'Killers of the Flower Moon' to be Martin Scorsese's second-longest movie ever

After a lot of speculation, the official run time for 'Killers of the Flower Moon' has finally been revealed

PUBLISHED APR 19, 2023

Lily Gladstone as Mollie Burkhart and Leonardo DiCaprio as Ernest Burkhart in 'Killers of the Flower Moon' (Apple TV+)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Martin Scorsese’s western drama ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ is one of the most of highly anticipated movies of 2023 and fans cannot wait for the movie to arrive in theatres. Based on the novel of the same name by David Grann, the upcoming movie sees Scorsese collaborating with the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Since the time it has been announced that the movie will have its world premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, everyone seems to be curious about the movie’s duration. It has been widely reported that the upcoming film might be his lengthiest movie ever, but now that movie’s runtime has officially been revealed, we can confirm that it is not Scorsese’s longest movie when it comes to runtime.

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ takes place in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts a string of brutal murders of Osage Nation Native Americans, which came to be known as the Reign of Terror. As the death toll rose, the newly-created FBI took up the case and unraveled a spine-chilling conspiracy and one of the most monstrous crimes in American history. Scorsese is known for making lengthy movies and ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ won’t be any different.

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Martin Scorsese attends MoMA's Party in the Garden 2022 at The Museum of Modern Art on June 7, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

'Killers of the Flower Moon' to be Scorsese's second-longest film

As per the latest report by Deadline, the upcoming Western movie will be 3 hours, and 26 minutes long, and will be Scorsese’s second-longest movie ever in terms of duration. The movie will be three minutes shorter than the director’s last movie ‘The Irishman’, which was 3 hours, and 29 minutes long.

The latest report also ends all the speculations about the movie being four hours long.

The film will premiere out-of-competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May before a theatrical release in October. Apple didn’t waste any time in buying the rights this time around. Scorsese had to face a lot of difficulties to find distributors for ‘The Irishman’ because of its runtime and Netflix took a chance by taking the rights to the crime drama. The movie turned out to be a gigantic hit and earned 10 nominations at the Academy Awards. Apple would be hoping to have a similar kind of success with Scorsese’s upcoming movie.

(L-R) Harvey Keitel, Irwin Winkler, Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Robert De Niro attend the Netflix 2020 Golden Globes After Party on January 05, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Arnold Turner/Getty Images for Netflix)

Who stars in 'Killers of the Flower Moon'?

The lead role in the film is played by none other than Jesse Plemons. Meanwhile, other actors to feature in the movie include DiCaprio (Ernest Buckhart), De Niro (William Hale), Lily Gladstone (Mollie Buckhart), and Brendan Fraser (WS Hamilton). It is Scorsese’s 27th film as a director and already has two more movies in the pipeline.

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2023. On the other hand, the movie is scheduled to hit theatres on October 6, 2023. As of now, Apple hasn’t announced a specific release date for their streaming platform.