The new, long-awaited film by Martin Scorsese will be released on October 19, 2023 in Italian cinemas: Killers of the Flower Moon. From the cast to the plot, right down to some curiosities including the running time (3 hours and 26 minutes), here’s everything you need to know about the film.
Scenario
The film is based on the best-selling novel by David Grann and written for the screen by Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese. Killers of the Flower Moon Set in 1920 Oklahoma, it chronicles the serial murders of members of the wealthy Osage Nation, a Native American tribe that lived between Missouri and Arkansas, following the discovery of oil on their lands. It was a series of brutal crimes that led to the coining of the term “Reign of Terror”.
More than 3 hours of film “what to see in the cinema”
“Make a commitment and see it in the cinema,” Martin Scorsese himself said of the film’s 3 hours and 26 minute running time. Interviewed Deadline in May, the director stressed: “It was a commitment. I know that I can sit and watch a movie for three to four hours in a theater or, of course, five to six hours at home. But for the audience… “If there’s an audience that loves this kind of thing, I’ll reach out to them and say, make this commitment. Your life can be enriched by it. It’s a different type of movie; I think that’s what it is. Well, I will tell you: “I gave it, so make it a rule to go see it in the cinema.”
Star cast
The cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone. Also Jesse Plemons, Tantu Cardinal, John Lithgow and Brendan Fraser. DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, De Niro plays Ernest’s uncle, William. Lily Gladstone – Molly, a Native American, married to Ernest. Just Lily Gladstone Interviewsaid that during filming, the bulk of the film shifted more to the love story between his character and DiCaprio than to other aspects.
DiCaprio’s role
The FBI, still in its infancy, arrives to investigate the murders and put an end to the violence, led by Ranger Tom White (Jesse Plemons). Young Ernest Burkhart (played by Leonardo DiCaprio, as mentioned), a veteran of the Great War and married to Molly (Lily Gladstone), a turkey, learns that his uncle, the ruthless farming owner William Hale (played by Robert De Niro), has been killed. “Hollywood has a long history and a checkered past in representing Native Americans,” he told the publication. Fashion DiCaprio. “We need to do more. You know, we’re heading towards a great reckoning with our past. The more truthfully these stories can be told, the more healing the healing process can be.”
Budget
The Paramount film’s original budget was about $160 million, but the contracts of Scorsese and then two stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro forced the director to ask for $225, too much for Paramount head Jim Gianopulos, who advised Scorsese to seek financial support from some streaming platform. Netflix was ready to take on the project with 215 million, but in the end Apple Studios won.
