| Shutter Island is a 2010 psychological thriller film | | | | In the end of Shutter Island it is revealed that "Teddy" |
| directed by Martin and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The | | | | is actually a delusional mental patient in the hospital, |
| film is based on the 2003 novel of the same name by | | | | named Andrew Laeddis. He murdered his manic |
| Dennis Lehane. Production started in March 2008. | | | | depressive wife Dolores Chanal (Michelle Williams) |
| Shutter Island was originally slated to be released on | | | | after she drowned their three children. He was a |
| October 2, 2009, but Paramount pushed the release | | | | mental patient at the hospital for two years, and the |
| date to February 19, 2010. Paramount head executive | | | | doctors decided to try a roleplay experiment to allow |
| Brad Grey blamed the recent economic downturn as | | | | him to live out his delusional fantasy in order to come |
| the main decision behind the delayed release date. | | | | to grips with reality. The treatment plan works - and |
| In 1954, two U.S. marshals Teddy Daniels (Leonardo | | | | the patient is retold what has happened to him and he |
| DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) investigate | | | | accepts what he did to his wife. However, in the final |
| the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the | | | | scene he relapses to a delusional state, and the |
| criminally insane on an island in Massachusetts. They | | | | administrator decides to lobotomize him. It is implied that |
| run into trouble when they are deceived by the | | | | he is faking his relapse so he will not have to deal with |
| hospital's chief psychiatrist and administrator Dr. John | | | | the mental anguish of his act, as he feels personally |
| Cawley (Ben Kingsley), a hurricane hits, and they | | | | responsible for his wife murdering their children. |
| uncover a series of sinister human experiments. | | | | |