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appalachiablue

(42,908 posts)
Sun Oct 22, 2023, 06:06 PM Oct 2023

'Killers of the Flower Moon': Film Trailer. Variety, Osage Nation Murders 1920s, Okla.



- 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Trailer, 🌙Paramount UK. Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio.
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- 'Killers of the Flower Moon’ True Story: The Real Osage Nation Murders, Explained, Variety, Oct. 20, 2023.

Martin Scorsese’s $200 million epic “Killers of the Flower Moon,” based on David Grann’s 2017 non-fiction book, centers on the Reign of Terror, a term the Osage Nation used to define the murders of at least 60 community members in the late 1920s Oklahoma.

The film tells this true crime tale through the lens of a marriage between Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio), a World War I veteran who relocates to Oklahoma to work with his rancher uncle, and Mollie Burkhart (Lily Gladstone), a local Osage woman whose family was one of the community’s wealthiest. Robert De Niro stars as Ernest’s uncle, William Hale.

As both Grann’s book and Scorsese’s film lay out, the cause for the murders trace back to the early 1870s when the U.S. government forced the Osage people to leave their Kansas lands and move to northeastern Oklahoma. The Osage bought their Oklahoma reservation, a game-changing decision that gave them the rights over their new land.

The U.S. government thought the Oklahoma area owned by the Osage was worthless, but everyone soon discovered the land was rich in oil. As The New York Times reports: “After large [oil] deposits were discovered in 1894, the Osage, who retained communal mineral rights, came into enormous wealth:... https://variety.com/lists/killers-of-the-flower-moon-true-story-real-osage-nation-murders/william-hale-robert-de-niro/
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'Killers of the Flower Moon,' Review, The Guardian, Oct. 22, 2023.

Killers of the Flower Moon review – Scorsese’s masterly Native American true crime saga. A towering Robert De Niro, an against-type Leonardo DiCaprio and a magnetic Lily Gladstone shine in the director’s gripping account of a shocking episode in US history...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/22/killers-of-the-flower-moon-review-martin-scorsese-osage-county-native-american-masterly-true-crime-epic-robert-de-niro-leonardo-dicaprio-lily-gladstone
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'Killers of the Flower Moon': Film Trailer. Variety, Osage Nation Murders 1920s, Okla. (Original Post) appalachiablue Oct 2023 OP
That movie leaked out on warez sites yesterday. ItsjustMe Oct 2023 #1
So people can watch the full movie on the site? appalachiablue Oct 2023 #3
You can download the movie ItsjustMe Oct 2023 #5
Tx, I'll definitely wait. The film is 3 1/2 hrs, not 8 as some think. appalachiablue Oct 2023 #6
;-( elleng Oct 2023 #2
The last movie Scorsese did in collaboration with Robbie Robertson as ms liberty Oct 2023 #4
I like Robbie R. good luck w the movie score. This Okla story appalachiablue Oct 2023 #7
friend of mine raved about the book... bahboo Oct 2023 #8

ItsjustMe

(11,695 posts)
5. You can download the movie
Sun Oct 22, 2023, 07:09 PM
Oct 2023

The streaming links are not working.

This video was recorded with a camera in the theater, The video quality is about an 8, the audio is about a 6. The video is also watermarked with some gambling website, not really worth downloading. Typically, a better quality video will be available in a week or two.

ms liberty

(9,828 posts)
4. The last movie Scorsese did in collaboration with Robbie Robertson as
Sun Oct 22, 2023, 06:58 PM
Oct 2023

Musical Director. Robbie was half Mowhawk and it was central to his identity.
Mr liberty wants to see it. I want to hear the score, lol. It doesn't sound like a happy movie.

appalachiablue

(42,908 posts)
7. I like Robbie R. good luck w the movie score. This Okla story
Sun Oct 22, 2023, 08:24 PM
Oct 2023

is about as tragic and evil as it gets, the reign of terror against the Osage out of greed. Terrible history but I'll watch the film anyway. I read about the main corrupt family in it some years ago. A relative in Minn. who was married to a Seminole has long time Native American friends from various groups.

bahboo

(16,953 posts)
8. friend of mine raved about the book...
Sun Oct 22, 2023, 09:12 PM
Oct 2023

so I think I'll read it first, then see the movie. A piece of history I wasn't aware of...

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