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4 unusual facts about Shutter Island


Hocine Khalfi

The 1954 cover of Boxing and Wrestling Magazine, of which Khalfi graced the cover, was featured in the movie Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Shutter Island

The novel is interspersed with graphic descriptions of World War II and Dachau which Teddy helped to liberate.

Lehane has said he sought to write a novel that would be an homage to Gothic settings, B movies, and pulp.

Shutter Island is a best-selling novel by Dennis Lehane, published by Harper Collins in April 2003.


Borderland State Park

Scenes from the movie Shutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese, were shot here at the lodge located next to Leach Pond.

Culture of New England

New York Times Bestselling author Dennis Lehane, another native of the Boston area, who was born in Dorchester, wrote the novels that were adapted into the films Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone and Shutter Island.

Peddocks Island

In 2008, Peddocks Island was used for filming scenes in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.


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