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Shutter Island

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Directed by Martin Scorsese
Produced by Martin Scorsese, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, and Brad Fischer
Screenplay by Laeta Kalogridis Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane
With: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Earle Haley, Ted Levine, John Carroll Lynch, Elias Koteas, Robin Bartlett, Christopher Denham, and Matthew Cowles
Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker
Runtime: 138 min
Release Date: 19 February 2010
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
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Scorsese returns to Cape Fear territory with another overproduced but shallow genre exercise. DiCaprio plays a federal marshal investigating a water-bound mental hospital for the criminally insane in this psychological thriller full of big stars, elaborate sets, surreal CGI, and plot twists that don't fully pay off.