For several years, Martin Scorsese tried to make Killers of the Flower Moon. The book, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, was released in 2017, and the film adaptation was delayed because of the pandemic, but the delay ended up working in everyone’s favor. The script went through several rewrites, and Martin Scorsese used the delay to refocus and center the story on the Osage people. The film was done with a lot of support from and respect for the Osage. People have been dying to see the film, and it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this weekend. I’m including photos from the premiere and photocall, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Robert DeNiro and Marty Scorsese.
While Leo’s name was probably the biggest reason why the film was greenlit, it definitely seems that the script centers the story more on Lily Gladstone’s character, Mollie Burkhart. Mollie is married to Leo’s character, Ernest Burkhart. The film also stars Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow, Jack White and several Native American actors. The film cost $200 million to make, it’s three-and-a-half hours long and it will stream on AppleTV, as well as getting a theatrical release.
Lily Gladstone is Native American as well, she has Blackfeet and Nimíipuu heritage and she grew up on a Blackfeet Nation reservation. She was struggling to find acting work during the pandemic, to the point where she was registering for a data analytics course to get seasonal work with the Department of Agriculture to study murder hornets. Then Scorsese contacted her and asked her to do a Zoom audition for the role. Critics at Cannes say that she’s one of the best parts of an excellent film, and she got the loudest applause during the nine-minute standing ovation in Cannes. I’m including the trailer below, it was just released last week, ahead of the premiere.
Lily Gladstone at the ‘KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON’ world premiere. #Cannes2023 pic.twitter.com/WbEkjUL8i9
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) May 20, 2023
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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- Janae Collins, Cara Jade Myers, Robert De Niro, Director Martin Scorsese, Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tantoo Cardinal and Jillian Dio attend the “Killers Of The Flower Moon” red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 20, 2023 in Cannes, France.,Image: 777749034, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Olivier Huitel / Avalon
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- William Belleau – Leonardo DiCaprio – Tantoo Cardinal – Martin Scorsese – Robert De Niro – Cara Jade Myers – Lily Gladstone – Tatanka Means,Image: 777749956, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Norbert Scanella / Panoramic / Avalon
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- Lily Gladstone – Leonardo DiCaprio,Image: 777750381, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Norbert Scanella / Panoramic / Avalon
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- Janae Collins, Cara Jade Myers, Robert De Niro, Director Martin Scorsese, Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tantoo Cardinal and Jillian Dion attend the “Killers Of The Flower Moon” red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 20, 2023 in Cannes, France.,Image: 777753212, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Olivier Huitel / Avalon
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- Leonardo DiCaprio photographed during the red carpet for the World Premiere of Killers of the Flower Moon as part of the 76th Cannes International Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France on 20 May 2023.,Image: 777757027, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Julie Edwards / Avalon
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- Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons photographed during the red carpet for the World Premiere of Killers of the Flower Moon as part of the 76th Cannes International Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France on 20 May 2023.,Image: 777758532, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Julie Edwards / Avalon
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- Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon premiere – 76eme Festival International du Film de Canne, Cannes FRANCE.,Image: 777773356, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Lionel Urman / Panoramic / Panoramic / Avalon
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- Robert De Niro, Director Martin Scorsese, Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio attend the “Killers Of The Flower Moon” photocall at the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 21, 2023 in Cannes, France.,Image: 777908800, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Olivier Huitel / Avalon
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- Robert De Niro, Director Martin Scorsese, Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio attend the “Killers Of The Flower Moon” photocall at the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 21, 2023 in Cannes, France.,Image: 777909567, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Olivier Huitel / Avalon