‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Set To Receive Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Vanguard Award
deadline.comWith the SAG strike behind us, the all-important film festivals that occur right in the heart of awards season are starting to take shape.
A key stop is always the Palm Springs International Film Festival gala, which has just announced its first award, the Vanguard, which goes to a film’s director as well as its ensemble cast.
It is probably no surprise that Apple Original Films and Paramount’s epic western drama, Killers of the Flower Moon. Its legendary director Martin Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone will be on hand to accept at the event on January 4 in the desert city.
The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, winning much acclaim. It opened a wide theatrical release through Paramount Pictures on October 20 and has earned well north of $100 million globally to date. “Killers of the Flower Moon is a powerful and important film not only for its cinematic poetry but also asa complicated story about the suspicious murders of members of the Osage Nation, one which fullyillustrates the evils of racism and corruption,” PSIFF Chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi said. RELATED: Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio & Robert De Niro On How They Found The Emotional Handle For Their Cannes Epic ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’: The Deadline Q&A Based on a true story and told through the improbable romance of Ernest Burkhart (DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Gladstone), Killers of the Flower Moon tracks the suspicious murders of members of the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in the world overnight after oil was discovered underneath their land.
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