorsese filming location in. Leonardo dicaprio, michelle williams, emily mortimer, jackie earle haley, patricia clarkson, john carroll lynch. The movie was filmed in medfield and tauton, and at the east point lighthouse in nahant, massachusetts. Martin scorseses gothic thriller is based on the novel by dennis lehane, the writer of bostonset stories gone baby gone and mystic river. Shutter island at medfield state hospital coolidge. Where was shutter island filmed discover the shutter island. The rocky coastline at the beginning of the film, which is the setting of the fictional shutter island, is actually peddocks island in boston harbor. Dec 02, 2018 amazing easily found facts about shutter island before martin scorsese and leonardo dicaprio decided to make this film, they were originally going to make the wolf of wall street 20. Feb 09, 20 join me as i recap my experience at a place that was used in the 2010 movie shutter island. Ominous chords as federal marshall teddy daniels leonardo dicaprio and his new partner chuck aule mark ruffalo arrive at shutter island, in boston harbor, to investigate the disappearance of a dangerous patient.
Movie was actually pretty funnyincluded bill burr, joey mcintyre from bostons own new kids on the block, rob corrdrys brother, something corrdry. Where was shutter island filmed discover the shutter. Jun 17, 2016 shutter island this martin scorsese film starring leonardo dicaprio was partly shot at the medfield state hospital, the boderline state park in sharon, and peddocks island in boston harbor. Feb 19, 2010 locally filmed shutter island is the newest stop on cinemas tour of asylums and their inhabitants. Shutter island 2008 seemingly derelict, the whittenton mills complex was once a hub of the textile industry. An investigation and mystery in the asylum will haunt you. Much of the movie was filmed in boston as well as in nearby towns and neighborhoods such as lynn, cambridge, chelsea, and medford. Shutter island is a greatlooking, highly stylized, very intense thriller in the vein of martin scorseses earlier cape fear 1991. Hbo, which just renewed the leftovers, based on the novel by belmont author tom perrotta, and paramount. Singlestall restrooms and drinking fountains are at ground level with no steps, with additional restrooms down one flight of stairs. Shutter island 2010 more at imdbpro advertisementacadia national park, bar harbor, maine, usa. A lot of scenes of this movie where filmed at the medfield state hospital near boston in massachusetts. Borderland state park shutter island location easton.
Scenes for the film were shot on a massachusetts island, but the rocky island shore and the crashing waves were filmed at otter cliffs in acadia national park. Also, in this video is a brief history of the kirkbride mental hospitals across the state of. Medfield state hospital 45 hospital road, medfield, massachusetts, usa. Acadia national park, bar harbor, maine, usa by alberto dedham, usa 1 film locations. East head, peddocks island, boston harbor, massachusetts photograph.
Additional scenes were filmed on the campus of wheelock college, which was set up to be harvards campus. In america, more than 40,000 patients were lobotomised over a 30year period. Shutter island was mainly filmed in massachusetts, with taunton being the location for the world war ii flashback scenes. Peddocks is one of 34 islands in the boston harbor islands national park. Other filming locations were medfield state hospital, borderland state park, turner hill golf and racquet club, and whittenton mills. Shutter island debuts celebrities feted the films premiere around the world. Jan 11, 2014 discover borderland state park, shutter island location shoot, easton ma. Filming began in 2009 in cambridge and continued at phillips academy and milton academy.
Hollywood loves making movies in easton heres why news. Gone, baby, gone this 2007 movie stars casey affleck, michelle monaghan, morgan freeman and ed harris. Edit peddocks island, boston harbor, boston, massachusetts. Borderland state park shutter island location easton ma. Borderland state park 259 massapoag avenue, sharon, massachusetts, usa. Shutter island at medfield state hospital coolidge corner. Shutter island debuts celebrities feted the film s premiere around the world. Were excited to present this one of a kind immersive screening event in partnership with the town of medfield. During that era, severe mental disturbances were often dealt with physically. Feb, 2020 the shotonthesouth shore movie spenser confidential will premiere on netflix on march 6, more than a year after mark wahlberg filmed scenes for the actioncomedy at a strip mall on bridge.
Shutter island gave us everything we could have wanted in a leonardo dicaprio movie. But boston resident dennis lehane, whose novel shutter island, is the films source material, used real memories of a real boston harbor. See martin scorseses haunting shutter island outdoors on the grounds where it was filmed at medfield state hospital. With leonardo dicaprio, emily mortimer, mark ruffalo, ben kingsley. These are 50 of the best movies filmed in massachusetts.
The body of katie markum, played by emmy rossum, was discovered in the derelict old bear dens at the north end of franklin park. The movies opening kidnapping scene was shot on condor street in east boston, and the faceoff between tim robbins and sean penns characters was shot at a madeup bar on border street. W by alberto hull, usa 1 film locations peddocks island, hull, massachusetts, usa by alberto. Peddocks island, boston harbor, boston, massachusetts, usa. Shutter island might be a tv show the boston globe. Peddocks island features wide paved pathways on the east side of the island as well as wooded trails throughout the island.
In 2008, peddocks island was used for filming scenes in martin scorseses shutter island, starring leonardo dicaprio. Filming locations 18 filming dates 1 filming locations. Christopher klein is the author of discovering the boston harbor islands. On the namesake street in taunton, an hours drive south from downtown boston, its now home to a variety of small businesses, while also retaining its status as a historical site. Shutter island is set on one of the boston harbor islands. The approach to the island, knowing it houses an asylumand what you might find there. Filming location for shutter island at medfield state hospital. As you can see in some of the pics slide there was a lot of scenery construction involved.
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