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Harlan Trombey ,played by christopher Plummer ,is an old man with a big family who is the owner of a book writing company. He is a very good crime writer. Because of that he is very ,very rich. Harlan is 85 years and has three children and many grandsons and grandaugthers. At the beginning of the film Harlan dies, but you can see him in flashback scenes.
Harlan is very intelligent and a very creative Person ,you can see that from the fact that he is a very famous crime book author. He has a big famity and lives in a villa. He has a nurse ,who is named Marta Cabrera, because of his age. Harlan is very generouse and helpfull. Especially to Marta, because of her origin.
I think Harlan is a very intelligent Person ,who thinks much about the various things. He is a generous Person too the people, who are friendly and helpful to him. I have the feeling that
Harlem likes People who do not only want his Money.

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Knives Out Crew Went Far To Stay Out Of Characters’ Eyeglass Reflections.

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Knives Out Crew Went Far To Stay Out Of Characters’ Eyeglass Reflections.

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As you may have seen there are some people wearing glasses in the movie which soemtimes is a challenge for producers but the Knives Out Team handled it well.

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In the “Movie Knives Out” from the year 2019 directed by Rian Johnson there is a murder mystery going on, in which the crime writer Harlan Thrombey commits suicide after his 85th birthday the pivate detective Benoit Blanc then gets engaged by the family, he questions the Familys relationship and tries to clear the murder mystery, which Marta Mr. Thrombey’s Nurse will a take a big part in.

The main Character is Marta who we follow through the movie, when Mr. Thrombey wants to go to bed she is the one who is responsible for his sleeping pills. She also is responsible for him on his 85th birthday, so when she tries to give him his pills, she accidentally gives him an overdose of Morphine, which the antidote of is nowhere to be found. Harlan knows that Marta will get blamed for his death, so he thinks of a plan, in which Marta leaves the House with the family to make it look like she is not responsible and then sneak back in and act like she’s Harlan to make it look like he died one hour after she left. She then leaves to follow the plan and meanwhile Harlan cuts his throat to make it look like a suicide.

After Harlan is found dead the Private Detective Benoit Blanc gets hired and Harlan’s last will is found in which he gives all his money and his House to Marta, the Family does not believe that the document is real until a notary approves the Document. The Family then tries to convince Marta to give up on the Money and the House which she does not want to, Marta then runs away to her car because the family puts too much pressure on her. Unfortunately, her car does not start so one of Harlan’s grandson called Ransom gives Marta a ride. Ransom gains Marta’s trust and she tells him what really happened on Harlan’s Birthday. Marta then gets an threatening letter in which is an death report that proves that Marta is responsible for Mr. Thrombeys death. Marta and Ransom then go to destroy Harlan’s death report because that may expose Marta, when they arrive at the building where the death report is in it is already burned down and with it the report. The person who wrote the threatening letter is called Fran, she also dies because of an overdose of Morphine, she dies because she knows the truth about what happened.

Ransom then tells Marta the truth about how Harlan really died because he thinks Fran survived, Ransom secretly changed the morphine with sleeping pills and stole the vaccine which made Harlan cutting his throwed the only reason why he died, Marta records Ransoms confession and gives it to blanc. Blanc then exposes Ransom at a Family meeting, Ransom knowing he will go to Prison grabs a knife and tries to kill Marta, to Marta’s luck the knife wasn’t real, and the blade would drive in the Handle when trying to stab somebody. At the End Marta looks down at the family Members from her new houses Balcony.

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Hugh Ransom Drysdale is the main antagonist in the movie „Knives out“ portrayed by Chris Evans.

He is a tall, muscular and blonde man who lives with his family in their estate. He is the son of Richard Drysdale and Linda Thrombey and is very charesmatic and foreseeing. He shows that by always convincing the characters in the movie to do exactly what he wants and he always has a plan.

He may not seem like that in the most part of the movie. Most of the time he behaves like a child and is very spoiled. He tries to claim his birthright in the testament of his grandfather Harlan Thrombey at any cost. He does not care about the rest of his family as long as he gets what he wants and he even goes as far as murder. He is aware of his disgusting personality and is even proud oft he fact his family despises him.

Even tho he is very calculating his plan had some flaws and he tends to get cocky after he is sure he won.

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Rian Johnson Ditched A Vacation To Meet With Daniel Craig About Knives Out

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Rian Johnson Ditched A Vacation To Meet With Daniel Craig About Knives Out

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Because of how important it was for Rian Johnson to have Daniel Craig playing Benoit Blanc he cancelled his vaccation.

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Star Wars Critics Motivated Rian Johnson When Writing Knives Out.

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Star Wars Critics Motivated Rian Johnson When Writing Knives Out.

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Rian Johnsohn previosly made the move "Star Wars The last Jedi" which he got critics for and these critics inspired him for Knives Out.

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As many fans and those directly involved with the film have already addressed, is littered with fun Easter Eggs and hidden gags to keep viewers on the lookout for clues on repeat viewings. But for those whodunnit obsessives who still yearn for more secrets and mysteries when they are not even watching the movie, there are more than a few behind-the-scenes facts about the 2019 to keep people entertained.

On the set of writer/director Rian Johnson's Academy Award-nominated comic thriller, starring Daniel Craig as a idiosyncratic private eye investigating the death of an eccentric family's patriarch ( Christopher Plummer), things were just as comical and thrilling when the camera wasn't rolling. For instance, the crew had to go to great lengths with camera tricks to avoid appearing in the frame for one unique reason; one of the more memorable camera tricks in Knives Out actually happened by accident; and Apple had a strange involvement with the film that is apparently more common than you would believe. All of these things, and more, will be revealed in the following behind-the-scenes trivial bits. See the knives really come out with these 12 facts.

James Bond Nearly Prevented Daniel Craig From Starring In Knives Out

Daniel Craig was Rian Johnson's top choice to play Benoit Blanc pretty much from the start, and thankfully so as his Golden Globe-nominated performance as America's answer to Hercule Poirot is one of the most dazzling and memorable keys to the success of Knives Out. However, the British actor's commitment to No Time to Die almost cost him the role, until, as Rian Johnson told THR, production of the upcoming 25th James Bond film faced a delay, allowing Craig to sign on immediately.

Rian Johnson Avoided Whodunnits When Crafting Knives Out

While Knives Out was inescapably compared to the likes of Sherlock Holmes stories, the novels of Agatha Christie, or even the film adaptation of Clue, Rian Johnson did not look to any of those works or other classics to take notes from when developing his own whodunnit. The director told Deadline that instead of researching specific artistic examples, which could even prove "dangerous" to the creative process, he benefited more from "blurring [his] vision" and putting himself in a more general mindset of what sort of things about the genre inspired him in the first place.

Star Wars Critics Motivated Rian Johnson When Writing Knives Out

One piece of art that surprisingly did serve as inspiration for Knives Out was Rian Johnson's previous film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which is infamous for the polarized fan response it received, most publicly on Twitter. Yet, in another subversive move for the filmmaker, he told Deadline how he turned the backlash into comedy gold by representing the "current state of online culture" in Jaeden Martell's politically active social media influencer character, as well as the dysfunctional structure of the Thrombey clan. Plus, the casting of Frank Oz (the voice of Yoda) and Daniel Craig (a storm trooper in The Force Awakens) makes the whodunnit a crossover with Star Wars in a way.

Rian Johnson Ditched A Vacation To Meet With Daniel Craig About Knives Out

As previously mentioned, Daniel Craig starring in Knives Out was important to Rian Johnson. There is no greater evidence to this than the fact that the director actually cut a vacation with his podcaster wife Karina Longworth short to speak with the actor after agreeing to the role, as he revealed on The IMDb Show. While it may sound like an overwrought sacrifice to leave in the middle of a holiday like that, it clearly paid off as Johnson does see Craig's casting as a catalyst for achieving the rest of the star-studded cast.

Chris Evans Had Way Too Many Cookies Filming One Knives Out Sequence

One of Knives Out's biggest stars is Chris Evans as Ransom Drysdale, a complete 180 from good ol' Captain America, whom Rian Johnson chose introduced to the film eating Belgium cookies with milk as a representation of his bratty personality and because said treats "looked cool." Yet, as he revealed in a video for Vanity Fair, he would come regret that choice of dessert as Evans, having to scarf down many of them, ended that day of shooting feeling like his throat was "coated in butter."

Knives Out Crew Went Far To Stay Out Of Characters' Eyeglass Reflections

If you had not noticed before, there are a few characters in Knives Out who wear eyeglasses, which proved to be a challenge when filming their close-ups as they crew's presence could have easily been revealed in their lenses. To avoid this, they cleverly repurposed their lighting equipment as scenery that would more realistically appear in the reflection, as the film's cinematographer Steve Yedlin explained on Twitter. For example, the scene in which Benoit Blanc is interviewing Linda Drysdale ( Jamie Lee Curtis) in the study was actually filmed on a sound stage and her light source was designed to look like a window.

Marta Cabrera's Email Address From Knives Out Is Real

In Knives Out, the email address belonging to protagonist Marta Cabrera ( Ana de Armas) becomes a plot point when she becomes victim to a few disturbing messages, but in real life, the address became a dumping ground for much fan appreciation. Yes, Marta's email address actually does exist and, as Rian Johnson revealed over Twitter, more than 200 viewers decided to share their warm reactions to the film with the fictional character.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Has A Cameo In Knives Out

One secret that Rian Johnson did an exceptionally better job at keeping in regards to Knives Out is a very discreet cameo by his friend Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who has made an appearance in every single one of Johnson's films ( big or small) since leading the cast of his 2005 feature-length debut Brick. The actor can be heard as a character credited as Detective Hardrock, whose voice comes from Marta Cabrera's television near the beginning of the film. Considering JGL has not had a starring role in a Johnson picture since 2012's Looper, perhaps there is a chance he will get a bigger part in the next Benoit Blanc mystery?

Be sure to check back for updates on Rian Johnson's suspenseful instant classic, as well as more behind-the-scenes looks at some of your favorite movies and TV shows, here on CinemaBlend.

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Knives Out: 12 Fascinating Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Movie

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As many fans and those directly involved with the film have already addressed, is littered with fun Easter Eggs and hidden gags to keep viewers on the lookout for clues on repeat viewings.

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Harlan Thrombey

A wealthy mystery fiction author and the patriarch of the Thrombey family, whose mysterious death sets the plot in motion.
Harlan's big flaw is his flair for the dramatic. He knocks his own family out of his will but its mainly so they can build something for themselves rather than mooch off his own success. Even though Harlan comes across as a well-intentioned and charismatic person, he didn't think too clearly of the consequences that could affect Marta after he recklessly committed his own murder.

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A wealthy mystery fiction author and the patriarch of the Thrombey family, whose mysterious death sets the plot in motion. Harlan's big flaw is his flair for the dramatic. He knocks his own family out of his will but its mainly so they can build something for themselves rather than mooch off his own success.

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Alias

Ransom Drysdale

Mr. Drysdale

Hobby

Insulting his family members.

Goals

Kill his grandfather Harlan Thrombey for cutting him and the family out of his will.

Kill Fran for blackmailing him (both succeeded).
Evade suspicion from Detective Benoit Blanc and the police.
Trick Marta Cabrera into giving back the family will for himself and have her and Benoit Blanc take the blame
Kill Marta Cabrera for tricking him into admitting his crimes to the police (all failed).

Crimes

Murder

Attempted murder
Assault
Enforced suicide
Attempted murder by proxy
Incrimination
Conspiracy
Arson
Obstruction of justice
Tampering with medicine
Blackmail
Theft

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I know he didn't commit suicide, so look me in the eye, and tell me what happened to my grandfather. Tell me everything.

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~ Ransom to Marta Cabrera, attempting to make her take the fall.

~ Ransom to Harlan when he learned that he and the other members of the family have been cut out by Harlan.

Hugh Ransom Drysdale, or better known as Ransom Drysdale, is the main antagonist of the 2019 mystery film Knives Out.

He is the son of Richard Drysdale and Linda Thrombey, and the grandson of the late Harlan Thrombey, whom Ransom had conspired to murder out of anger for cutting him out of his inheritance. He is described as a spoiled trust fund playboy.

He was portrayed by Chris Evans, who also portrayed Lucas Lee in the 2010 film adaptation of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Robert Pronge in The Iceman.

Personality

Ransom is the son of Richard Drysdale and Linda Thrombey; he is the grandson of Harlan Thrombey, a renowned murder mystery novelist and writer. He is an eccentric but spoiled brat, whose livelihood as a playboy is predicated on his family's wealth. This makes him arrogant and unpleasant in nature, but unlike the rest of the family, he does not hide this part and has no patience for that. However, while his family is indeed unpleasant and full of hypocritical jerks, Ransom is the only one who is truly evil because he is willing to do anything to have his part of the inheritance, including murder. He is overall a selfish, heartless, psychopathic and somewhat immature person, in addition to all his family's flaws. He behaves like a spoiled teenager, even though he is in his thirties. He claims to be seeking his "birthright," but does not care about the rest of his family as long as he gets his own share. He is fully aware of his disgusting nature and he takes pride in the hate his family has on him. That said, he can be charming, charismatic and polite when he wants to be, in order to have what he wants. This is seen when he succeeds in earning Marta's confidence to help him get to the bottom of the case. He is also lazy, as he refuses to work and has no intentions in doing so. But he is intelligent, as seen with his plan to frame Marta for the murder of Harlan. However, his plan has several failures. For example, he himself hired the detective Blanc, thinking he would not find the truth behind the affair and he underestimated Marta's good nature, thinking she would not try to save the life of Fran. The psychopathic part of his personality comes when he is cornered by his self-confession of Fran's murder, by trying to murder Marta with a knife, simply out of spite and refusal to accept his failure.

Despite this, he brought out a valid point, by correcting his mother when she said she is a self-made person, by pointing she started from the million his grandfather gave to her. When it becomes clear that he has grabbed an accessory knife instead of a real one, however, he utters a discouraged "shit" and does not resist arrest any further, walking calmly and quietly into the police car, even if his father tries (badly) to corrupt his path to freedom. As he gets ready to get into the car, he also looks up at Marta with nothing but calm and an ambiguously respectful nod.

On the night of Harlan's 85th birthday, during a party at his estate, Ransom had learned from Harlan that his inheritance, documented in his will, would go down to his maid Marta Cabrera, and that Harlan had intended to cut out Ransom and the rest of the family from the will. Ransom conspired to kill Harlan for doing this, intending to frame Marta by tampering with Harlan's medication in his study.

However, since Marta is a qualified nurse, she still injected the right product without reading the labels, simply because of her natural instinct.

After Harlan ended up killing himself to protect Marta, fearing she would be framed for his death, Ransom skipped Harlan's funeral to cover his tracks by switching back the medication, unaware he was watched by Fran, the estate's caretaker: Fran blackmailed Ransom after deducing he killed Harlan.

After the funeral, in an attempt to further cover his tracks, Ransom anonymously arranged for the private investigator Detective Benoit Blanc to investigate the family, while Ransom drugged and ultimately killed Fran with a morphine overdose. When the revelation that all of Harlan's inheritance has gone to Marta is revealed, Ransom goes on the run with her, urging her to confess to him what had transpired from her account the night of Harlan's death. To further implicate Marta in Harlan's death, Ransom redirected a part of Harlan's toxicology report and the blackmail letter intended for him from Fran to Marta, justifying the slayer rule; if Marta would be found guilty of Harlan's death, the rest of the family would regain the inheritance.

Later, Ransom would burn down the examiner's office with a molotov cocktail, ensuring that the remaining parts of the toxicology report would be destroyed. After Marta finds Fran's corpse when Ransom sends her an address via e-mail to her body, Ransom is taken into questioning, when Detective Blanc finds a part of the toxicology report on Fran's body (which reveals that Harlan wasn't poisoned at all with the incorrect medication), and deduces correctly that Ransom was the killer, and had intended to frame Marta for both Harlan and Fran's death.

When Ransom learns from Marta that Fran was still alive in the hospital, Ransom admits to his crimes under peer pressure. However, Marta vomits on Ransom, due to her inability to lie without vomiting, as Fran had really died at the hospital; swearing retribution against Marta after she had manipulated him into confessing to murder and arson, Ransom furiously attacks Marta with a retractable knife, only to learn it is a stage knife. With his crimes exposed, Ransom is placed in police custody and taken to jail while his family is forced out from the Thrombey Manor, which is now fully owned by Marta.

According to Chris Evans, he actually begged Rian Johnson to cast him as Ransom Drysdale in Knives Out, telling him what he wanted to do with the role and what he could bring to the film.

Director Rian Johnson has admitted that he regrets filming the scene in which Ransom eats Biscoff butter cookies with milk. Johnson explained that while the scene perfectly illustrates Ransom's character, he felt bad for Chris Evans, who had to eat the very buttery cookies during the whole day the scene was filmed.

Ironically, the slipcover of the Blu-ray release of Knives Out actually gives away the mystery that Ransom is the culprit behind Harlan's death by having the knife display pointing towards him, essentially spoiling the film.

According to the screenplay of Knives Out, Ransom is in his early 30s.

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Hugh Ransom Drysdale, or better known as Ransom Drysdale, is the main antagonist of the 2019 mystery film Knives Out. He is the son of Richard Drysdale and Linda Thrombey, and the grandson of the late Harlan Thrombey, whom Ransom had conspired to murder out of anger for cutting him out of his inheritance.

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Marta

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Marta Cabrera

Relatives

Unnamed Mother

Alice Cabrera (sister)

Marta Cabrera, played by Ana de Armas, is the main protagonist of the film Knives Out. She lives with her mother and sister (Alice Cabrera) and works as Harlan Thrombey's registered nurse. Marta and Harlan are close friends, and he secretly makes her the sole inheritor of his estate. Marta's plight is complicated by a medical condition that causes her to vomit upon telling a lie. She ultimately exploits this by telling a lie and holding down the vomit just long enough for Ransom to implicate himself in Fran's murder.
Marta has brown hair and brown eyes. Her age is unknown but its likely she is in her late 20s or early 30s. Her education is unknown, except that she has received her nursing license and is a registered nurse (RN). She at first seems like a timid character, but it is revealed that she is nervous about the investigation. Ana de Armas, the actress who plays Marta, characterizes Marta as having strength, self-control, and clear priorities. Her family is important to her.

Marta has a mother (unnamed) and a sister named Alice Cabrera. Marta's mother is undocumented. The dialogue throughout the film emphasizes tension about her family's ethnicity and immigration status.

Marta is a registered nurse hired directly by Harlan Thrombey to work in his home, and she receives a flat fee. She is not part of a VNA (visiting nurse agency). She is characterized as being a good nurse by Benoit Blanc as she can tell the minute differences in viscosity between Harlan's medications.

Relationships

Harlan hired Marta directly to be his personal nurse. Harlan then payed her extra to stick around for more hours. Marta realized Harlan needed a friend and gladly took on that role. They developed a tight friendship and because Marta treated Harlan with genuine kindness, she is the one that he left his entire inheritance to.

Marta's relationship with the Thrombey family is complex. She seems to have a good friendship with Meg and tries to be tolerant with the rest of the family as anybody would but it does get complicated. She then decides its best to not financially support the family as its what Harlan would have wanted (not to mention most of them tried to threaten or blackmail her when she got Harlan's inheritance). If anyone, it is likely the only two people she might help are Meg and Nana.

Harlan Thrombey's Demise

On the night of Harlan's death, he mimics an earthquake and knocks over a Go board to prevent losing the game to Marta, but he also knocks his medical supplies to the ground at the same time. He normally receives regular injections of ketorolac, an anti-inflammatory drug, and as needed doses of morphine, a strong pain reliever. She picks up the supplies and, without visually checking, administers what she believes is ketorolac through his port. She places the first bottle down and picks up the next bottle, but its label reads ketorolac. This leads her to think she mixed up the bottles and had accidentally administered a fatal dose of morphine to Harlan. Marta tells Harlan and immediately begins looking through her nursing back for naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal drug that comes standard with morphine prescriptions. She cannot find it and attempts to call an ambulance, but Harlan stops her because of the potential consequences to Marta's career and family. He creates a plan to make his death appear like suicide to cover up her mistake. This scene is a red herring.

In the film's conclusion, Benoit Blanc reasons that Ransom Drysdale had used the syringes in Marta's nursing bag to switch around Harlan's bottled fluid medications, and removed the naloxone (anti-toxin) from the bag. By switching the medications, Ransom anticipated Marta would cause Harlan to overdose. His intent was to frame her for malpractice in order to nullify Harlan's last will, which disinherited the entire family and made Marta the sole inheritor. However, Ransom did not account for Marta's intuitive nursing skills. In the initial scene, it appears that Marta had incorrectly administered the medication and accidentally gave Harlan a fatal dose of morphine, as she did not check the bottle before administering the medication. But in the reveal scene, it is discovered that her apparent oversight actually causes her to correctly administer ketorolac even though it was in the morphine bottle - she can instinctively tell the difference between the medications by viscosity alone. This is confirmed in Harlan's blood work: No morphine was found in his body. Harlan's refusal to listen to Marta and call an ambulance meant they never discovered the medication had been switched, and his suicide was truly a suicide.

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Marta Cabrera, played by Ana de Armas, is the main protagonist of the film Knives Out. She lives with her mother and sister (Alice Cabrera) and works as Harlan Thrombey's registered nurse. Marta and Harlan are close friends, and he secretly makes her the sole inheritor of his estate.

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The movie „Knives Out“ from the year 2019 which was directed by Rian Johnson is a murder mystery in which the famous crime writer Harlan Thrombey presumably commits suicide after his 85th birthday so his family contacts the private detective Benoit Blanc who interrogates the family of the wealthy deceased and finds out some secrets about the family as well as realizes that the nurse of Harlan named Marta knows more than she first shows.