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      • It is nothing more than just the name of the island where the story takes place - Shutter Island (in Boston harbour). The island is fictional; Dennis Lehane (the author of the Shutter Island novel, on which the film is based) was inspired by the hospital and grounds on Long Island in Boston Harbor.
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  2. It is adapted by Laeta Kalogridis from the 2003 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, about a Deputy U.S. Marshal who comes to Shutter Island to investigate a psychiatric facility, after one of the patients goes missing.

  3. Shutter Island is a novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, published by HarperCollins in April 2003. It is about a U.S. Marshal who goes to an isolated hospital for the criminally insane to investigate the disappearance of a patient who is a multiple murderer.

  4. Jul 27, 2018 · It is nothing more than just the name of the island where the story takes place - Shutter Island (in Boston harbour). The island is fictional; Dennis Lehane (the author of the Shutter Island novel, on which the film is based) was inspired by the hospital and grounds on Long Island in Boston Harbor. Share. Improve this answer.

  5. Feb 2, 2021 · However, Scorsese’s movie version of Shutter Island truncates the book’s action somewhat by making a major clue easier for the protagonist to decipher, changes the ending slightly (in one of the decade's best movie plot twists), and switches up some details of the location and the troubled antihero. Whether these changes work in favor of ...

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  6. Mar 1, 2024 · Book vs. Movie: Which Delivers the Chilling Thrill? Choosing between experiencing “Shutter Island” through its book or movie adaptation is akin to navigating the labyrinthine corridors of its titular institution.

  7. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island is adapted from the best selling novel of the same name written by Dennis Lehane ("Mystic River/Gone Baby Gone"). It finds the talented director getting closer to horror than at any point in his career, it also finds him arguably over cooking his grits.

  8. Jun 7, 2024 · For the most part, Shutter Island’s film adaptation stays true to its source material. But there is one major change Scorsese made when adapting the film: the ending.

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