![]() However, before he falls into the clutches of the lobotomists, he utters a line that isn't in the book. Leonardo DiCaprio's Teddy does indeed turn out to be Andrew. The film's been described as faithful to the book, and many cinemagoers seem to have assumed that it's telling the same story. The role play fails: after a brief recovery, Andrew relapses into insanity and is therefore taken off to be lobotomised. He's a patient in a mental hospital who's been encouraged by his psychiatrist to act out his delusion in the hope that this will dispel it. ![]() The book's protagonist, Teddy Daniels, who's apparently a US marshal, turns out to be Andrew Laeddis, a demented killer. ![]() Martin Scorsese's film is based on a best-selling novel by Dennis Lehane. ![]()
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