'Shutter Island' filming location: Where was Leonardo DiCaprio starrer shot?

Directed by Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island hit screens in June 2010. film starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, and Michelle Williams in pivotal roles. Along with film's gripping plot, its unique shooting location also caught attention of audience. Take a look at where Shutter Island filming location is and different locations where film was shot. 

Where was Leonardo DiCaprio's Shutter Island shot?

plot of film revolves around two US Marshals named Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule who are sent to an asylum on a very remote island. y are assigned a case to investigate a missing patient and Teddy ends up discovering a very shocking truth about place. It depicts how he and his partner solve  case.

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film is based on Daniel Lehane's novel of same name. plot revolves around a mystery hospital on an Island. author's inspiration for unique setting was Long Island in Boston Harbor that he visited as a child during blizzard of 1978 with his family. 

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Shutter Island filming location was mainly set in Massachusetts and main location for World War II flashbacks was Taunton. old building set in Whittenton Mills Complex of Tauton was used to replicate  Dachau concentration camp.

Anor prominent location for shoot was old Medfield State Hospital located in Medfield, Massachusetts. makers originally wanted to film at  old Worcester State Hospital. It me it difficult for m to shoot re as area surrounding hospital was demolished. 

Cawley's office scenes were shot on second floor of chapel in Medfield during late evenings. crew used windows to shine lights in room which me it look like it was daytime. crew also painted hospital's brick walls and me m look like plywood. This allowed setting to act as scenery and also helped block view of local ro from Shutter Island set. 

Peddocks Island was used as a setting for film's island and cabin scenes were shot at Borderland State Park in Easton, Massachusetts. A few or scenes were shot in Nahant and Wilson Mountain Reservation. production of Shutter Island began on March 6, 2008, and filming ended in early July 2008. 

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