Blanc explains to Ransom and Marta his deductions: that Harlan had told Ransom of the intended will, and that Ransom had then swapped Harlan's medicines to ensure that as the killer, Marta would be ineligible to claim the inheritance. It shows Harlan had only a small amount of morphine in his system. She confesses to Blanc, though Ransom has already implicated her, and she decides to admit causing Harlan's death, which would invalidate her inheritance under the slayer rule.īack at the mansion, Marta finds Fran's copy of the full toxicology report, and gives it to Blanc. At the rendezvous, Marta finds Fran drugged. Marta receives an email proposing a rendezvous with the blackmailer, while Ransom is arrested after a brief car chase. She and Ransom drive to the medical examiner's office, but it has burned down. Marta receives a blackmail note with a partial photocopy of Harlan's toxicology report. Ransom helps Marta escape, but he manipulates her into confessing to him he offers to help her in exchange for some of the inheritance, while the rest of the family try to persuade or threaten Marta to renounce the inheritance. When Harlan's will is read, Marta is the sole beneficiary, shocking and angering his family. She agrees to assist Blanc's investigation but conceals evidence of her actions. Marta cannot lie without vomiting, so she gives accurate but incomplete answers when questioned. Harlan gave her instructions to create a false alibi before slitting his own throat to protect her. Unknown to Blanc, Harlan's nurse, Marta Cabrera, mixed up his medications after the party, apparently overdosing him with morphine, and was unable to find the antidote, seemingly leaving Harlan only minutes to live. Blanc learns Harlan had strained relationships with his family, having made threats that day to his son-in-law Richard and daughter-in-law Joni, fired his son Walt, and had an argument with his grandson Ransom. The police believe Harlan's death to be suicide, but private detective Benoit Blanc is anonymously hired to investigate. His housekeeper, Fran, finds him dead the next morning with his throat slit. The family of Harlan Thrombey, a wealthy mystery novelist, attends his 85th birthday party at his Massachusetts mansion. The first was Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, released in 2022. In March 2021, Netflix paid $469 million for the rights to two sequels written and directed by Johnson, with Craig reprising his role. It received three nominations at the 77th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and received Best Original Screenplay nominations at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards and 92nd Academy Awards. It was named one of the top ten films of 2019 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute. It received universal acclaim, particularly for its screenplay, direction, and acting, and grossed $311.9 million worldwide on a $40 million budget. Knives Out premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 27 by Lionsgate Films. Filming ran from October to December 2018. The project was officially announced in 2018 and sold to distributors during the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. However, he did not write the screenplay until 2017 due to his involvement in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Johnson conceived Knives Out in 2005 and decided to make the film after completing Looper in 2012. The film features an ensemble cast which includes Daniel Craig as Blanc, with Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, LaKeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher Plummer, in his final on-screen role filmed before his death. It follows master detective Benoit Blanc investigating the death of the patriarch of a wealthy, dysfunctional family. Knives Out is a 2019 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson, who also serves as a co-producer.
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