Shutter island book characters Continue For a film based on the book, see Shutter Island. The lead section of this article needs to be expanded. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (January 2020) 2003 novel by Dennis Lehane Shutter Island First editionAuthornis LehaneCover artistChip Kidd (designer) CountryAlical LanguageGenregotic, Psychological Horror, CrimePublisherWilliam MorrowPublation date15 April, 2003Media typePrint (Mass)Pages380ISBN0-688-16317-3OCLC51969184Dewey Decimal813/.54 21LC ClassPS3562.E426 S55 2003 Shutter Island is a novel by American writer Dennis Lehan, published by Harper Collins in April 2003. The screen was released in February 2010. Lehane said he sought to write a novel that would be a tribute to gothic settings, B movies, and pulp. He described the novel as a hybrid of the Bronte sisters and the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. His goal was to write the main characters in a position where they lack the resources of the 20th century, such as radio communication. He also structures the book to be more tight than his previous book, Mystic River. Lehane was inspired by the hospital and area on Long Island in Boston Harbor for model hospitals and the island. Lehane visited him in Blizzard 1978 as a child with his uncle and family. Plot In 1954, widower U.S. Marshal Edward Teddy Daniels and his new partner, Chuck Aul, go on a ferry to Shutter Island, the home of Ashcliffe Hospital for the criminally insane, to investigate the disappearance of a patient, Rachel Solando (who was jailed for drowning her three children). Despite being kept in a locked cell under constant surveillance, she escaped from the hospital and deserted island. In the room, Rachel Teddy and Chuck discover a code that breaks Teddy. He tells Chuck that he believes the code points to the 67th patient when records show only 66. Teddy also reveals that he wants to avenge the death of his wife Dolores, who was murdered two years earlier by a man named Andrew Laides, whom he considers an inmate at Ashcliffe Hospital. The novel is interspersed with graphic descriptions of World War II and Dachau, which Teddy helped free. After Hurricane Carol hits the island, Teddy and Chuck investigate Ward C, where Teddy believes that government experiments with psychotropic drugs are conducted. While separated from Chuck for a short time in Ward C, Teddy meets a patient named George Noyce, who tells him that it's all a complicated game designed for him, and that Chuck shouldn't be trusted. When Teddy and Chuck return to the main hospital area, they break up. Teddy discovers a woman (in a sea cave he tried to take refuge in) who says she is the real Rachel Solando. She tells him she was actually a psychiatrist in and when she discovered that they had conducted illegal experiments, she was imprisoned as a patient. She ran away and hid in different places on the island. She warns him of other islanders, telling him to take care with food, medications and cigarettes that have been riddled with psychotropic drugs. When Teddy returns to the hospital, he can not find Chuck, and he is told that he has no partner. He escapes and tries to save Chuck at the lighthouse, where, in his opinion, experiments are taking place. He reaches the top of the lighthouse and finds only the hospital administrator Dr. Cowley sitting at the table. Cowley tells Teddy that he himself is actually Andrew Laeddis (Edward Daniels) and that he was a patient on Shutter Island for two years for the murder of his wife, Dolores Chanal (Rachel Solando's anagram), after she killed her three children. Andrew/Teddy refuses to believe it and takes extreme measures to disprove it, grabbing what he thinks is his gun and trying to shoot Dr. Cowley; But the weapon is a water pistol toy. Chuck then enters, revealing that he is actually Andrew's psychiatrist, Dr. Lester Sheehan. He said that Dr. Cowley and Chuck/Sheehan developed this treatment to allow him to live his complex fantasy, in order to resist the truth, or to undergo radical treatment of lobotomy. Teddy/Andrew admits that he killed his wife, and his service as a U.S. Marshal was a long time ago. The ending of Teddy's novel get a lobotomy to escape life with the knowledge that his wife killed her children and he is her killer. Adaptation of The Movie Home Article: Shutter Island (film) The novel was adapted into a film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Teddy Daniels, Mark Ruffalo as Chuck Aule, Ben Kingsley as Dr. Cowley, and Max von Sydow as Dr. Naehring. The film was originally scheduled to air on October 2, 2009 in the United States and Canada. Paramount later announced that it was going to push back its release date to February 19, 2010; Reports attribute the pushback to Paramount not having funding in 2009 to spend $50 to $60 million needed to market large pics of awards like this, DiCaprio's inaccessibility to promote the film internationally, and Paramount's hope that the economy might bounce enough by February 2010 that the film aimed at an adult audience would be more viable financially. The studio estimates that the film #1 at the box office with $41 million by 2019, still Scorsese's highest box office opening. The film stayed #1 second weekend with $22.2 million. The audiobook HarperCollins audiobook version of the novel is read by David Strathairn. The audible Audio Edition version is read by Tom Stechschulte. The graphic novel History has also been reworked into a graphic novel, published by William Morrow, with the art of Christian de Metter (ISBN 0-06-196857-9). Links to Dave Weich. Dennis Lehane meets the Bronte sisters. Powell's books. Archive from the original 2007-12-22. Received 2008-01-08. - Symkus, Ed, Real Local Taste on display in 'Shutter Island', Patriot Ledger, February 19, 2010 - McClintock, Pamela (February 13, 2008). Star Trek was pushed back to 2009. Different. Received on February 13, 2008. The shutter island was pushed back to February - ComingSoon.net. ComingSoon.net. Received 2016-03-12. Nikki Finke (August 21, 2009). Shocker! Paramount moves Scorsese To Shutter Island on February 19, 2010. Hollywood deadline. Received on October 29, 2009. Jeff Boucher (January 1, 2010). 'Shutter Island' is another nightmare in graphic new form. Complex of heroes. Los Angeles Times. Received on January 3, 2010. External Links Interview with Dennis Lehane about a graphic novel adaptation extracted from the 2010 American film directed by Martin Scorsese Shutter IslandTheatrical release posterMartin ScorseseProduce Mike Medavoy Arnold W. Messer Bradley J. Fisher Martin Scorsese Screenplay Laeta KalogridisSassed on Souther Island Dennis LehaneStarring Leonardo DiCaprio Mark Ruffalo Ben Kingsley Michelle Williams Emily Mortimer Patricia Clarkson Max von Sydow CinematographyRobert RichardsonSource:ByThelma SchoonmakerProductioncompany Phoenix Pictures Sikelia Productions Appian 2010-10 2010 (2010-02-19) (United States) Running time139 minutes Strange StatesLanguageEnglishBudget $80 million Box Office (294.8 million euros) is an American neo-noir psychological thriller directed by Martin Scorsese, based on Dennis Lehan's 2003 novel of the same name. Leonardo DiCaprio plays the role of Deputy U.S. Marshal Edward Teddy Daniels, who is investigating in a psychiatric facility on the island of Shutter after one of the patients went missing. Mark Ruffalo plays his partner and fellow deputy marshal; Ben Kingsley is the institution's lead psychiatrist; Max von Sydow - German doctor; and Michelle Williams is Daniels' wife. Released on February 19, 2010, the film received mostly positive reviews from critics, was selected by the National Review Board as one of the top ten films of 2010, and grossed more than $294 million worldwide. The film is also notable for its soundtrack using classical (Gustav Mahler) and mostly contemporary classical music composers such as Krzysztof Penderecki, Gyorgy Ligeti, John Cage, Ingram Marshall and Max Richter. Plot In 1954, U.S. Marshals Edward Teddy Daniels and his new partner Chuck Owle travel to Ashcliffe Hospital for a criminally insane on Castle Island in Boston Harbor. They are investigating the disappearance of a patient Rachel Solando, jailed for drowning her three children. Their only clue is a mysterious note hidden in Solando's room: Law 4; who is 67 years old? The two men arrive shortly before the powerful storm, preventing them from returning to the mainland for several days. Teddy and Chuck find the staff confrontational. Lead psychiatrist John Cowley refuses to hand over the records, and they learn that the doctor Solando Lester Sheehan left the island on vacation immediately after solando's disappearance. They are told that Ward C, one of three present and one reserved for the most severely disturbed patients, is off limits and the lighthouse has already been searched. During the interview, one patient writes the word RUN in Teddy's notebook. Teddy begins to experience migraines from the hospital atmosphere and wakes up to visions of his experience as a U.S. Army soldier during the liberation of Dachau including a crackdown on guards. He has a disturbing dream of his wife, Dolores Chanal, who was killed in a fire set by arsonist Andrew Laeddis. In one case, she tells Teddy that Solando is still on the island, like Laeddis, who everyone claims never was. Teddy later explains to Chuck that the search for Ladis was his ulterior motive for the case. Teddy and Chuck find Solando resurfaced without explanation, prompting the former to break into the limited Ward C. Teddy meets George Noyce, a patient in solitary confinement who claims that doctors are experimenting on patients, some of whom are taken to the lighthouse to be lobotomized.