Knives Out is a 2019 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It stars Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher Plummer. The plot follows a detective investigating the patriarch’s death after a family gathering gone awry. The movie was selected by the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2019.
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Knives Out is a 2019 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It stars Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher Plummer. The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 27, 2019, by Lionsgate. It received critical acclaim, particularly for its screenplay, direction, and acting, and grossed USD 309. 2 million worldwide against a USD 40 million budget. A sequel with Daniel Craig reprising his role as Blanc was in development in February 2020. The movie was selected by the American Film Institute and the National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2019. It was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards and 92nd Academy Awards, and Best Actor at the 77th Golden Globe Awards. The plot follows a detective investigating the patriarch’s death after a family gathering gone awry. The family of Harlan Thrombey, a wealthy mystery novelist, attends his 85th birthday party at his Massachusetts mansion. The next morning, Harlan’s housekeeper Fran finds him dead, with his throat slit. An anonymous party pays private detective Benoit Blanc to investigate. Blanc learns that Harland’s relationships with his family were strained, and that Harlan had threatened to expose his son-in-law Richard for cheating on his wife.
Unbeknownst to Blanc, after the party, Marta Cabrera mixed up his medications and apparently administered an overdose of morphine and could not find the antidote, leaving Harlan minutes to live. Harlan prevented Marta from calling for help and instead gave her instructions to create a false alibi to save her family from scrutiny, before slitting his own throat. Marta cannot lie without vomiting, so she gives true but incomplete answers when Blanc questions her. She agrees to assist in Blanc’s investigation and conceals evidence of her actions as they search the property. Ransom helps her escape the family’s wrath, but manipulates her into confessing to him. He offers his help in exchange for a share of the inheritance. The other Thrombeys try to persuade Marta to renounce the inheritance; Walt threatens to expose her mother’s immigration status. When Ransom realized Marta had given the correct medication to Harlan, he sent a blackmail note to Blanc to expose Marta. After Ransom’s arrest, Ransom reveals he was everything to Marta, so that Marta would kill Harlan and thereby become ineligible to claim the inheritance by the slayer rule. When Marta confesses to the family, she decides to tell the family she caused Harlan’s death.
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