Killers of the Flower Moon Movie (2023) -An Inside Look

Teaser Trailer

Killers of the Flower Moon Movie (2023) An Inside Look - Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone take you inside the world of Killers of the Flower Moon, in theaters October 20.  At the turn of the 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in the world overnight. The wealth of these Native Americans immediately attracted white interlopers, who manipulated, extorted, and stole as much Osage money as they could before resorting to murder. Based on a true story and told through the improbable romance of Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone), “Killers of the Flower Moon” is an epic western crime saga, where real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal. Also starring Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, and Jillian Dion, Killers of the Flower Moon is directed by Academy Award winner Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Eric Roth and Scorsese, based on David Grann’s best-selling book.  Hailing from Apple Studios, Killers of the Flower Moon was produced alongside Imperative Entertainment, Sikelia Productions and Appian Way. Producers are Scorsese, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas and Daniel Lupi, with DiCaprio, Rick Yorn, Adam Somner, Marianne Bower, Lisa Frechette, John Atwood, Shea Kammer and Niels Juul serving as executive producers.

Transcript

00:00 Well, well, our war hero has arrived.

00:03 "Killers of the Flower Moon" was a series of murders

00:06 of Osage men and women to bilk them

00:09 at the discovery of oil on their land.

00:11 The Osage Reign of Terror was a fascinating piece

00:14 of American history.

00:15 I was drawn to the idea to tell this terribly tragic story

00:19 that was never brought to national attention.

00:21 Marty obsessed with telling this story

00:23 with the most honesty that he possibly could.

00:25 One of the key things was that it was drawn to this world,

00:28 where friendship and love existed

00:30 with latent extortion, exploitation, and murder.

00:33 When this money started coming,

00:36 we should have known it came with something else.

00:38 In our film, Ernest develops a relationship

00:42 with Molly Burkhardt.

00:43 I don't know what she said,

00:45 but it must have been Indian for "Handsome Devil."

00:47 Ernest was encouraged to marry her by his uncle, Bill Hale,

00:50 in order to get her family's shares in the oil profits.

00:53 Hale was a very enigmatic presence in Osage country.

00:56 He definitely represented somebody that wanted

00:58 to take advantage of the situation at all costs.

01:01 Their time is over.

01:02 There was a need to tell this story

01:05 for Martin Scorsese.

01:06 There was something intrinsic in him

01:08 to do this story justice.

01:10 There's a sinister nature of the murders

01:12 of the Osage people.

01:13 (GUNSHOT)

01:14 Expecting a miracle to make all this go away?

01:16 You know they don't happen anymore.

01:18 I wanted to do justice to the Osage...

01:20 (GUNSHOT)

01:21 ...so that the audience feels the immensity of the tragedy.

01:24 ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

01:26 ♪♪

Transcript

Recommended