Lights, camera, Eastie!

Location scout Raine Hall was in East Boston a couple weeks ago, working out the logistics for the Martin Scorcese film Ashecliffe, which is shooting some scenes in the neighborhood. She asked around and found that a good place for crew members to park would be the lot at the Boys & Girls Club (which has moved operations to Savio Hall) on Paris Street.

The production is in Eastie this week, shooting near the water off New Street, behind industrial buildings that are next to the Maverick housing development. There are a number of 18-wheelers and vans parked all around there. The photo is from a sign posted at the end of Sumner Street to direct the film's crew members.

The movie is based on the novel Shutter Island, by local novelist Dennis Lehane, who wrote the book Mystic River, which was also made into a film that had some scenes shot in East Boston. Ashecliffe features Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams and Max von Sydow. It's scheduled to be released in the fall of 2009.

Update: Winds cause trouble on the set, according to the Herald.