‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ to Receive Vanguard Honor From Palm Springs International Film Awards
variety.comCaroline Brew editor The Palm Springs International Film Awards announced that “Killers of the Flower Moon” will receive the Vanguard Award, which honors a film’s cast and director for their collective work on an exceptional film project.
Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone will be presented with the award at the gala ceremony, which takes place Jan.
4 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. “’Killers of the Flower Moon’is a powerful and important film not only for its cinematic poetry, but also as a complicated story about the suspicious murders of members of the Osage Nation, one which fully illustrates the evils of racism and corruption.
Directed by Martin Scorsese, the film features a powerhouse ensemble performance by Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons and Tantoo Cardinal making it the must-see film of the year,” festival chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi said in a statement. “It is our honor to present the Vanguard Award to ‘Killers of the Flower Moon.'” Best picture winners “Green Book” and “The Shape of Water” have previously received the Vanguard Award, along with best picture nominees “Belfast,” “La La Land,” “Little Miss Sunshine,” “The Fablemans” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” Based on a true story, Apple Original Films’ “Killers of the Flower Moon” chronicles the spree of murders targeting the Osage Nation told through the romance between DiCaprio’s Ernest Burkhart and Gladstone’s Mollie Kyle.
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