Yet,despite its star-studded cast and legendary director, the film came out of the Oscars empty-handed.

In 2024,Scorsese became the oldest Best Director nominee ever at the Academy Awards.

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Killers of the Flower Moon

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What makes this accomplishment even more notable is thatScorsese broke a streak that had lasted 38 years.

Huston was 79 at the time, which Scorsese beat by two years.

Martin Scorsese talking in a documentary The Oratario

Eastwood is currently 94-years-old, which would make this achievement even more astonishing.

As it turns out though, Eastwood’s record may be broken anyway, and by Eastwood himself.

Eastwood is currently 94-years-old, which would make this achievement even more astonishing.

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Killers of the Flower Moon is the next film from director Martin Scorsese, based on the non-fiction book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, initially captured by David Grann. When members of the Osage tribe are murdered in the 1920s via mysterious circumstances shortly after the discovery of oil on Native-American soil, the FBI is established to uncover the true reason behind them.

Perhaps,Killers of the Flower Moonstarted a trend for older directors.

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