It’s a big day for the cast and crew of “Killers of the Flower Moon,” the Osage Nation and for Indian Country.
The film’s star, Lily Gladstone, became the first Indigenous woman in the history of the Golden Globes to be nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, for her role as Mollie Burkhart, an Osage woman from Grayhorse who survived the Reign of Terror in the 1920s.
The film received seven nominations, including nominations for Best Picture (Drama), Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Score. However, the film faces tough competition from Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” in the same category.
Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear issued this statement: “We are excited to see the cast and crew of Killers of the Flower Moon receiving much-deserved recognition with their Golden Globe nominations. Osage Nation saw firsthand the hard work and dedication put into creating this film, and we are proud of our collaborative efforts to ensure the Osage language and culture were properly represented. At Osage Nation, we say 𐓏𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰͘, which means ‘do your best.’ Each of these nominees did just that.”
CBS will air the 81st Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 7 and it will also stream on Paramount+. Make sure to tune in early for the red carpet. Gladstone and Indigenous actresses Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins and Jillian Dion have been showcasing Indigenous glamour on the film’s press tour.
The Globes are judged by roughly 300 journalists from around the world and it is also the first major awards show of the season, followed by the Screen Actors Guild Awards (Feb. 24) and the Oscars (March 10).
While Gladstone is the first Indigenous actress nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, for a Golden Globe, Irene Bedard (Alaska Native) was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1995 for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for “Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee.”
Gladstone was raised on the Blackfeet Reservation in northwestern Montana and comes from the Kainai (Blood), Amskapi Piikani (Blackfeet), and Niimiipuu (Nez Perce) Tribal Nations. She had her breakout role in Kelly Reichardt’s “Certain Women,” for which she earned multiple accolades and nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Independent Spirit Awards and Best Breakthrough Actor at the Gotham Awards, among others. Gladstone’s work in 2022 also includes “The Unknown Country,” “Quantum Cowboys,” “The Last Manhunt,” “Fancy Dance,” six episodes on the TV series “Billions,” and two episodes of “Reservation Dogs.”
The New York Film Critics Circle recently named “Killers of the Flower Moon” the Best Film of 2023 and Gladstone Best Actress, and the National Board of Review awarded Martin Scorsese Best Director and Gladstone Best Actress.
The film was recently honored with the Gotham Historical Icon and Creator Tribute at the Gotham Awards and awarded Best Score – Feature Film from the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. The film will also be recognized with the Vanguard Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards gala event in January.
Directed by Scorsese and written for the screen by Eric Roth and Scorsese, based on David Grann’s best-selling book of the same name, “Killers of the Flower Moon” is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as the Reign of Terror. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion, William Belleau and Tatanka Means.
Hailing from Apple Studios, “Killers of the Flower Moon” was produced alongside Imperative Entertainment, Sikelia Productions and Appian Way and distributed theatrically in partnership with Paramount Pictures. Producers are Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese, and Daniel Lupi, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Rick Yorn, Adam Somner, Marianne Bower, Lisa Frechette, John Atwood, Shea Kammer and Niels Juul serving as executive producers.
“Killers of the Flower Moon” is nominated for the following:
Best Motion Picture, Drama
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
“Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures)
“Maestro” (Netflix)
“Past Lives” (A24)
“The Zone of Interest” (A24)
“Anatomy of a Fall” (Neon)
Best Director, Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper — “Maestro”
Greta Gerwig — “Barbie”
Yorgos Lanthimos — “Poor Things”
Christopher Nolan — “Oppenheimer”
Martin Scorsese — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Celine Song — “Past Lives”
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
“Barbie” — Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
“Poor Things” — Tony McNamara
“Oppenheimer” — Christopher Nolan
“Killers of the Flower Moon” — Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese
“Past Lives” — Celine Song
“Anatomy of a Fall” — Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Bradley Cooper — “Maestro”
Cillian Murphy — “Oppenheimer”
Leonardo DiCaprio — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Colman Domingo — “Rustin”
Andrew Scott — “All of Us Strangers”
Barry Keoghan — “Saltburn”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Lily Gladstone — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Carey Mulligan – “Maestro”
Sandra Hüller – “Anatomy of a Fall”
Annette Bening — “Nyad”
Greta Lee — “Past Lives”
Cailee Spaeny — “Priscilla”
Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture
Willem Dafoe — “Poor Things”
Robert De Niro — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Robert Downey Jr. — “Oppenheimer”
Ryan Gosling — “Barbie”
Charles Melton — “May December”
Mark Ruffalo — “Poor Things”
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
Ludwig Göransson — “Oppenheimer”
Jerskin Fendrix — “Poor Things”
Robbie Robertson — “Killers of the Flower Moon”
Mica Levi — “The Zone of Interest”
Daniel Pemberton — “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Joe Hisaishi — “The Boy and the Heron”
Click here to see a full list of nominations.
“Killers of the Flower Moon” is now available on premium video-on-demand and for digital purchase with leading digital retailers, in collaboration with Paramount Home Entertainment. The film is now available for purchase in over 100 countries.
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