Scorsese and DiCaprio return to Boston

[Steph2]

I'm glad if she stays. Love her. Let's get this talented girl more roles!

[MovieWes]

I guess she decided not to after all. I'm glad, since working with Martin Scorsese will obviously be a big step in her career.

[flipp525]

I thought Michelle Williams was dropping out?

[MovieWes]

Three Join Scorsese's Shutter Island
Source: The Hollywood Reporter February 26, 2008


Max von Sydow, Emily Mortimer and Jackie Earle Haley have joined the cast of Martin Scorsese's mystery drama Shutter Island for Paramount, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The three join Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams and Patricia Clarkson in the film, which was adapted by Laeta Kalogridis from Dennis Lehane's 2004 novel.

The story revolves around two U.S. marshals (DiCaprio and Ruffalo) who travel to a Massachusetts island to investigate the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane. Chaos ensues for the two as they encounter a web of deceit, a hurricane and a deadly inmate riot that leaves them trapped on the island.

Von Sydow will play one of the hospital's physicians, while Mortimer will play Rachel, an escaped hospital patient. Haley will play an inmate.

Production is set to begin on March 6.

[MovieWes]

The movie's release date has just been announced: October 2, 2009. You should probably move this to Films of 2009 and beyond, Wes.

They've also changed the title back to Shutter Island. Weird.



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[MovieWes]

Some updates:

The title has been changed to Ashcliffe.

Patricia Clarkson has joined the cast.

Michelle Williams may be dropping out because the death of Heath Ledger has left her in a weakened emotional state.

[Steph2]

I agree OG. He's adorable!

[OscarGuy]

Mark Ruffalo is always an added treat in movies.

[MovieWes]

It has been announced that Mark Ruffalo, Michelle Williams, and Ben Kingsley have joined the cast.

[Big Magilla]

I'm curious, what qualifies as "feminism" for you, Magilla? Is it simply women being mean or violent towards men? The Piano (which you surely like more than I do, if it's still your second favorite of '93) doesn't have underdeveloped male characters in the context of its story: Neill and Keitel are as fleshed out as they need to be. It simply happens to be a woman-centered story. A film isn't incomplete or underdeveloped just because it relegates the men to supporting roles, and depicts one of the two substantial male characters as being a repressed, possessive Victorian ass. Or is any negative depiction of a single man in a woman-centered work "too feminist"? Must the ladies be all smiles & cupcakes when they make films?

None of the above. By feminism in film, I'm talking about a mood, a feeling, a conveyed sense of female superiority over that of the male characters either in intellect or behavior.

Feminism according to dictionary.com simply means the advocacy of equal rights for men and women. Nothing wrong with that, so perhaps I'm using the wrong term.

[Johnny Guitar]

I have no problem with the depiciton of feminism or any other topic per se, I just don't like to be hit over the head with it. I do think The Piano was Campion's most accomplished film, and both Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin were amazing even if it was at the expense of the under-developed male characers in the film.

I'm curious, what qualifies as "feminism" for you, Magilla? Is it simply women being mean or violent towards men? The Piano (which you surely like more than I do, if it's still your second favorite of '93) doesn't have underdeveloped male characters in the context of its story: Neill and Keitel are as fleshed out as they need to be. It simply happens to be a woman-centered story. A film isn't incomplete or underdeveloped just because it relegates the men to supporting roles, and depicts one of the two substantial male characters as being a repressed, possessive Victorian ass. Or is any negative depiction of a single man in a woman-centered work "too feminist"? Must the ladies be all smiles & cupcakes when they make films?

[Sabin]

'Holy Smoke!' is such a hit or miss film that explores some very interesting territory. It features one of Kate Winslet's most fearless and accomplished roles. When that movie hit DVD...and the stills did as well...let's just say I didn't leave the dorm room for a while.

[Okri]

2) I really don't see how anyone can say Speilberg's film was a competent adaptation of Walker's novel. Like at all. And I'm of the camp that feels a film doesn't have to be slavishly faithful to the source material at all, so that's not even the reason I find it lousy. It's easy, fake, maudlin. Goldberg and Avery's tender scenes are the best things in it. Even I liked "Miss Celie's Blues" but the rest is forgettable.

So's the novel.

As for The Piano, I actually think it's one of Campion's lesser films. I much prefer An Angel at My Table and depending on my mood, Holy Smoke.

[Penelope]

'93 was a year of major disappoints? I was under the impression that it was an embarassment of riches. The Best Picture lineup is among the most impressive of my lifetime and there's not a one that isn't above average filmmaking in my estimation.

I totally agree with Sabin...1993 is, to me, one of the truly great years of movies: The Piano, Remains of the Day, Short Cuts, Dazed and Confused, Groundhog Day, Fearless, What's Love Got To Do With It?, Six Degrees of Separation, In the Name of the Father, Threesome, Trois Couleurs: Bleu, A Perfect World, The Joy Luck Club, and THREE camp classics: Indecent Proposal, The Good Son, and Sliver.

[Sabin]

'93 was a year of major disappoints? I was under the impression that it was an embarassment of riches. The Best Picture lineup is among the most impressive of my lifetime and there's not a one that isn't above average filmmaking in my estimation.