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Shutter Island
Book cover
AuthorDennis Lehane
Cover artistnone
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarper Collins
Publication date
April 15, 2003
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Mass Market Paperback)
Pages380
ISBN0688163173
OCLC51969184
813/.54 21
LC ClassPS3562.E426 S55 2003

Shutter Island is a best-selling novel by Dennis Lehane, published by Harper Collins in April 2003. A film adaptation was released in February 2010.

Lehane has said he sought to write a novel that would be a homage to Gothic settings, B movies, and pulp. He described the novel as a hybrid of the works of the Brontë sisters and the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. His intent was to write the main characters in a position where they would lack 20th century resources such as radio communications. He also structured the book to be more taut than his previous book, Mystic River.[1]


Reception

Shutter Island was successful both with critics and general readers. It was on the bestseller list of The New York Times, USA Today, The Boston Globe, New York Daily News, and other major dailies published enthusiastic reviews.[2]

Adaptations

Film

The novel has been adapted into a film by director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Teddy Daniels, Mark Ruffalo as Chuck Aule, Ben Kingsley as Dr. Cawley, and Max von Sydow as Dr. Naehring. "All that mixed with Martin Scorsese taking on a Hitchcockian genre and a gothic horror." - Leonardo DiCaprio.[3]

The film was originally scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures on October 2, 2009 in the United States and Canada.[4] Paramount later announced it was going to push back the release date to February 19, 2010;[5] Reports attribute the pushback to Paramount not having "the financing in 2009 to spend the $50 to $60 million necessary to market a big awards pic like this," DiCaprio's unavailability to promote the film internationally, and Paramount's hope that the economy might rebound enough by February 2010 that a film geared toward adult audiences would be more viable financially.[6]

The trailer for the film was screened at the 2009 Scream Awards and was later posted on YouTube.[7]

Other adaptations

The novel is made into an audiobook published by the HarperCollins publication company, and is read by Tom Stechschulte.

Graphic novel

The story has also been reworked into a graphic novel published by William Morrow, with art by Christian de Metter (ISBN 0061968579).[8]

References

  1. ^ Dave Weich. "Dennis Lehane Meets the Bronte Sisters". Powell's Books. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  2. ^ http://www.dennislehanebooks.com/books/shutterisland
  3. ^ Hargrave, Steve (2010-03-13). "DiCaprio Opens Shutters On Latest Film". {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |nmjjkbl= ignored (help)
  4. ^ McClintock, Pamela (February 13, 2008). "'Star Trek' pushed back to 2009". Variety. Retrieved February 13, 2008. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  5. ^ Comingsoon.net
  6. ^ Finke, Nikki (August 21, 2009). "SHOCKER! Paramount Moves Scorsese's 'Shutter Island' To February 19, 2010". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved Oct. 29, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ http://www.spike.com/event/scream2009
  8. ^ Boucher, Geoff (January 1, 2010). "'Shutter Island' is a different nightmare in graphic novel form". Hero Complex. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 3, 2010.

Graphic Novel