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Camera Crew Arrives to Film Scorsese Movie

October 22, 2008 - ACADIA NATIONAL PARK -- Otter Cliffs was abuzz with activity Tuesday, as a crew of 50 cameramen, caterers, crane operators and others descended on the area in preparation for several days of filming for "Ashecliffe," a new Martin Scorsese movie due out from Paramount Pictures next October.

The lower spur of the Park Loop Road atop Otter Cliffs was blocked off for the filming, which was expected to last into Friday.

The "second unit" shoot does not involve the director or any of the big-name actors who star in the film. Paramount Pictures crews were using a crane and a boat to get shots of a stuntman on the cliffs, as well as scenic shots that will be incorporated into the movie, said executive producer Chris Brigham.

The movie, based on the Dennis Lehane novel "Shutter Island," stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo as two U.S. marshals in 1954 who investigate the disappearance of a murderer from a hospital for the criminally insane. Well-known actors Max Von Sydow, Ben Kingsley and Michelle Williams also star in the film.

– Mount Desert Islander
October 19, 2008


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