Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon is a 2023 American epic Western crime drama film co-produced and directed by Martin Scorsese, who co-wrote the screenplay with Eric Roth. It is based on the 2017 book of the same name by David Grann. Set in 1920s Oklahoma, it focuses on a series of murders of Osage members and relations in the Osage Nation after oil was discovered on tribal land. The tribal members had retained mineral rights on their reservation, but a corrupt local political boss sought to steal the wealth.
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- During the scene where Ernest called himself a handsome devil, Mollie chuckles while Ernest looks pleased. According to Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio improvised the line and Lily Gladstone's laugh and DiCaprio's reaction were genuine. Scorsese said that was the moment DiCaprio and Gladstone became a unit as actors.
- Lily Gladstone was in the process of registering for a data analytics course and entering her credit card information when a Gmail notification alerted her to a request for a Zoom meeting with Martin Scorsese. As this was during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gladstone was considering a career change due to a dry spell. According to Leonardo DiCaprio, "There was no reading. Marty just instinctively knew Lily was the one. There was a truthfulness in (her) eyes that he saw even over a computer screen. I've never known (Scorsese) meet somebody and then immediately afterwards have this gravitational pull and instinct to say, 'Let's not wait another minute.'"
- 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. Later films such as The FBI Story (1959) likewise depicted the murders.
- The investigation into Osage County was the first investigation presented to the newly formed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). It was led by J. Edgar Hoover.
- In 2007, when he won the Academy Award for Best Director, Martin Scorsese said in his speech that he hoped he would work with Leonardo DiCaprio for another twelve years. Upon release, that wish will have manifested.
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