Title: Killers of the Flower Moon
Original Title: Killers of the Flower Moon
Year: 2023
Info
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Length: 206 Minutes (3 hours 26 min)
- Budget: $200,000,000
- Genre: Crime Drama History
- Topic: Murder Racism Native American
- Studios: Appian Way Apple Studios
- Distributor: Paramount Pictures
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: October 20 2023
- United States: October 20 2023
Plot
In the beginning of the 20th century the Osage Nation discovered oil in North America and managed to obtain a fortune, becoming one of the richest people on Earth. This sudden wealth caught the attention of white intruders that manipulated, extorted and stole to obtain their achievements, and finally killed them. Based on true events, 'Killers of the Flower Moon' inspires in the homonym novel by David Grann and narrates a tragic story of crime in the wild West through the perspective of an improbable romance, that of the white Ernest Burkhart with osage Mollie Kyle. True love, treason and power cross their paths in this story directed by the Oscar winner Martin Scorsese.
Scorsese ('Taxi Driver', 'GoodFellas', 'The Irishman') writes the script with Eric Roth ('Forrest Gump', 'Dune', 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button') in this production by Apple Studios. The cast stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion and Pat Healy. Photography is lead by cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, who already worked with Scorsese and DiCaprio in 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and has participated in films like 'Brokeback Mountain', 'Babel', 'Argo' and 'Passengers'. He's been Oscar nominated three times.
Awards
- 2024 Academy Awards (Oscars): 10 0
- 2024 Golden Globes: 7 1
- 2024 BAFTA Awards: 9 0
Cast
Director:
Ernest Burkhart
William Hale
Mollie Burkhart
Tom White
Lizzie Q
Prosecutor Peter Leaward
W.S. Hamilton
Videos
'Killers of the Flower Moon' Trailer
July 5 2023
'Killers of the Flower Moon' Teaser
June 12 2023
'Killers of the Flower Moon' Teaser
May 18 2023
Photos
Trivia
Years of collaboration
Robert De Niro first introduced Martin Scorsese to Leonardo DiCaprio after working with him on 'This Boy's Life' (1993) and being impressed by his talent. Scorsese remembered this years later when casting 'Gangs of New York' (2002) and thus began his long collaboration with DiCaprio.
Age error
William Hale, played by Robert De Niro, was about 45 years old when the Osage murders began. DeNiro is almost 80 years old.
Not the first
This film is not the first motion picture about the Osage Murders. Tragedies of the Osage Hills (1926) by James Young Deer was released in 1926, nearly a century ago. Later films such as 'The FBI Story' (1959) likewise depicted the murders.
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