The Plot…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nEarly in the 20th century oil was found on the Oklahoma Osage Nation reservation.\u00a0 Members of the Osage tribe shared in the mineral rights. This made the Osage the wealthiest people per capita in the United States. Law required court-appointed guardians to oversee the distribution of money since the Osage were seen as incompetent.<\/p>\n
At the end of World War I, Ernest Burkhart arrived at his uncle “King” Hale’s large ranch on the reservation.\u00a0 King was known as a friend of the Osage.\u00a0 He was anything but.<\/p>\n
King tells Ernest if he marries an Osage woman, and she dies, he would inherit her oil rights.\u00a0 Her death would make Ernest a wealthy man.\u00a0 Ernest learns that many Osage have died from mysterious illnesses, accidents and suicide.<\/p>\n
Ernest meets and woos an Osage named Mollie.\u00a0 They marry.\u00a0 Shortly after, Mollie becomes sick.<\/p>\n
As more mysterious deaths occur, the Osage council sends a representative to Washington to request help.\u00a0 Soon FBI agent Tom White arrives on the reservation.\u00a0 White begins his investigation as King sets in motion a plan of his own.<\/p>\n
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\nKillers of the Flower Moon was nominated for ten 2024 Academy Awards…<\/p>\n
\n- Best Achievement in Costume Design<\/em> – Jacqueline West<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Best Achievement in Production Design<\/em> – Jack Fisk<\/strong> (production designer), Adam Willis<\/strong> (set decorator)<\/li>\n
- Best Achievement in Film Editing<\/em> – Thelma Schoonmaker<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Best Achievement in Cinematography<\/em> – Rodrigo Prieto<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) – <\/em>Robbie Robertson<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures<\/em> (Original Song) – <\/em>Scott George<\/strong>
\nFor “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)”<\/li>\n- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role<\/em> – Robert De Niro<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role<\/em> – Lily Gladstone<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Best Achievement in Directing<\/em> – Martin Scorsese<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Best Motion Picture of the Year<\/em> – Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese, Daniel Lupi<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
King Hale, Ernest Burkhart, Mollie and Tom White were real people.\u00a0 Records implicate King Hale in the deaths of multiple murders to gain oil rights.\u00a0 While the movie focuses on King\/Ernest and Mollie, there were many others like King\/Ernest taking advantage of the Osage.\u00a0 Between 1918 and 1931 estimates of up to 150 deaths have been made.<\/p>\n
Martin Scorsese met with Osage leadership prior to starting the film.\u00a0 Scorsese cast 40 Osage actors as well as hundreds of Osage as extras.<\/p>\n
When the script was first brought to Leonardo DiCaprio, it was written from FBI agent, Tom White’s perspective.\u00a0 DiCaprio suggested that put the focus on an outsider’s perspective.\u00a0 The film would be better served from another view.\u00a0 The script was, as Martin Scorsese say, re-constructed.<\/p>\n
Martin Scorsese (81) became the oldest person was 81 nominated for a Best Director Academy Award<\/em> with this movie.<\/p>\nKillers of the Flower Moon (2023) <\/strong><\/em>rates 5 of 5 stars<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_a.png\")
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