Confidential, which was just an unadaptable book and he adapted it. We chose him based on what he had done with L.A. The process started with, when Clint Eastwood and I chose Brian Helgeland for Mystic River, we were 100% in agreement on. They're going to be in your shit for a few months (Laughs) and it probably could be aggravating unless you go with someone you really respect. What is the process for finding a screenwriter for one of your books? Is it like finding a spouse for one of your kids then?ĭennis Lehane: No, I think it's more like finding a really good contractor to work on your house. There was a quote from you that I read where you said that you wouldn't want to adapt one of your own novels because it would be like operating on one of your own children. I have no problem walking away and leaving a bunch of money on the table. The secret of my success is refusing to get involved with anybody who doesn't have a certain level of quality.
I wanted to be involved with really good people and I wanted to have conversations with those really good people about talent and that was sort of the limit of my contribution to things. I just wanted to be involved as a producer because, at that point, I didn't have Shutter Island for several years and gotten it back, gotten the rights back, and I wanted to protect this a little bit. Can you talk about that experience working with everyone on the film?ĭennis Lehane: Oh, it was great. Because someone is trying to drive him insane.This is the first film that you are on board with as a producer. Read more he begins to believe that he may never leave Shutter Island. How has a barefoot woman escaped from a locked room? Who is leaving them clues in the form of cryptic codes? And what really goes on in Ward C? The closer Teddy gets to the truth, the more elusive it becomes. As a killer hurricane bears down on the island, the investigation deepens and the questions mount. US Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to find an escaped murderer named Rachel Solando. Tie-in to the major motion picture, released on 12th March 2010. How has a barefoot woman escaped from a locked room? And what really goes on in Ward C? Num Pages: 416 pages. Description for Shutter Island Paperback.
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