During that era, severe mental disturbances were often dealt with physically. On golden pond takes place in maine, but the movie was largely filmed on new hampshires squam lake. Check out the real shutter island globetrotting the. Thanks to the majority of stephen kings novels being set in maine, its the quintessential state for filming some really creepy scenes. Notable new england film locations new england today. Movies filmed in bar harbor enjoy the best film locations. Much of the film was shot at clint eastwoods character walts house at 238 rhode island st. Scenery from peddocks island initial island approach, peddocks island in the boston harbor, massachusetts, acadia national park in maine, medfield state hospital in medfield, massachusetts, and the rice estate at turner hill country club in ipswich, massachusetts, were combined via cgi to create the imagery of shutter island as a whole. He described the novel as a hybrid of the works of the bronte sisters and the 1956 film.
On golden pond takes place in maine, but the movie was largely filmed on new hampshires squam. Bar harbor, 2010 this martin scorsese directed film starred a very believable leonardo dicaprio as a federal marshal. This is martin scorseses evocation of the delicious shuddering fear we feel when horror movies are about something and dont release all the tension with action scenes. Where was shutter island filmed discover the shutter island. Based on the novel by dennis lehane, who is himself a boston native, shutter island has an allstar cast and is sure to keep viewers on the edge of their seats. Spoiler alert the following spills the beans about shutter island dont say you werent warned. Shutter islands ending explained shutter island the guardian. The scene where he climbs across rocks over the ocean was filmed at acadia national park. Seeing a place where a movie was filmed can make a. Otter cliff, acadia national park shutter island 2010. Walk the water along popham beach, at the tip of maines phippsburg peninsula, which hosted paul newman, kevin costner and robin wright in the 1999 film message in a bottle. Maine movies filmed in the greater portland and casco bay. Shutter island is based on the 2003 thriller from dennis lehane, the author of mystic river filmed by clint eastwood and gone baby gone filmed by ben affleck.
Taking a ferry to a cozy cabin on a remote maine island is the perfect antidote for your noisy, bustling, big city life. 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. Borderland state park 259 massapoag avenue, sharon, massachusetts, usa. Honestly, i think many of us would like to keep it that way forever. Knowing this will completely change your experience in seeing the film or reading the book. The acadia teacher fellows program, generously funded by friends of acadia and dawnland llc, encourages fulltime, k12 public classroom school teachers to spend six weeks learning about diverse natural and. Given its size, you can travel to northern maine, southern maine, all along the coast, and tell a number of different stories in totally unique worlds with each film having very distinctive looks. Acadia national park, bar harbor, maine, usa by alberto dedham, usa 1 film locations. When we arrived, the first thing we looked for was the main building from shutter island.
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. 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. Was parts of shutter island filmed on the same island as. Thriller shutter island has more promise than delivery. Dec 16, 20 dec 16, 20 peddocks island shutter island filmed here. Aug 28, 2019 shutter island was mostly filmed in massachusetts specifically in boston, dedham, easton, hull, medfield, nahant, sharon, and taunton so it makes sense that for flashback scenes that.
Maine shutter island 2010 otter cliff in acadia national park. Again, not a great movie, but filmed at some of maine s best beaches. Mar 17, 2016 10 places you recognize from maine that showed up in famous movies. Walk the water along popham beach, at the tip of maine s phippsburg peninsula, which hosted paul newman, kevin costner and robin wright in the 1999 film message in a bottle. Where was shutter island filmed discover the shutter. The acadia teacher fellows program, generously funded by friends of acadia and dawnland llc, encourages fulltime, k12 public classroom school teachers to spend six weeks learning about diverse natural and cultural resources, and ways to protect them. Burlington mall burlington, ma and braintree mall braintree, ma. See the film locations of shutter island traveler master. Peddocks island, hull, massachusetts, usa by alberto medfield, usa 1 film locations hospital scene was filmed in 45 hospital road, medfield, massachusetts, usa by alberto. With leonardo dicaprio, emily mortimer, mark ruffalo, ben kingsley. All the conspiracy theories about shutter island being some secret government facility or the doctors getting to teddy daniels dicaprio by the end of the film are simply off the mark. Practical, miniature, digital and often surreal effects helped tell the story of martin scorseses shutter island, in which u. Maine is a very special state in that there are so many options for locations.
Excluding a documentary on the rolling stones, scorsese has most recently brought us the academy award winning film, the departed, which was also famously filmed in boston. Movies based in maine, new england filmed, location, the. Other than this, filmmakers didnt use many other locations during the production of shutter island. And when the water at maine turned out not to be turbulent enough for the drama, shots of the sea crashing on rocks off the coast of big sur, central california. Shutter island is a novel by american writer dennis lehane, published by harper collins in april 2003. Dec 27, 2019 shutter island and hocus pocus hocus pocus only got 30% on the tomatometer. If youre looking for the best places to camp on the east coast, weve got 3 terrific. Shutter island trivia, questions and fun facts discuss imdb. Marshal edward teddy daniels, who is investigating a psychiatric facili ty on shutter island after one of the patients goes missing. Shutter island was mainly filmed in massachusetts, with taunton being the location for the world war ii flashback scenes. Martin scorsese and leonardo dicaprio team up for a fourth time for this adaptation of shutter island, a novel by dennis lehane mystic river. Which is absolutely necessary to understanding the forthcoming deconstruction of the story in order to expose its inherent story architecture.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Medfield state hospital 45 hospital road, medfield, massachusetts, usa. Film locations for shutter island, in massachusetts, maine. The states seaside towns and nostalgic views have a charm you cant quite capture anywhere else. Dachau concentration camp, germany wwii flashback scenes taunton, ma whittenton mills complex. Jun 12, 2017 heres what film has taught us about each of maines quintessential movie settings. Really only one location was used to film in maine. The entirety of the 2008 drama gran torino was filmed throughout michigan. The film opens in 1954 as world war ii veteran and. 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. Peddocks island, boston harbor, boston, massachusetts, usa.
This is the first project in a series of hopefully many more released by team nine. 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. Naehring accuses teddy of being a man of violence and compliments him on his defense mechanisms. Shutte r isl and is a 2010 american neonoir psychological thril ler film directed by martin scorsese and written by laeta kalogridis, based on dennis lehanes 2003 novel of the same name. View the spectacular otter cliffs of acadia national park, seen in shutter island, martin scorseses 2010 thriller.
The inception ending dominated movie headlines in 2010, but shutter island opened months earlier and had a similar last moment that continues to perplex. With onset locations throughout the state, watching it is like watching a tourism video. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. We take great pride in knowing that maine is still one of americas best kept secrets. Though this removes it as a contender for the 2010 oscars, the film is open to nomination for the following year. Similar to shutter island, this is a horror film directed by martin scorsese, and it pays great attention to the region in which it was shot. Shutter island was mostly filmed in massachusetts specifically in boston, dedham, easton, hull, medfield, nahant, sharon, and taunton so it makes sense that for flashback scenes that. However, financing did not work out for the wolf of wall s. Its based on the 2003 novel shutter island by dennis lehane.
Shutter island starts working on us with the first musical notes under the paramount logos mountain, even before the film starts. Acadia national park, mount desert island shutter island rlyeh imaging flickr. Director martin scorseses psychological thriller, based on a dennis lehane novel of the same name, is the most recent movie on this list, released in 2010. Martin scorseses gothic thriller is based on the novel by dennis lehane, the writer of bostonset stories gone baby gone and mystic river. He described the novel as a hybrid of the works of the bronte sisters and the 1956 film invasion of the body snatchers. Oct 7, 2017 film locations for shutter island, in massachusetts, maine and california. Like maine, rhode islands stunning coast is primarily what attracts filmmakers to the area. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading shutter island.
Shutter island 2010 more at imdbpro advertisementacadia national park, bar harbor, maine, usa. Shutter islands ending explained shutter island the. Film locations for martin scorseses shutter island 2010, in massachusetts, maine and california. Most of this was filmed in a canadian studio, but several of the exterior shots prior to the storm were filmed in maine. In shutter island chuck aule mark ruffalo, center left in fedora and teddy daniels leonardo dicaprio, center right are two detectives sent to investigate a.
What lurks behind maines scenic settings, according to the. Again, not a great movie, but filmed at some of maines best beaches. Filming locations 18 filming dates 1 filming locations. The 2010 martin scorcese film starring leonardo dicaprio about a missing psychiatric patient takes place on an island off the coast of boston. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries from the bangor.
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. Otter cliffs spot of scorsese film shoot living bangor daily. Shutter island gave us everything we could have wanted in a leonardo dicaprio movie. What lurks behind maines scenic settings, according to the movies. But dicaprio is only one actor, and one good performance doesnt make a great film. The cliff scenes in shutter island were filmed here, although the movie was set off the coast of massachusetts.
Shutter island mind twister filmed in acadia natl park bar harbor me. Feb 17, 2010 in shutter island chuck aule mark ruffalo, center left in fedora and teddy daniels leonardo dicaprio, center right are two detectives sent to investigate a disappearance on an island prison. This stephen king masterpiece might be the mot wellknown movie filmed in maine. The prison is called alcatraz island federal penitentiary. Shutter island is a 2010 american neonoir psychological thriller film directed by martin scorsese and written by laeta kalogridis, based on dennis lehanes. Travel guide to filming locations for martin scorseses shutter island 2010, in massachusetts, maine and california. Dicaprios performance is very similar to that which he had in inception, which i understand was filmed around the same time as shutter island.
These are the most popular movie scenes filmed in your state. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. It had incredible twists and turns that you couldnt have expected. Unlike those other two books, however, shutter island is a psychological drama that is far deeper and more complex. Film locations for shutter island, in massachusetts, maine and. Marshall teddy, who is on shutter island with his partner chuck in order to investigate the disappearance one of the prisonerspatients from the mental asylum, meets the german psychiatrist dr. In america, more than 40,000 patients were lobotomised over a 30year period. To be clear, this is not a list of all the movies ever filmed in maine, its a list of the top 10 movies in terms of ticket sales. Ben kingsleys portrayal as a psychiatrist trying to be a pioneer in his field is highly noteworthy, though not in the. Taking a ferry to a cozy cabin on a remote maine island is the perfect antidote for your noisy. Visit our keyboard shortcuts docs for details duration.
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