Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon will be available to stream globally on Apple TV+ from Friday January 12, Apple Original Films has announced.
The Western crime film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, has been nominated for a slew of awards and is set to receive the Vanguard gong at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards gala on Thursday evening.
Based on David Grann’s non-fiction book of the same name, the Western follows the story of the Osage Nation who became wealthy because of oil on their land.
Set in the 1920s, the film explores how the wealth of these Native Americans attracted white interlopers who manipulated, extorted and stole as much Osage money as they could before resorting to murder.
The film, which was written for screen by Scorsese and Eric Roth, made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May and videos circulated on social media that showed the audience giving it a roaring standing ovation.
Since its release, the film has received wide acclaim and appears across seven categories in the 2024 Golden Globe Awards nominations, including best screenplay in a motion picture and best motion picture drama.
It also received 12 nominations for the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards, which will be taking place on January 14, hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler.
In a BFI poll listing the best films of 2023, Killers Of The Flower Moon placed first, beating movies such as Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan epic Oppenheimer, which were joint fifth on the list.
Sight and Sound’s end-of-year film poll – voted for by 100 of the world’s top film critics – lists the year’s best movies and Scorsese, who received the BFI Fellowship in 1995, previously placed third in 2006 and 2019 respectively with The Departed and The Irishman.
Adding to his accolades, the 81-year-old, known for directing Taxi Driver (1976) and Goodfellas (1990), will be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Berlin International Film Festival in February.
The filmmaker will be given an honorary Golden Bear, the festival’s top award.