Casting Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro as the main characters, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON tells the story of an investigation by the United States investigative bureau, FBI. This investigative agency was formed to uncover a series of mysterious serial murders of the Osage tribe in Oklahoma, America in the 1920s.
Despite being a Native American people, the Osage were marginalized by white people. This film, made by director Martin Scorsese, premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival on May 20.
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON is scheduled to be broadcast globally next October and can also be watched on the Apple TV+ streaming platform. Before that, while waiting for the film to be released, consider the following facts.
1. Adapted from the Popular Non-Fiction Novel by David Grann
This story is based on the work of American journalist David Grann with the title Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and The Birth of the FBI 2017. This book was even included in the list of top nonfiction books by Time magazine and received rave reviews from a number of well-known critics. in various media, including The New York Times, Rolling Stone and The Guardian.
2. Telling the True Story of the Osage Tribe Serial Murders
This story is based on the true story of the serial murders of the Osage tribe from 1910 to 1930 in America. The victims of this murder reached sixty people, with the main victims being from wealthy and native Osage families. This murder is also known as the Reign of Terror.
3. The Most Horrifying Murder Conspiracy in American History
This serial murder began with the discovery of oil resources in the Osage tribe settlement area around 1897. With this murder, it was determined to be the most horrific murder in American history.
Ernest Burkhart and William Hale were the masterminds of this terrible conspiracy. Ernest even married the daughter of the heir to an oil fortune to carry out his second goal of gaining wealth for the Osage people.
4. The FBI's First Big Case
This is the first major case handled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI. In fact, it was led directly by its current director J. Edgar Hoover. However, this case was very difficult to solve initially because of the extensive conspiracy involved in this murder because the local population became distrustful of outsiders.
From the FBI report, it was said that to gain trust and solve this case they needed a long time to find the main mastermind.
5. Studded with top stars
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON attracts well-known Hollywood actors and actresses such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, and Brendan Fraser. In addition, apparently DiCaprio's role was originally as an FBI special agent, but the actor wanted the main antagonist role as De Niro's nephew. Until Jesse Plemons replaced the vacant FBI agent role.
6. Film duration is more than 3 hours
Reporting from The Hollywood Reporter, the film, which is a long collaboration between Scorsese, De Niro and DiCaprio, has a duration of more than three hours, Klovers, namely 3 hours 26 minutes. With this duration, this film will become one of Hollywood's longest films.
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