The grisly true story of the Osage murders, the inspiration behind Martin Scorsese's star-studded Western crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Summary Martin Scorsese's star-studded Western crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the grisly true story of the Osage murders. The movie stars longtime Scorsese collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, as well as Lily Gladstone, Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow, and many more.
Killers Of The Flower Moon's Timeline Of Events How much time is covered before Killers of the Flower Moon's ending is a bit vague in the movie, but the murders that repeatedly devastated the Osage Nation lasted for years. The movie does not explicitly state what year it takes place in, but Ernest Burkhart's time in Oklahoma begins around 1920 or 1921. He quickly reconnects with his uncle William King Hale and meets his future wife Mollie Kyle.
How Killers Of The Flower Moon's Osage Murders Changed U.S. Law In 1925, the United States Congress passed a law in an effort to the Osage by prohibiting any non-Osage person from inheriting the headrights from Osage who had half or more Native American ancestry. At the same time, the government continued to manage Osage royalties from their oil lands, and even decades later, the Osage Nation has fought the Department of the Interior about the mismanagement of royalties that were overdue.
The role is a complex one for DiCaprio, who is no stranger to playing unscrupulous characters in movies like Wolf of Wall Street and Django Unchained. While those characters were flashy and eccentric, Ernest is a return to DiCaprio's skills as an understated performer. That Ernest Burkhart's actions were so deplorable, and his sentencing so ultimately lenient will make him very unsympathetic.
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