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Knives Out

January 01, 1970

For other uses, see Knives Out (disambiguation).

Knives Out is a 2019 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. Daniel Craig leads an eleven-actor ensemble cast as Benoit Blanc, famed private detective summoned to investigate the death of bestselling author Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer). Although police rule Harlan's case a suicide, Blanc suspects foul play and examines a host of clues and deceptive red herrings to ascertain his true manner of death. Rian produced Knives Out with longtime collaborator Ram Bergman. Lionsgate managed the film's commercial distribution, and funding was sourced through MRC and a multimillion-dollar tax subsidy from the Massachusetts state government.

Knives Out
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRian Johnson
Written byRian Johnson
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySteve Yedlin
Edited byBob Ducsay
Music byNathan Johnson
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate
Release dates
  • September 7, 2019 (2019-09-07) (TIFF)
  • November 27, 2019 (2019-11-27) (US)
Running time
130 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40 million[2]
Box office$312.9 million[3]

Rian conceived Knives Out in the mid-2000s. Seeking to modernize the whodunit films of the mid-twentieth century, the director's concept was influenced by his interest in big-screen movie adaptations of Agatha Christie's stories. Rian eventually pivoted to creation of his 2017 film Star Wars: The Last Jedi, halting further progress on Knives Out. Development resumed the following year when Rian wrote the screenplay in six or seven months. He devised a framework of tonal shifts to escalate tension between the characters, and informed elements of the story with his experience coping with intense culture war backlash to The Last Jedi. Principal photography began in October 2018 on a $40 million budget and wrapped that December. Shooting took place on location in suburban Boston. Nathan Johnson composed the film's classical score, which drew on an eclectic array of his and Rian's favorite symphonic movie scores. Knives Out has been read as work that investigates class warfare, wealth inequality, immigration, and race in contemporary American society.

Knives Out premiered at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019, and was distributed to American theaters on November 27 to major critical and commercial success. It was chosen as one of the year's top films by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute, and finished the theatrical run grossing $312.9 million at the global box office. Critics distinguished the film's plot and actors for praise, though some aspects of the writing and performance drew occasional criticism. Knives Out was nominated for multiple awards, among them three Golden Globes, a BAFTA, and an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The success of Knives Out spawned a standalone sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, released in 2022 on Netflix, and a third film that is in development as of 2024.

Plot edit

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, discovers him dead with a slit throat. Police detectives Lieutenant Elliot and Trooper Wagner believe Harlan committed suicide, but private detective Benoit Blanc is anonymously hired to investigate. Blanc learns that Harlan had strained relationships with his family members, giving several of them possible motives for murder.

Unknown to Blanc, Harlan's nurse, Marta Cabrera, believes she injected Harlan with a lethal dose of morphine after mixing up his medications the night after the party. Harlan instructed her to create a false alibi and then slit his own throat. Marta cannot lie without vomiting, so she gives accurate but incomplete answers when questioned. She agrees to assist Blanc's investigation and conceals evidence incriminating her. At the reading of Harlan's will, Marta is bequeathed his entire fortune, stunning the Thrombeys. Harlan's grandson Ransom helps Marta escape the family, but coerces her into confessing to him. He offers help in exchange for a portion of Marta's inheritance. Meanwhile, the remaining Thrombeys try to persuade or threaten Marta into renouncing the inheritance, to no avail.

Marta receives a blackmail note containing a partial photocopy of Harlan's toxicology report. She and Ransom drive to the medical examiner's office to find it burned down. Marta receives an email proposing a rendezvous with the blackmailer. Blanc and the police spot them, and after a brief car chase, Ransom is arrested. At the rendezvous, Marta finds Fran drugged. She performs CPR and calls an ambulance. She confesses to Blanc but discovers that she's already been implicated by Ransom. Out of moral obligation, Marta believes she must confess to the Thrombeys, which would invalidate the bequest under the slayer rule.

Back at the mansion, Marta finds Fran's copy of the full toxicology report, which shows Harlan had only trace amounts of morphine in his blood. Blanc reveals his deductions to the police, Marta, and Ransom: that Harlan had told Ransom about his will, and that Ransom had then swapped Harlan's medicines to ensure that Marta would accidentally kill him and thus be ineligible to claim the inheritance. However, Marta actually gave Harlan the correct medication, recognizing it without reading the label due to her experience as a nurse, she was able to differentiate between the medications based on their viscosity; she only thought she had poisoned him after reading the label. When the death was reported as a suicide, Ransom anonymously hired Blanc to expose Marta. Fran saw Ransom tampering with the crime scene and sent him the blackmail note. After Ransom realized Marta was not responsible for Harlan's death, but Marta still thought she was, he forwarded the blackmail letter to Marta and burned down the medical examiner's office to destroy evidence of her innocence. He then overdosed Fran with morphine, intending for Marta to get caught with Fran's corpse.

The hospital calls; Marta relays that Fran survived and will implicate Ransom. He scoffs that since his attempt to kill Fran failed, his lawyers will help him escape arson and attempted murder charges. Marta then vomits on him, revealing that she lied: Fran is dead. Realizing he has confessed to the murder, with the conversation being recorded, Ransom attacks Marta with a knife from Harlan's collection, which turns out to be a retractable stage knife. The police promptly arrest him.

Blanc tells Marta he suspected early on that she played a part in Harlan's death, noting a drop of blood on her shoe. He tells her that her innocence prevailed because she made ethical choices all along that frustrated Ransom's attempts to incriminate her. As Ransom is taken into custody, Marta watches from the balcony of what is now her mansion, with the Thrombeys gathered outside.

Cast edit

Production edit

Development edit

 
Knives Out director Rian Johnson in 2017

Director Rian Johnson first conceived of Knives Out after the completion of his first major feature, the low budget thriller Brick (2005).[4] Rian was eager to create a contemporary whodunit mystery influenced from film adaptations of books by detective fiction writer Agatha Christie, which he enjoyed as a child.[4][5] His earliest vision of Knives Out was shaped by Alfred Hitchcock's advice regarding plot development, which argued that conventional whodunits too often relied on formulaic suspense, especially a climactic twist, to culminate the story.[6] Once he had determined the story's goal, Rian began conceiving ideas for the plot structure, the main one a framework of tonal shifts devised as a means of inciting tension in the story.[6][7] The greatest challenge for the director was modernizing a genre studios deemed too antiquated for release.[8]

Rian hoped to commit to Knives Out after the release of his science fiction thriller Looper (2012), but suspended the project once Lucasfilm hired him to direct Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017).[5][9] He embedded elements of the Knives Out story with his experience coping with the intense culture war backlash to his Star Wars work.[10] Rian began the scriptwriting by January 2018, immediately after finishing his press tour for The Last Jedi, in a process lasting six or seven months.[8][11][12] When the director showed a finished draft to friends, he recalled the response was cynical: "A few reactions were 'We like this kind of movie, but why do you want to do this?' That did give me pause, but I felt like I knew deep down inside why I wanted to do it."[12] Rian took the film's name from a Radiohead song, saying it was a good title for a murder mystery.[13]

Media coverage of Knives Out give conflicting accounts about the film's funding. One report circulated by Deadline claimed that MRC secured the script in an auction hosted by Creative Artists Agency and FilmNation to various investors at the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival.[14] This account has been disputed by longtime collaborator Ram Bergman, who maintains there was never an auction, but that MRC was always the intended financier because of their sustained success with mass market films by auteurs—directors that wield significant autonomy over the artistic vision of their projects.[15] Nevertheless, MRC financed the film's $40 million budget, plus generous backend compensation for Bergman, Rian, and Daniel Craig, per the condition of their agreement.[14] For Knives Out's commercial distribution, MRC partnered with Lionsgate after Lionsgate, seeking to rebound from a year of mediocre box office showings, purchased a partial share of the distribution rights.[16][17]

Casting edit

 
Actor Daniel Craig in 2022. Craig had intrigued Johnson for his non-James Bond repertoire.

Employing an ensemble cast of established stars was one of Rian's initial demands. He also drew upon the Agatha Christie movies, and chiefly Peter Ustinov-starred projects à la Death on the Nile (1978) and Evil Under the Sun (1982), for his casting choices because he felt they possessed a sense of spectacle worth replicating.[18] The filmmakers focused on actors available in the six week interim before shooting for Knives Out began. Actors were chosen based on their ability to stand out in bit speaking parts and master an exaggerated, but not caricatured, comic performance.[18] According to Rian, the film's rapid progress readily facilitated his desired casting ambitions.[12] Most of the Knives Out ensemble were signed in October and November 2018.[a] Rian named each of the characters after musicians he enjoyed because it was a simple practice to remember—for example, Joni Mitchell, Richard Thompson, and Steely Dan's Donald Fagen.[29]

Daniel Craig came to Rian's attention for his stage work and non-James Bond film roles. Rian regarded him as a versatile actor yearning to challenge his abilities in a playful comedy role.[12][18] Craig declined due to his contractual obligations to the then-forthcoming No Time to Die (2021), which was preparing to shoot around the same time, but logistical and creative disputes postponed the film's production by three months, giving the actor enough time to accept the offer.[11][30] Once he read his mailed copy of the script, Craig agreed to join as the writing's tone and humor captivated him.[11][31] The treatment of Blanc was not a fruitful task for Rian initially; his first conception had been a Hercule Poirot clone "that was just a bunch of crazy quirks". To distinguish the character, the director outlined Blanc as a slightly pompous man with a flamboyant Southern accent, turning to Craig's ongoing feedback for more unique characterization.[6] Craig undertook speech training with a dialect coach for two to three hours per day, studying playwright Tennessee Williams and author Shelby Foote, via interview footage from C-SPAN and the Ken Burns-helmed docuseries The Civil War (1990), to model Blanc's voice.[32]

 
 
Ana de Armas (pictured in 2018) and Chris Evans (pictured in 2020) play Marta Cabrera and Hugh Ransom Drysdale, respectively.

Casting director Mary Vernieu was responsible for hiring a suitable actress to portray Marta. She and the filmmakers did not favor one particular person for the part, unlike the other Knives Out characters, and scouted based on Rian's preference for a relatively unknown actress exhibiting an underdog quality.[33][34] They considered several candidates, including Ana de Armas, whose recent work piqued Vernieu's interest enough to be suggested in the casting discussions.[33] Rian was not familiar with de Armas' repertoire save for her starring role in Blade Runner 2049 (2017).[34] He liked her acting, but believed she appeared too sensual to convincingly portray Marta.[33][34] When Rian met the actress for her audition, he was astonished by her piercing eyes.[34] De Armas nearly passed the role because she found Marta's original character description clichéd. However, she was persuaded after reading the complete script, which emphasized resilience as a fundamental attribute of Marta.[35] Another aspect that resonated with de Armas was Marta's immigrant backstory.[36]

For the self-indulgent Ransom, Rian envisioned Chris Evans after seeing him in the Broadway revival of Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero, having been impressed with his performance as a contemptible villain.[11][37] Evans was known mainly for his live-action role as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and Rian exploited the actor's everyman persona to ignite tension between moviegoers and Ransom, saying, "You've got to see it not as baggage, but as ammunition. If there was someone in that part who the audience inherently wanted to like, that would help the arc overall."[37] Although Evans was preparing to take a hiatus after finishing his duties for Avengers: Endgame (2019), he reconsidered when the producers relayed they would film near his home in Massachusetts.[11]

The impression left by Toni Collette's Joni in the news was that she parodied Gwyneth Paltrow, but Rian and Collette assert Paltrow did not influence Colette's characterization. Collette said her biggest purpose was to find the humor in her character.[38] Christopher Plummer, in one of his final film appearances before his death in 2021,[39] described Harlan as a "stern, bright and rough-hewn" father with a crass sense of humor.[40] Michael Shannon did not audition for the role of Walt and was contracted following an arranged lunch with Rian in Brooklyn.[29] For the part of Linda, Jamie Lee Curtis sympathized with her backstory as a woman fiercely scrutinized for her privilege. She stated, "I've been an actress for a long time, and I am also the daughter of someone famous, and people have a funny way of taking away anything you do creatively and reduce it to your privilege. Linda is very defensive about the assumption that she was given anything, and I've had the same defense."[4] To prepare for her performance, Curtis immersed in activities she thought befitted her character's position as a matriarch, such as cooking meals.[4][41]

Filming edit

 
Estate of the Ames Mansion (pictured in 2010), which doubled for the Thrombey residence in interior scenes.

Bergman was already assembling the filmmaking crew while Rian made revisions to the script in early 2018.[4] Rian's instruction for the filmmakers was to find an estate that exuded Harlan's mystery writing sensibilities, citing the thriller Sleuth (1972) as a reference for recognizable visual elements.[42][43] Bergman toured several homes with his scouting team before centering the film's production on a pair of sprawling mansions in suburban Boston: a privately owned nineteenth-century Gothic Revival manor for exterior shots, and the Ames Mansion, a 20-room historic landmark anchoring the Borderland State Park in Easton.[43][44]

Most of the interior shots took place in the Ames Mansion, from intense confrontational scenes with Harlan and his relatives to conversational scenes of Blanc's investigation.[43] A problem that challenged the production was the logistics of the mansions, for neither had the sufficient space in the upper floors to realize Harlan's office or corresponding scenes. To rectify the issue, production designer David Crank constructed the office set, which included an adjacent hallway, on soundstages, working closely with Johnson to coordinate the movement of characters with the configuration of the homes and artificial sets.[43]

Principal photography began on October 30, 2018, under the pseudonym Morning Bell, in Maynard, Massachusetts.[45][46] Filmmakers converted vacant retail space into a laundromat in preparation for the first shoot.[47] Elsewhere in Greater Boston, filming occurred near a MBTA passenger rail station in downtown Natick, a private mid-century modern estate in Lincoln, Canton, Wellesley, Waltham, Medfield, and an unoccupied state-owned facility in Marlborough chosen for its rotund orientation.[b] The Marlborough shoot was the site for exterior scenes at the scorched medical examiner's office, involving pyrotechnics and a group of local firefighters as extras portraying an active firefighting operation.[53] Filming for the project took approximately 38 days, ending on December 20, 2018.[54][55] Knives Out qualified for a $10 million transferable tax credit on in-state costs from the Massachusetts commonwealth government.[56]

Cinematography edit

Knives Out was director of photography Steve Yedlin's fifth project with Rian. The two men storyboarded their visual composition ideas ahead of the principal photography, which did not describe the onscreen universe in depth.[57] Filming used a double-camera setup with two operators, one a longstanding collaborator of Yedlin's. Yedlin described the environment on set as experimental and visually creative.[55] He shot Knives Out in standard 1.85:1 aspect ratio from Alexa Mini cameras equipped with Zeiss Master Prime lenses. The Zeiss Prime's scaling capability supported the film's use of wide-angle shots. The filmmakers believed wider camera lenses emphasized the worldbuilding by showing characters in their surroundings.[55] They also deployed Panavision's PCZ Primo 19-90 and PZW 15-40 zoom lenses as zooming was customary for Rian's oeuvre.[55] Ultimately, Yedlin and production members adopted action building techniques centered on Robert Altman's cinematic style, through a complex system of whip pans, zooming, and camera dolly movements. Panavision's Hollywood office loaned camera equipment to assist the needs of the production.[55]

Part of Knives Out's production was devoted to realizing a specialized process of color grading for the film's visual effects, based on qualitative data collected from Yedlin's field research.[55][57] The cinematographer's usual strategy prioritized a lookup table (LUT) to augment a film's visual palette, and he observed the science of photochemistry to create his color grading formula.[55] Yedlin collaborated with FotoKem to flesh out properties of halation, gate weave, and granularity.[55] To illuminate interior mansion scenes, Yedlin supplemented sets with an overhead lighting contraption designed from Arri SkyPanels and custom RGBWW strip fixtures—a class of modulated multicolor strip lights—bundled in foam sheets for light diffusion. As well, he relied on computer software and a spectrometer to gauge the sunlight's chromaticity, its specified color quality, and requisite tones to generate the textural variation produced thereof.[55]

Set design edit

The scriptwriting contained few details about the design of the Thrombey residence, hence the estate's clearest vision emerged from conversations that Rian, Crank and set decorator David Schlesinger had over aesthetics.[58] The design team were drawn to the Ames Mansion because the original architectural elements had been preserved, endowing sets with an aged quality.[42] Crank and Schlesinger handled the sourcing, then arrangement, of props for interior mansion sets.[58][59] They located the film's decorative items from a range of businesses, souvenir collectors, and ordinary people in Boston and New York.[58][59] The script only specified details for a few objects; for the rest, the set decorator used Harlan’s imaginary oeuvre of mysteries as inspiration for his souvenirs and knickknacks.[58] A collection of automata, doll-like mechanical devices that imitate human mannerisms, was chief among the artifacts. The automata were costly, fragile and rare to obtain, requiring thorough scouting from the producers, and additional caveats—transportation, storage, rental fees—complicated the expense.[59] Schlesinger inquired multiple museums and private collectors before contacting the Morris Museum's Murtogh D. Guinness Collection in Morristown, New Jersey, one of the world's largest automata exhibits, but the Morris Museum prohibited all non-exhibition uses of their pieces.[59] They instead directed Schlesinger and his prop-makers to a local restorer, who owned a private collection, to negotiate. Upon approval, the producers hired another local collector to undertake the automata's transportation and installation to and from set.[59] Also present among the background props were large dollhouses, crime scene dioramas, Harlan's library of books, which were designed and arranged by decade, and a stash clock.[42][43][59]

Creation of Knives Out's most significant prop, the "Wheel of Knives", a throne chair positioned in front of a ringed display of knives, daunted the art department.[59] Although the chair was conceived as a library piece, the script did not explain any correlation to the story, and Crank said developing an established cause was "a long process".[42][59] The art department abandoned early concepts until they imagined a design with an armature and a chain from which to hang the display.[59]

Music edit

Main article: Knives Out (soundtrack)
 
Nathan Johnson recorded the Knives Out score at Abbey Road Studios in London (pictured in 2021).

Rian pitched Knives Out to composer Nathan Johnson—cousin and another frequent associate—as early as 2009.[60][61] Their first conversation concerned the context of music in opening scenes, and they sought a score that reflected the film's key events and drama with an abrasive classical sound.[60][62] Nathan recorded the Knives Out score with an orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London.[63] To prepare, the composer engaged the production while principal photography was active, visiting the set to forge a premise for melodic cues and motifs. This was an uncommon experience given the standard industry practice for composers is to work in post-production, after filming has finished.[60] "Knives Out! (String Quartet in G Minor)", the opening string quartet theme and Nathan's earliest contribution, served as the impetus for the album.[62][64] Nathan and Rian were compelled by an eclectic array of their favorite symphonic movie scores for Knives Out's musical direction, such as Death on the Nile, the compositions of Bernard Herrmann, and Lawrence of Arabia (1962).[62][64] The use of an orchestra distinguishes Knives Out from other Rian-directed films, which experimented with cheaper, unconventional instruments.[60] It was also Nathan's first large scale orchestral score, being experienced solely with small ensembles.[63]

Cut Narrative Records released the soundtrack on November 27, 2019, in tandem with the film's theatrical launch.[65]

Themes edit

Knives Out has been read as work that investigates class warfare, wealth inequality, immigration, and race in contemporary American society.[66][67][68] In interviews organized for the press junket, Bergman, Rian, and some of the actors expressed candid views of themes common in the Knives Out story, allowing multiple interpretations of the film.[37][66][69] Rian stated the central story neither condemns nor subscribes to a single ideology; rather, it was designed to provoke all moviegoers to contemplate.[66] Moreover, he saw whodunits as well-suited to scrutinize institutional power, a belief influenced by Christie's writings, work he considered indicative of a woman who, while not political, was attuned to British society throughout her life.[18][66]

Class warfare edit

Knives Out ranks with other turn-of-the-decade films—such as Ready or Not, Parasite, Hustlers, and Joker (all 2019)—in which class warfare is the unifying theme.[70][71] The film makes literal class struggle by framing Harlan's death as an explicit tale of good versus evil, Marta emerging as the heroine because of her humanity.[66][70] Whereas Marta is distraught from the moment Harlan dies, the surviving Thrombeys are fractured by greed, fueled by their stakes in Harlan's publishing fortune. They are ruthless and oblivious of Harlan's demise in a quest for wealth they feel entitled to control and seize by any means.[70][72] In this sense, it is the Thrombeys, not the elusive suspect per se, who represent the true villains.[70] Yet, in spite of the family's contempt for her and the working class, Marta resists their coercion thanks to her wit and moral convictions.[70][73] Much emphasis is placed on the alternating points of view of Marta's ordeal to reinforce chasms between the classes.[74] Fast Company's Joe Berkowitz argues this device forms the film's class consciousness.[74]

Eugene Nulman, the Senior Lecturer of Sociology at Birmingham City University, posits a Marxist interpretation of Knives Out. Marta is analyzed as an analog for healthcare workers made vulnerable in the COVID-19 pandemic by the failures of neoliberalism, and Nulman contends that the film presents the Thrombey family dynamic as an allegory for capitalism, each relative embodying bourgeois archetypes: the rentier class in Linda, the investor class in Walt, the celebrity class in Joni, the trust fund elite in Ransom, the right-wing establishment in Jacob, and the liberal establishment in Meg.[75][76] Harlan is the exception because his modest origins, class consciousness, and the family's exploitation of his labor define his circumstance.[76][77] For this reason, in Nulman's interpretation, Harlan's deliberate suicide and transfer of wealth to Marta are subversive acts that, alongside the Thrombeys' vilification of Marta (mirroring the status quo's counterrevolutionary force), suggest credence to the idea that capitalist exploitation can only be addressed by revolution.[75][77]

Race edit

Race was also examined in thematic studies of the film. Knives Out concentrates on a critique of white supremacy and liberal paternalism, comically depicting the Thrombey–Marta relationship through condescending affection and running gags about Marta's country of origin.[66][68] In his essay for White Supremacy and the American Media, professor Michael Blouin contests the film's analysis of white nationalism. Blouin argues that Knives Out resigns to Jeffersonian democratic ideals—liberal universalism, pragmatic reasoning, and an a priori sense of justice—that buttress a set of racialized assumptions. In doing so, in Blouin's words, all expressed antagonism is neutralized, therefore "depoliticizing a crisis that has so far proven to be resistant to the ideal prescribed by many white liberals."[78]

Narrative structure edit

In Knives Out, Rian experiments with narrative structure to generate suspense. The film begins in a traditional whodunit format that is subverted by two tonal shifts.[7] The first shift arranges the plot as a thriller by establishing Marta's reckoning with the manner of Harlan's death, her own implication, and quest to evade the investigation's purview as a cause of conflict, thus framing Blanc as the antagonist. It is in the second shift that, through plausible deniability, Marta's innocence is unequivocal.[7] This posed a significant writing challenge as Rian intended not only that Marta be a sympathetic character, but also be perceived as justified in her behavior. He was also keen to portray the extent an innocent person could go when threatened with incarceration.[7]

Release edit

Marketing edit

 
Jamie Lee Curtis at the Knives Out Toronto premiere

Knives Out premiered at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019, part of the fest's special presentations lineup.[79] The film then headlined the 14th Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas as the closing title, before concluding its North American festival itinerary at the Chicago International Film Festival's Centerpiece showcase.[80][81] In Europe, Knives Out debuted at the 63rd BFI London Film Festival as one of the event's gala entries, held October 2–13, 2019.[82]

Lionsgate supervised the film's advertising campaign. They commenced the promotional cycle in April 2019 with a showcasing preview at CinemaCon, where the first teaser trailer of the film was revealed, followed by another trade show exhibit at CineEurope that June.[83][84] One critical aspect of the marketing campaign was aggressive social media engagement. Early tactics focused on feel-good messaging, the film's campy humor and Thrombey family enterprises—the lattermost featuring Shannon, Collette, and Curtis in character—through video parodies and mock advertisements developed using website building platforms.[15][85] The campaign resumed in the weeks following Knives Out's late November release, when Ransom's off-white knitted Aran sweater went viral, prompting a brief renaming of the film's official Twitter account to "Chris Evans' Sweater Stan Account" as well as a merchandise giveaway to maximize publicity.[86] Ads reportedly intrigued mostly men but showed strong appeal with women of all ages.[87] For licensed artwork, Rian unveiled a set of colorful, brooding character posters in September 2019, each with the tagline, "Nothing brings a family together like murder."[88] The director additionally recorded interactive audio commentary to entice repeated business.[89]

Knives Out opened to theaters in North America and the United Kingdom on November 27, 2019.[82][90] The film's global rollout expanded to China, France, Australia, Russia, and 49 other overseas territories the second week.[91] Its final market was Japan, released on January 31, 2020.[92] Knives Out was seen by industry professionals as a potential hit based on interest sustained from enthusiastic pre-release reviews, the film's unique self-referentiality, and the ensemble's star power, especially Evans, Craig, and Curtis.[85] The success of the film was considered contingent on its ability to attract a broad audience rather than a niche demographic of adults.[15]

Home media edit

Lionsgate released Knives Out on digital formats on February 7, 2020, and on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K on February 25.[93] Physical copies include deleted scenes; a behind-the-scenes featurette; audio commentary from Johnson, Yedlin, and Noah Segan; an eight-part documentary; advertisements; and previously unaired press interviews.[93] It was the second-best selling DVD and Blu-ray release in its first week of US sales, selling 248,286 copies and earning $4.6 million.[94] By January 2023, the film had sold 1.47 million copies.[95] Knives Out is also available to authenticated Amazon subscribers via the company's Prime Video streaming service.[96]

Reception edit

Box office edit

Knives Out endured at the box office as a film targeting adults, in a theatrical season saturated with family blockbusters such as Frozen II.[15][97] It earned $165.4 million in the United States and Canada (52.8% of its earnings) and $147.5 million overseas (47.2%), for a worldwide total of $312.9 million, making it the 29th-highest-grossing film of 2019.[98] Of this figure, $82 million was estimated to have been yielded by the MRC–Lionsgate partnership in net profit, factoring in marketing, equipment, royalties, interest, and miscellaneous costs.[97] China was the most lucrative overseas market, and positive press buoyed the film's performance in that country.[15] The United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and France represented some of the film's largest takings.[99]

In the United States, after securing $2 million from advanced screenings, Knives Out received a wide release across 3,391 theaters.[87][100] The film benefitted from a five-day tracking period thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday Thursday. This enhanced the first week sum to $41.7 million, ahead of the three-week old Ford v Ferrari and second to Frozen II, which was in its second weekend.[85] Knives Out's opening gross nearly doubled the prognosticators' pre-release estimates of $22–25 million.[87] CinemaScore polls conducted during opening night revealed the average grade moviegoers gave the film was A− on an A+ to F scale. Screenings attracted mostly men, and approximately 73% were over 25 years of age, 46% over 35, and 63% white.[85] The second weekend saw Knives Out take another $14.2 million from 3,461 theaters, remaining the number two film, and earnings dropped by about 35% the following week.[101][102] In the fourth weekend, the film slipped to the number five position with a gross of $6.5 million, its theater count narrowing to slightly above 2,500, though box office figures improved by 50% for the Christmas holiday week (seventh, with $9.7 million).[103][104] Knives Out remained one of the top ten highest-grossing films for ten weeks, and the theater count stayed above 2,000 at the end of the year.[15][99] By February 2020, the film's domestic gross topped $159 million.[105]

Overseas, Knives Out's overall November 27 week rank was second to Frozen II at $28.3 million.[91] China comprised the largest portion of the earnings with $13.5 million, followed by the United Kingdom ($3.8 million from 632 theaters), Russia ($2 million from 1,451 theaters), Australia ($1.9 million from 282 theaters), and France (third, with $1.5 million from 437 theaters).[91] Knives Out sustained the box office momentum in China and the UK into the second weekend, resulting in a 20% drop in revenue in the latter.[106] After four weeks it had earned $27.9 million in China and $13.7 million in Britain.[107] The film's overseas expansion continued into mid-December, marked by key releases in South Korea (fourth, $1.7 million from 686 cinemas), Italy (third, $1.2 million from 362 cinemas), and Mexico (second, $1.1 million from 871 cinemas).[106] Christmas period saw reinvigorated ticket sales in France, Australia, and Britain, and in Russia, the New Year holiday bolstered the film's box office by 152% over the prior week.[92][107] Knives Out debuted as the top-grossing movie in Brazil when it premiered the weekend of December 12, earning $1.1 million.[108] On its inaugural weekend elsewhere, the film took $2.7 million in Germany and $665,000 in Austria.[92] Within a month, Knives Out's international gross exceeded $100 million.[107]

Critical response edit

 
 
Toni Collette in 2013 and Michael Shannon in 2015. Critics praised the Knives Out ensemble, and they were among several actors that received further praise for their work.

Knives Out opened to widely positive reviews, and, by the end of 2019, was considered one of the year's best films by the American Film Institute, National Board of Review, and the mainstream press in ranked lists.[109][110][111] A routinely discussed aspect in the media was the scriptwriting. Knives Out received notice for its unusual plot structure, with reviewers saying the film defied expectations by employing numerous narrative twists and satire of murder mystery tropes.[c] Film critics had high regard for director Rian's comic treatment of a traditional detective story;[d] it was described as "enjoyably, wackily serpentine",[118] with sardonic humor noted for its "sheen of smugness" by The New Yorker.[119] Although comparisons to source material based on tenor, humor, craftmanship, and faithfulness varied among professional opinions,[e] the story's play on perspective among the characters produced favorable responses.[f] According to Stephanie Zacharek for Time, the squabbling between characters who were avaricious, untrustworthy, and ostensibly driven by the same interest, provided the film's most entertaining moments.[118] The writing's political consciousness was cited among the strengths of Knives Out,[115][117][123] although the handling of ideas received occasional disapproval from others, such as The New York Times' Manohla Dargis and Uproxx, for being perceived as too vapid to resonate.[67][122] The least enthusiastic reviews accused the film of being convoluted, self-indulgent, and too reliant on exposition-dense dialogue to advance the story.[67][72][124] In December 2021, Knives Out's screenplay was listed number forty-nine on the Writers Guild of America's "101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (So Far)".[125]

The actors' performances was another major subject in the critiques. The Knives Out ensemble was warmly received, their work praised as "outstanding" and "wildly charismatic",[116][126] with rapport Vanity Fair ascribed to a shared conviction to the material.[117] Media were somewhat inclined to focus on Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas, but also gave individual notices to Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Chris Evans, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Christopher Plummer, and Noah Segan for their acting.[g] In particular, critics delighted in Craig's portrayal of an eccentric sleuth in expression and appearance,[h] the actor noted for emanating an "infectious enjoyment" onscreen.[79] De Armas, whose portrayal was described as "superb" and "wonderful",[127][132] drew similarly strong assessments of her character work from the likes of San Francisco Chronicle's Mick LaSalle and The Atlantic, among others, in what was considered a breakout performance.[116][117][130] Though the two actors were singled out for further praise because of their onscreen chemistry in conversational scenes,[123][127] neither they nor their costars were spared criticism. Dissenting opinions judged Craig's Southern accent harshly,[67][114][120] and Uproxx believed de Armas, as a lesser skilled actor, was at odds with the dramatic depth of her role.[67] A few actors were regarded as underused because of the ensemble's large size, which Uproxx argued reduced their interactions to a "constant, white noise-esque drone of overacting".[67][126][127]

On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Knives Out holds an approval rating of 97% based on 467 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The website's critics' consensus reads: "Knives Out sharpens old murder-mystery tropes with a keenly assembled suspense outing that makes brilliant use of writer-director Rian Johnson's stellar ensemble."[133] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on reviews from 52 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[134]

Accolades edit

Accolades received by Knives Out
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
AACTA International Awards January 3, 2020 Best International Supporting Actress Toni Collette Nominated [135]
Academy Awards February 9, 2020 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated [136]
Actors and Actresses Union Awards March 9, 2020 Best Actress in an International Production Ana de Armas Won [137]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards January 10, 2020 Best Screenplay, Original Rian Johnson Nominated [138]
American Cinema Editors Awards January 17, 2020 Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical Bob Ducsay Nominated [139]
[140]
American Film Institute Awards January 3, 2020 Top Ten Films of the Year Knives Out Won[i] [110]
Art Directors Guild Awards February 1, 2020 Best Contemporary Film David Crank Nominated [141]
Artios Awards January 30, 2020 Feature Big Budget – Comedy Mary Vernieu, Angela Peri, and Brett Howe Won [142]
Austin Film Critics Association Awards January 7, 2020 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated [143]
[144]
Best Ensemble Knives Out Won
British Academy Film Awards February 2, 2020 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated [145]
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 14, 2019 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated [146]
[147]
Best Art Direction Knives Out Nominated
Costume Designers Guild Awards January 28, 2020 Excellence in Contemporary Film Jenny Eagan Won [148]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 12, 2020 Best Acting Ensemble Knives Out Nominated [149]
Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated
Best Comedy Knives Out Nominated
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards December 9, 2019 Best Breakthrough Performance Ana de Armas Nominated [150]
Dorian Awards January 8, 2020 Screenplay of the Year Rian Johnson Nominated [151]
Campy Film of the Year Knives Out Nominated
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards January 10, 2020 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated [138]
Golden Globe Awards January 5, 2020 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Knives Out Nominated [152]
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Daniel Craig Nominated
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Ana de Armas Nominated
Golden Trailer Awards July 22, 2021 Most Original TV Spot (for a Feature Film) "Knives Out Knives" (Viacom Velocity) Nominated [153]
Best Viral Campaign for a Feature Film "Knives Out Knives" (Viacom Velocity) Nominated
"Sweater" (ZEALOT) Nominated
Hollywood Critics Association Awards January 9, 2020 Best Cast Knives Out Won [138]
Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society Awards January 2, 2020 Best Picture Knives Out Nominated [154]
[155]
Best Screenplay Rian Johnson Won
Imagen Awards September 24, 2020 Best Actress – Feature Film Ana de Armas Nominated [156]
London Film Critics' Circle Awards January 30, 2020 Film of the Year Knives Out Nominated [157]
[158]
National Board of Review Awards January 8, 2020 Top Ten Films Knives Out Won[i] [109]
Best Ensemble Knives Out Won
New York Film Critics Online Awards December 7, 2019 Best Ensemble Cast Mary Vernieu Won [159]
Online Film Critics Society Awards January 6, 2020 Best Picture Knives Out Nominated [160]
Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated
Best Acting Ensemble Knives Out Won
Producers Guild of America Awards January 18, 2020 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman Nominated [161]
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards December 16, 2019 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated [138]
Satellite Awards December 19, 2019 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Knives Out Nominated [162]
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Daniel Craig Nominated
Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Ana de Armas Nominated
Best Cast – Motion Picture Knives Out Won
Saturn Awards October 26, 2021 Best Thriller Film Knives Out Won [163]
[164]
Best Actor Daniel Craig Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Chris Evans Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Ana de Armas Won
Jamie Lee Curtis Nominated
Best Editing Bob Ducsay Won
Best Music Nathan Johnson Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards December 16, 2019 Best Ensemble Cast Knives Out Nominated [138]
Best Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards December 15, 2019 Best Comedy Knives Out Nominated [165]
Writers Guild of America Awards February 1, 2020 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated [166]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards December 8, 2019 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated [138]
Best Ensemble Knives Out Won

Sequels edit

Main article: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Rian was germinating ideas for a Knives Out sequel while the original film was still in theaters in 2019.[167][168] Lionsgate announced plans to develop the sequel in February 2020, but in March 2021, Netflix actually acquired the rights for two sequels for $469 million.[169][170] Although the terms of Lionsgate's distribution agreement gave the company bargaining leverage, Rian and Bergman owned the film's intellectual property and pursued a new distribution deal in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which severely hampered the immediate profit making viability of theaters.[171][172] Knives Out was followed by Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, released on Netflix on December 23, 2022 after a controversial one week platform theatrical rollout the previous November.[173] In the film, Blanc journeys to tech magnate Miles Bron's (Edward Norton) murder mystery-themed retreat to mingle with his circle of friends, but the event goes awry when two partygoers die under suspicious circumstances.[174] Glass Onion fared well in reviews by the media.[175] A third film is in development as of 2023.[176]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Attributed to multiple sources:[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
  2. ^ Attributed to multiple sources:[48][49][50][51][52]
  3. ^ Attributed to multiple sources:[67][73][112][113][114][115]
  4. ^ Attributed to multiple sources:[112][116][117]
  5. ^ Attributed to multiple sources:[72][114][115][79][120]
  6. ^ Attributed to multiple sources:[73][116][121][122]
  7. ^ Attributed to multiple sources:[73][112][116][117][121][122][127][128]
  8. ^ Attributed to multiple sources:[113][127][129][130][131]
  9. ^ a b This award does not have a single winner, but recognizes multiple films.

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For other uses see Knives Out disambiguation Knives Out is a 2019 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson Daniel Craig leads an eleven actor ensemble cast as Benoit Blanc famed private detective summoned to investigate the death of bestselling author Harlan Thrombey Christopher Plummer Although police rule Harlan s case a suicide Blanc suspects foul play and examines a host of clues and deceptive red herrings to ascertain his true manner of death Rian produced Knives Out with longtime collaborator Ram Bergman Lionsgate managed the film s commercial distribution and funding was sourced through MRC and a multimillion dollar tax subsidy from the Massachusetts state government Knives OutTheatrical release posterDirected byRian JohnsonWritten byRian JohnsonProduced byRam Bergman Rian JohnsonStarringDaniel Craig Chris Evans Ana de Armas Jamie Lee Curtis Michael Shannon Don Johnson Toni Collette LaKeith Stanfield Katherine Langford Jaeden Martell Christopher PlummerCinematographySteve YedlinEdited byBob DucsayMusic byNathan JohnsonProductioncompaniesMRC T Street Productions Ram Bergman ProductionsDistributed byLionsgateRelease datesSeptember 7 2019 2019 09 07 TIFF November 27 2019 2019 11 27 US Running time130 minutes 1 CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 40 million 2 Box office 312 9 million 3 Rian conceived Knives Out in the mid 2000s Seeking to modernize the whodunit films of the mid twentieth century the director s concept was influenced by his interest in big screen movie adaptations of Agatha Christie s stories Rian eventually pivoted to creation of his 2017 film Star Wars The Last Jedi halting further progress on Knives Out Development resumed the following year when Rian wrote the screenplay in six or seven months He devised a framework of tonal shifts to escalate tension between the characters and informed elements of the story with his experience coping with intense culture war backlash to The Last Jedi Principal photography began in October 2018 on a 40 million budget and wrapped that December Shooting took place on location in suburban Boston Nathan Johnson composed the film s classical score which drew on an eclectic array of his and Rian s favorite symphonic movie scores Knives Out has been read as work that investigates class warfare wealth inequality immigration and race in contemporary American society Knives Out premiered at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on September 7 2019 and was distributed to American theaters on November 27 to major critical and commercial success It was chosen as one of the year s top films by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute and finished the theatrical run grossing 312 9 million at the global box office Critics distinguished the film s plot and actors for praise though some aspects of the writing and performance drew occasional criticism Knives Out was nominated for multiple awards among them three Golden Globes a BAFTA and an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay The success of Knives Out spawned a standalone sequel Glass Onion A Knives Out Mystery released in 2022 on Netflix and a third film that is in development as of 2024 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3 1 Development 3 2 Casting 3 3 Filming 3 4 Cinematography 3 5 Set design 3 6 Music 4 Themes 4 1 Class warfare 4 2 Race 4 3 Narrative structure 5 Release 5 1 Marketing 5 2 Home media 6 Reception 6 1 Box office 6 2 Critical response 6 3 Accolades 7 Sequels 8 Notes 9 References 9 1 Citations 9 2 Bibliography 10 External linksPlot editThe family of Harlan Thrombey a wealthy mystery novelist attends his 85th birthday party at his Massachusetts mansion The next morning Harlan s housekeeper Fran discovers him dead with a slit throat Police detectives Lieutenant Elliot and Trooper Wagner believe Harlan committed suicide but private detective Benoit Blanc is anonymously hired to investigate Blanc learns that Harlan had strained relationships with his family members giving several of them possible motives for murder Unknown to Blanc Harlan s nurse Marta Cabrera believes she injected Harlan with a lethal dose of morphine after mixing up his medications the night after the party Harlan instructed her to create a false alibi and then slit his own throat Marta cannot lie without vomiting so she gives accurate but incomplete answers when questioned She agrees to assist Blanc s investigation and conceals evidence incriminating her At the reading of Harlan s will Marta is bequeathed his entire fortune stunning the Thrombeys Harlan s grandson Ransom helps Marta escape the family but coerces her into confessing to him He offers help in exchange for a portion of Marta s inheritance Meanwhile the remaining Thrombeys try to persuade or threaten Marta into renouncing the inheritance to no avail Marta receives a blackmail note containing a partial photocopy of Harlan s toxicology report She and Ransom drive to the medical examiner s office to find it burned down Marta receives an email proposing a rendezvous with the blackmailer Blanc and the police spot them and after a brief car chase Ransom is arrested At the rendezvous Marta finds Fran drugged She performs CPR and calls an ambulance She confesses to Blanc but discovers that she s already been implicated by Ransom Out of moral obligation Marta believes she must confess to the Thrombeys which would invalidate the bequest under the slayer rule Back at the mansion Marta finds Fran s copy of the full toxicology report which shows Harlan had only trace amounts of morphine in his blood Blanc reveals his deductions to the police Marta and Ransom that Harlan had told Ransom about his will and that Ransom had then swapped Harlan s medicines to ensure that Marta would accidentally kill him and thus be ineligible to claim the inheritance However Marta actually gave Harlan the correct medication recognizing it without reading the label due to her experience as a nurse she was able to differentiate between the medications based on their viscosity she only thought she had poisoned him after reading the label When the death was reported as a suicide Ransom anonymously hired Blanc to expose Marta Fran saw Ransom tampering with the crime scene and sent him the blackmail note After Ransom realized Marta was not responsible for Harlan s death but Marta still thought she was he forwarded the blackmail letter to Marta and burned down the medical examiner s office to destroy evidence of her innocence He then overdosed Fran with morphine intending for Marta to get caught with Fran s corpse The hospital calls Marta relays that Fran survived and will implicate Ransom He scoffs that since his attempt to kill Fran failed his lawyers will help him escape arson and attempted murder charges Marta then vomits on him revealing that she lied Fran is dead Realizing he has confessed to the murder with the conversation being recorded Ransom attacks Marta with a knife from Harlan s collection which turns out to be a retractable stage knife The police promptly arrest him Blanc tells Marta he suspected early on that she played a part in Harlan s death noting a drop of blood on her shoe He tells her that her innocence prevailed because she made ethical choices all along that frustrated Ransom s attempts to incriminate her As Ransom is taken into custody Marta watches from the balcony of what is now her mansion with the Thrombeys gathered outside Cast editDaniel Craig as Benoit Blanc a private detective Chris Evans as Hugh Ransom Drysdale Linda and Richard s son Ana de Armas as Marta Cabrera Harlan s nurse Jamie Lee Curtis as Linda Drysdale Harlan s eldest daughter Michael Shannon as Walt Thrombey Harlan s youngest son Don Johnson as Richard Drysdale Linda s husband Toni Collette as Joni Thrombey the widow of Harlan s deceased son Neil LaKeith Stanfield as Detective Lieutenant Elliott Katherine Langford as Meg Thrombey Joni s daughter Jaeden Martell as Jacob Thrombey Walt s son Frank Oz as Alan Stevens Harlan s counsel Riki Lindhome as Donna Thrombey Walt s wife Edi Patterson as Fran Harlan s housekeeper K Callan as Wanetta Great Nana Thrombey Harlan s mother Noah Segan as Trooper Wagner a police officer Christopher Plummer as Harlan Thrombey an 85 year old best selling crime novelist M Emmet Walsh as Mr Proofroc a security guard Marlene Forte as Mrs Cabrera Marta s mother Shyrley Rodriguez as Alice Cabrera Marta s sister Kerry Frances as Sally Alan s assistant Joseph Gordon Levitt as Detective Hardrock voice cameo Production editDevelopment edit nbsp Knives Out director Rian Johnson in 2017 Director Rian Johnson first conceived of Knives Out after the completion of his first major feature the low budget thriller Brick 2005 4 Rian was eager to create a contemporary whodunit mystery influenced from film adaptations of books by detective fiction writer Agatha Christie which he enjoyed as a child 4 5 His earliest vision of Knives Out was shaped by Alfred Hitchcock s advice regarding plot development which argued that conventional whodunits too often relied on formulaic suspense especially a climactic twist to culminate the story 6 Once he had determined the story s goal Rian began conceiving ideas for the plot structure the main one a framework of tonal shifts devised as a means of inciting tension in the story 6 7 The greatest challenge for the director was modernizing a genre studios deemed too antiquated for release 8 Rian hoped to commit to Knives Out after the release of his science fiction thriller Looper 2012 but suspended the project once Lucasfilm hired him to direct Star Wars The Last Jedi 2017 5 9 He embedded elements of the Knives Out story with his experience coping with the intense culture war backlash to his Star Wars work 10 Rian began the scriptwriting by January 2018 immediately after finishing his press tour for The Last Jedi in a process lasting six or seven months 8 11 12 When the director showed a finished draft to friends he recalled the response was cynical A few reactions were We like this kind of movie but why do you want to do this That did give me pause but I felt like I knew deep down inside why I wanted to do it 12 Rian took the film s name from a Radiohead song saying it was a good title for a murder mystery 13 Media coverage of Knives Out give conflicting accounts about the film s funding One report circulated by Deadline claimed that MRC secured the script in an auction hosted by Creative Artists Agency and FilmNation to various investors at the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival 14 This account has been disputed by longtime collaborator Ram Bergman who maintains there was never an auction but that MRC was always the intended financier because of their sustained success with mass market films by auteurs directors that wield significant autonomy over the artistic vision of their projects 15 Nevertheless MRC financed the film s 40 million budget plus generous backend compensation for Bergman Rian and Daniel Craig per the condition of their agreement 14 For Knives Out s commercial distribution MRC partnered with Lionsgate after Lionsgate seeking to rebound from a year of mediocre box office showings purchased a partial share of the distribution rights 16 17 Casting edit nbsp Actor Daniel Craig in 2022 Craig had intrigued Johnson for his non James Bond repertoire Employing an ensemble cast of established stars was one of Rian s initial demands He also drew upon the Agatha Christie movies and chiefly Peter Ustinov starred projects a la Death on the Nile 1978 and Evil Under the Sun 1982 for his casting choices because he felt they possessed a sense of spectacle worth replicating 18 The filmmakers focused on actors available in the six week interim before shooting for Knives Out began Actors were chosen based on their ability to stand out in bit speaking parts and master an exaggerated but not caricatured comic performance 18 According to Rian the film s rapid progress readily facilitated his desired casting ambitions 12 Most of the Knives Out ensemble were signed in October and November 2018 a Rian named each of the characters after musicians he enjoyed because it was a simple practice to remember for example Joni Mitchell Richard Thompson and Steely Dan s Donald Fagen 29 Daniel Craig came to Rian s attention for his stage work and non James Bond film roles Rian regarded him as a versatile actor yearning to challenge his abilities in a playful comedy role 12 18 Craig declined due to his contractual obligations to the then forthcoming No Time to Die 2021 which was preparing to shoot around the same time but logistical and creative disputes postponed the film s production by three months giving the actor enough time to accept the offer 11 30 Once he read his mailed copy of the script Craig agreed to join as the writing s tone and humor captivated him 11 31 The treatment of Blanc was not a fruitful task for Rian initially his first conception had been a Hercule Poirot clone that was just a bunch of crazy quirks To distinguish the character the director outlined Blanc as a slightly pompous man with a flamboyant Southern accent turning to Craig s ongoing feedback for more unique characterization 6 Craig undertook speech training with a dialect coach for two to three hours per day studying playwright Tennessee Williams and author Shelby Foote via interview footage from C SPAN and the Ken Burns helmed docuseries The Civil War 1990 to model Blanc s voice 32 nbsp nbsp Ana de Armas pictured in 2018 and Chris Evans pictured in 2020 play Marta Cabrera and Hugh Ransom Drysdale respectively Casting director Mary Vernieu was responsible for hiring a suitable actress to portray Marta She and the filmmakers did not favor one particular person for the part unlike the other Knives Out characters and scouted based on Rian s preference for a relatively unknown actress exhibiting an underdog quality 33 34 They considered several candidates including Ana de Armas whose recent work piqued Vernieu s interest enough to be suggested in the casting discussions 33 Rian was not familiar with de Armas repertoire save for her starring role in Blade Runner 2049 2017 34 He liked her acting but believed she appeared too sensual to convincingly portray Marta 33 34 When Rian met the actress for her audition he was astonished by her piercing eyes 34 De Armas nearly passed the role because she found Marta s original character description cliched However she was persuaded after reading the complete script which emphasized resilience as a fundamental attribute of Marta 35 Another aspect that resonated with de Armas was Marta s immigrant backstory 36 For the self indulgent Ransom Rian envisioned Chris Evans after seeing him in the Broadway revival of Kenneth Lonergan s Lobby Hero having been impressed with his performance as a contemptible villain 11 37 Evans was known mainly for his live action role as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe MCU and Rian exploited the actor s everyman persona to ignite tension between moviegoers and Ransom saying You ve got to see it not as baggage but as ammunition If there was someone in that part who the audience inherently wanted to like that would help the arc overall 37 Although Evans was preparing to take a hiatus after finishing his duties for Avengers Endgame 2019 he reconsidered when the producers relayed they would film near his home in Massachusetts 11 The impression left by Toni Collette s Joni in the news was that she parodied Gwyneth Paltrow but Rian and Collette assert Paltrow did not influence Colette s characterization Collette said her biggest purpose was to find the humor in her character 38 Christopher Plummer in one of his final film appearances before his death in 2021 39 described Harlan as a stern bright and rough hewn father with a crass sense of humor 40 Michael Shannon did not audition for the role of Walt and was contracted following an arranged lunch with Rian in Brooklyn 29 For the part of Linda Jamie Lee Curtis sympathized with her backstory as a woman fiercely scrutinized for her privilege She stated I ve been an actress for a long time and I am also the daughter of someone famous and people have a funny way of taking away anything you do creatively and reduce it to your privilege Linda is very defensive about the assumption that she was given anything and I ve had the same defense 4 To prepare for her performance Curtis immersed in activities she thought befitted her character s position as a matriarch such as cooking meals 4 41 Filming edit nbsp Estate of the Ames Mansion pictured in 2010 which doubled for the Thrombey residence in interior scenes Bergman was already assembling the filmmaking crew while Rian made revisions to the script in early 2018 4 Rian s instruction for the filmmakers was to find an estate that exuded Harlan s mystery writing sensibilities citing the thriller Sleuth 1972 as a reference for recognizable visual elements 42 43 Bergman toured several homes with his scouting team before centering the film s production on a pair of sprawling mansions in suburban Boston a privately owned nineteenth century Gothic Revival manor for exterior shots and the Ames Mansion a 20 room historic landmark anchoring the Borderland State Park in Easton 43 44 Most of the interior shots took place in the Ames Mansion from intense confrontational scenes with Harlan and his relatives to conversational scenes of Blanc s investigation 43 A problem that challenged the production was the logistics of the mansions for neither had the sufficient space in the upper floors to realize Harlan s office or corresponding scenes To rectify the issue production designer David Crank constructed the office set which included an adjacent hallway on soundstages working closely with Johnson to coordinate the movement of characters with the configuration of the homes and artificial sets 43 Principal photography began on October 30 2018 under the pseudonym Morning Bell in Maynard Massachusetts 45 46 Filmmakers converted vacant retail space into a laundromat in preparation for the first shoot 47 Elsewhere in Greater Boston filming occurred near a MBTA passenger rail station in downtown Natick a private mid century modern estate in Lincoln Canton Wellesley Waltham Medfield and an unoccupied state owned facility in Marlborough chosen for its rotund orientation b The Marlborough shoot was the site for exterior scenes at the scorched medical examiner s office involving pyrotechnics and a group of local firefighters as extras portraying an active firefighting operation 53 Filming for the project took approximately 38 days ending on December 20 2018 54 55 Knives Out qualified for a 10 million transferable tax credit on in state costs from the Massachusetts commonwealth government 56 Cinematography edit Knives Out was director of photography Steve Yedlin s fifth project with Rian The two men storyboarded their visual composition ideas ahead of the principal photography which did not describe the onscreen universe in depth 57 Filming used a double camera setup with two operators one a longstanding collaborator of Yedlin s Yedlin described the environment on set as experimental and visually creative 55 He shot Knives Out in standard 1 85 1 aspect ratio from Alexa Mini cameras equipped with Zeiss Master Prime lenses The Zeiss Prime s scaling capability supported the film s use of wide angle shots The filmmakers believed wider camera lenses emphasized the worldbuilding by showing characters in their surroundings 55 They also deployed Panavision s PCZ Primo 19 90 and PZW 15 40 zoom lenses as zooming was customary for Rian s oeuvre 55 Ultimately Yedlin and production members adopted action building techniques centered on Robert Altman s cinematic style through a complex system of whip pans zooming and camera dolly movements Panavision s Hollywood office loaned camera equipment to assist the needs of the production 55 Part of Knives Out s production was devoted to realizing a specialized process of color grading for the film s visual effects based on qualitative data collected from Yedlin s field research 55 57 The cinematographer s usual strategy prioritized a lookup table LUT to augment a film s visual palette and he observed the science of photochemistry to create his color grading formula 55 Yedlin collaborated with FotoKem to flesh out properties of halation gate weave and granularity 55 To illuminate interior mansion scenes Yedlin supplemented sets with an overhead lighting contraption designed from Arri SkyPanels and custom RGBWW strip fixtures a class of modulated multicolor strip lights bundled in foam sheets for light diffusion As well he relied on computer software and a spectrometer to gauge the sunlight s chromaticity its specified color quality and requisite tones to generate the textural variation produced thereof 55 Set design edit The scriptwriting contained few details about the design of the Thrombey residence hence the estate s clearest vision emerged from conversations that Rian Crank and set decorator David Schlesinger had over aesthetics 58 The design team were drawn to the Ames Mansion because the original architectural elements had been preserved endowing sets with an aged quality 42 Crank and Schlesinger handled the sourcing then arrangement of props for interior mansion sets 58 59 They located the film s decorative items from a range of businesses souvenir collectors and ordinary people in Boston and New York 58 59 The script only specified details for a few objects for the rest the set decorator used Harlan s imaginary oeuvre of mysteries as inspiration for his souvenirs and knickknacks 58 A collection of automata doll like mechanical devices that imitate human mannerisms was chief among the artifacts The automata were costly fragile and rare to obtain requiring thorough scouting from the producers and additional caveats transportation storage rental fees complicated the expense 59 Schlesinger inquired multiple museums and private collectors before contacting the Morris Museum s Murtogh D Guinness Collection in Morristown New Jersey one of the world s largest automata exhibits but the Morris Museum prohibited all non exhibition uses of their pieces 59 They instead directed Schlesinger and his prop makers to a local restorer who owned a private collection to negotiate Upon approval the producers hired another local collector to undertake the automata s transportation and installation to and from set 59 Also present among the background props were large dollhouses crime scene dioramas Harlan s library of books which were designed and arranged by decade and a stash clock 42 43 59 Creation of Knives Out s most significant prop the Wheel of Knives a throne chair positioned in front of a ringed display of knives daunted the art department 59 Although the chair was conceived as a library piece the script did not explain any correlation to the story and Crank said developing an established cause was a long process 42 59 The art department abandoned early concepts until they imagined a design with an armature and a chain from which to hang the display 59 Music edit Main article Knives Out soundtrack nbsp Nathan Johnson recorded the Knives Out score at Abbey Road Studios in London pictured in 2021 Rian pitched Knives Out to composer Nathan Johnson cousin and another frequent associate as early as 2009 60 61 Their first conversation concerned the context of music in opening scenes and they sought a score that reflected the film s key events and drama with an abrasive classical sound 60 62 Nathan recorded the Knives Out score with an orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London 63 To prepare the composer engaged the production while principal photography was active visiting the set to forge a premise for melodic cues and motifs This was an uncommon experience given the standard industry practice for composers is to work in post production after filming has finished 60 Knives Out String Quartet in G Minor the opening string quartet theme and Nathan s earliest contribution served as the impetus for the album 62 64 Nathan and Rian were compelled by an eclectic array of their favorite symphonic movie scores for Knives Out s musical direction such as Death on the Nile the compositions of Bernard Herrmann and Lawrence of Arabia 1962 62 64 The use of an orchestra distinguishes Knives Out from other Rian directed films which experimented with cheaper unconventional instruments 60 It was also Nathan s first large scale orchestral score being experienced solely with small ensembles 63 Cut Narrative Records released the soundtrack on November 27 2019 in tandem with the film s theatrical launch 65 Themes editKnives Out has been read as work that investigates class warfare wealth inequality immigration and race in contemporary American society 66 67 68 In interviews organized for the press junket Bergman Rian and some of the actors expressed candid views of themes common in the Knives Out story allowing multiple interpretations of the film 37 66 69 Rian stated the central story neither condemns nor subscribes to a single ideology rather it was designed to provoke all moviegoers to contemplate 66 Moreover he saw whodunits as well suited to scrutinize institutional power a belief influenced by Christie s writings work he considered indicative of a woman who while not political was attuned to British society throughout her life 18 66 Class warfare edit Knives Out ranks with other turn of the decade films such as Ready or Not Parasite Hustlers and Joker all 2019 in which class warfare is the unifying theme 70 71 The film makes literal class struggle by framing Harlan s death as an explicit tale of good versus evil Marta emerging as the heroine because of her humanity 66 70 Whereas Marta is distraught from the moment Harlan dies the surviving Thrombeys are fractured by greed fueled by their stakes in Harlan s publishing fortune They are ruthless and oblivious of Harlan s demise in a quest for wealth they feel entitled to control and seize by any means 70 72 In this sense it is the Thrombeys not the elusive suspect per se who represent the true villains 70 Yet in spite of the family s contempt for her and the working class Marta resists their coercion thanks to her wit and moral convictions 70 73 Much emphasis is placed on the alternating points of view of Marta s ordeal to reinforce chasms between the classes 74 Fast Company s Joe Berkowitz argues this device forms the film s class consciousness 74 Eugene Nulman the Senior Lecturer of Sociology at Birmingham City University posits a Marxist interpretation of Knives Out Marta is analyzed as an analog for healthcare workers made vulnerable in the COVID 19 pandemic by the failures of neoliberalism and Nulman contends that the film presents the Thrombey family dynamic as an allegory for capitalism each relative embodying bourgeois archetypes the rentier class in Linda the investor class in Walt the celebrity class in Joni the trust fund elite in Ransom the right wing establishment in Jacob and the liberal establishment in Meg 75 76 Harlan is the exception because his modest origins class consciousness and the family s exploitation of his labor define his circumstance 76 77 For this reason in Nulman s interpretation Harlan s deliberate suicide and transfer of wealth to Marta are subversive acts that alongside the Thrombeys vilification of Marta mirroring the status quo s counterrevolutionary force suggest credence to the idea that capitalist exploitation can only be addressed by revolution 75 77 Race edit Race was also examined in thematic studies of the film Knives Out concentrates on a critique of white supremacy and liberal paternalism comically depicting the Thrombey Marta relationship through condescending affection and running gags about Marta s country of origin 66 68 In his essay for White Supremacy and the American Media professor Michael Blouin contests the film s analysis of white nationalism Blouin argues that Knives Out resigns to Jeffersonian democratic ideals liberal universalism pragmatic reasoning and an a priori sense of justice that buttress a set of racialized assumptions In doing so in Blouin s words all expressed antagonism is neutralized therefore depoliticizing a crisis that has so far proven to be resistant to the ideal prescribed by many white liberals 78 Narrative structure edit In Knives Out Rian experiments with narrative structure to generate suspense The film begins in a traditional whodunit format that is subverted by two tonal shifts 7 The first shift arranges the plot as a thriller by establishing Marta s reckoning with the manner of Harlan s death her own implication and quest to evade the investigation s purview as a cause of conflict thus framing Blanc as the antagonist It is in the second shift that through plausible deniability Marta s innocence is unequivocal 7 This posed a significant writing challenge as Rian intended not only that Marta be a sympathetic character but also be perceived as justified in her behavior He was also keen to portray the extent an innocent person could go when threatened with incarceration 7 Release editMarketing edit nbsp Jamie Lee Curtis at the Knives Out Toronto premiere Knives Out premiered at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on September 7 2019 part of the fest s special presentations lineup 79 The film then headlined the 14th Fantastic Fest in Austin Texas as the closing title before concluding its North American festival itinerary at the Chicago International Film Festival s Centerpiece showcase 80 81 In Europe Knives Out debuted at the 63rd BFI London Film Festival as one of the event s gala entries held October 2 13 2019 82 Lionsgate supervised the film s advertising campaign They commenced the promotional cycle in April 2019 with a showcasing preview at CinemaCon where the first teaser trailer of the film was revealed followed by another trade show exhibit at CineEurope that June 83 84 One critical aspect of the marketing campaign was aggressive social media engagement Early tactics focused on feel good messaging the film s campy humor and Thrombey family enterprises the lattermost featuring Shannon Collette and Curtis in character through video parodies and mock advertisements developed using website building platforms 15 85 The campaign resumed in the weeks following Knives Out s late November release when Ransom s off white knitted Aran sweater went viral prompting a brief renaming of the film s official Twitter account to Chris Evans Sweater Stan Account as well as a merchandise giveaway to maximize publicity 86 Ads reportedly intrigued mostly men but showed strong appeal with women of all ages 87 For licensed artwork Rian unveiled a set of colorful brooding character posters in September 2019 each with the tagline Nothing brings a family together like murder 88 The director additionally recorded interactive audio commentary to entice repeated business 89 Knives Out opened to theaters in North America and the United Kingdom on November 27 2019 82 90 The film s global rollout expanded to China France Australia Russia and 49 other overseas territories the second week 91 Its final market was Japan released on January 31 2020 92 Knives Out was seen by industry professionals as a potential hit based on interest sustained from enthusiastic pre release reviews the film s unique self referentiality and the ensemble s star power especially Evans Craig and Curtis 85 The success of the film was considered contingent on its ability to attract a broad audience rather than a niche demographic of adults 15 Home media edit Lionsgate released Knives Out on digital formats on February 7 2020 and on DVD Blu ray and 4K on February 25 93 Physical copies include deleted scenes a behind the scenes featurette audio commentary from Johnson Yedlin and Noah Segan an eight part documentary advertisements and previously unaired press interviews 93 It was the second best selling DVD and Blu ray release in its first week of US sales selling 248 286 copies and earning 4 6 million 94 By January 2023 the film had sold 1 47 million copies 95 Knives Out is also available to authenticated Amazon subscribers via the company s Prime Video streaming service 96 Reception editBox office edit Knives Out endured at the box office as a film targeting adults in a theatrical season saturated with family blockbusters such as Frozen II 15 97 It earned 165 4 million in the United States and Canada 52 8 of its earnings and 147 5 million overseas 47 2 for a worldwide total of 312 9 million making it the 29th highest grossing film of 2019 98 Of this figure 82 million was estimated to have been yielded by the MRC Lionsgate partnership in net profit factoring in marketing equipment royalties interest and miscellaneous costs 97 China was the most lucrative overseas market and positive press buoyed the film s performance in that country 15 The United Kingdom Germany Australia and France represented some of the film s largest takings 99 In the United States after securing 2 million from advanced screenings Knives Out received a wide release across 3 391 theaters 87 100 The film benefitted from a five day tracking period thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday Thursday This enhanced the first week sum to 41 7 million ahead of the three week old Ford v Ferrari and second to Frozen II which was in its second weekend 85 Knives Out s opening gross nearly doubled the prognosticators pre release estimates of 22 25 million 87 CinemaScore polls conducted during opening night revealed the average grade moviegoers gave the film was A on an A to F scale Screenings attracted mostly men and approximately 73 were over 25 years of age 46 over 35 and 63 white 85 The second weekend saw Knives Out take another 14 2 million from 3 461 theaters remaining the number two film and earnings dropped by about 35 the following week 101 102 In the fourth weekend the film slipped to the number five position with a gross of 6 5 million its theater count narrowing to slightly above 2 500 though box office figures improved by 50 for the Christmas holiday week seventh with 9 7 million 103 104 Knives Out remained one of the top ten highest grossing films for ten weeks and the theater count stayed above 2 000 at the end of the year 15 99 By February 2020 the film s domestic gross topped 159 million 105 Overseas Knives Out s overall November 27 week rank was second to Frozen II at 28 3 million 91 China comprised the largest portion of the earnings with 13 5 million followed by the United Kingdom 3 8 million from 632 theaters Russia 2 million from 1 451 theaters Australia 1 9 million from 282 theaters and France third with 1 5 million from 437 theaters 91 Knives Out sustained the box office momentum in China and the UK into the second weekend resulting in a 20 drop in revenue in the latter 106 After four weeks it had earned 27 9 million in China and 13 7 million in Britain 107 The film s overseas expansion continued into mid December marked by key releases in South Korea fourth 1 7 million from 686 cinemas Italy third 1 2 million from 362 cinemas and Mexico second 1 1 million from 871 cinemas 106 Christmas period saw reinvigorated ticket sales in France Australia and Britain and in Russia the New Year holiday bolstered the film s box office by 152 over the prior week 92 107 Knives Out debuted as the top grossing movie in Brazil when it premiered the weekend of December 12 earning 1 1 million 108 On its inaugural weekend elsewhere the film took 2 7 million in Germany and 665 000 in Austria 92 Within a month Knives Out s international gross exceeded 100 million 107 Critical response edit nbsp nbsp Toni Collette in 2013 and Michael Shannon in 2015 Critics praised the Knives Out ensemble and they were among several actors that received further praise for their work Knives Out opened to widely positive reviews and by the end of 2019 was considered one of the year s best films by the American Film Institute National Board of Review and the mainstream press in ranked lists 109 110 111 A routinely discussed aspect in the media was the scriptwriting Knives Out received notice for its unusual plot structure with reviewers saying the film defied expectations by employing numerous narrative twists and satire of murder mystery tropes c Film critics had high regard for director Rian s comic treatment of a traditional detective story d it was described as enjoyably wackily serpentine 118 with sardonic humor noted for its sheen of smugness by The New Yorker 119 Although comparisons to source material based on tenor humor craftmanship and faithfulness varied among professional opinions e the story s play on perspective among the characters produced favorable responses f According to Stephanie Zacharek for Time the squabbling between characters who were avaricious untrustworthy and ostensibly driven by the same interest provided the film s most entertaining moments 118 The writing s political consciousness was cited among the strengths of Knives Out 115 117 123 although the handling of ideas received occasional disapproval from others such as The New York Times Manohla Dargis and Uproxx for being perceived as too vapid to resonate 67 122 The least enthusiastic reviews accused the film of being convoluted self indulgent and too reliant on exposition dense dialogue to advance the story 67 72 124 In December 2021 Knives Out s screenplay was listed number forty nine on the Writers Guild of America s 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century So Far 125 The actors performances was another major subject in the critiques The Knives Out ensemble was warmly received their work praised as outstanding and wildly charismatic 116 126 with rapport Vanity Fair ascribed to a shared conviction to the material 117 Media were somewhat inclined to focus on Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas but also gave individual notices to Jamie Lee Curtis Toni Collette Chris Evans Don Johnson Michael Shannon Christopher Plummer and Noah Segan for their acting g In particular critics delighted in Craig s portrayal of an eccentric sleuth in expression and appearance h the actor noted for emanating an infectious enjoyment onscreen 79 De Armas whose portrayal was described as superb and wonderful 127 132 drew similarly strong assessments of her character work from the likes of San Francisco Chronicle s Mick LaSalle and The Atlantic among others in what was considered a breakout performance 116 117 130 Though the two actors were singled out for further praise because of their onscreen chemistry in conversational scenes 123 127 neither they nor their costars were spared criticism Dissenting opinions judged Craig s Southern accent harshly 67 114 120 and Uproxx believed de Armas as a lesser skilled actor was at odds with the dramatic depth of her role 67 A few actors were regarded as underused because of the ensemble s large size which Uproxx argued reduced their interactions to a constant white noise esque drone of overacting 67 126 127 On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes Knives Out holds an approval rating of 97 based on 467 reviews with an average rating of 8 3 10 The website s critics consensus reads Knives Out sharpens old murder mystery tropes with a keenly assembled suspense outing that makes brilliant use of writer director Rian Johnson s stellar ensemble 133 Metacritic which uses a weighted average assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100 based on reviews from 52 critics indicating universal acclaim 134 Accolades edit Accolades received by Knives Out Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient s Result Ref AACTA International Awards January 3 2020 Best International Supporting Actress Toni Collette Nominated 135 Academy Awards February 9 2020 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated 136 Actors and Actresses Union Awards March 9 2020 Best Actress in an International Production Ana de Armas Won 137 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards January 10 2020 Best Screenplay Original Rian Johnson Nominated 138 American Cinema Editors Awards January 17 2020 Best Edited Feature Film Comedy or Musical Bob Ducsay Nominated 139 140 American Film Institute Awards January 3 2020 Top Ten Films of the Year Knives Out Won i 110 Art Directors Guild Awards February 1 2020 Best Contemporary Film David Crank Nominated 141 Artios Awards January 30 2020 Feature Big Budget Comedy Mary Vernieu Angela Peri and Brett Howe Won 142 Austin Film Critics Association Awards January 7 2020 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated 143 144 Best Ensemble Knives Out Won British Academy Film Awards February 2 2020 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated 145 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 14 2019 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated 146 147 Best Art Direction Knives Out Nominated Costume Designers Guild Awards January 28 2020 Excellence in Contemporary Film Jenny Eagan Won 148 Critics Choice Movie Awards January 12 2020 Best Acting Ensemble Knives Out Nominated 149 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated Best Comedy Knives Out Nominated Detroit Film Critics Society Awards December 9 2019 Best Breakthrough Performance Ana de Armas Nominated 150 Dorian Awards January 8 2020 Screenplay of the Year Rian Johnson Nominated 151 Campy Film of the Year Knives Out Nominated Georgia Film Critics Association Awards January 10 2020 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated 138 Golden Globe Awards January 5 2020 Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Knives Out Nominated 152 Best Actor Musical or Comedy Daniel Craig Nominated Best Actress Musical or Comedy Ana de Armas Nominated Golden Trailer Awards July 22 2021 Most Original TV Spot for a Feature Film Knives Out Knives Viacom Velocity Nominated 153 Best Viral Campaign for a Feature Film Knives Out Knives Viacom Velocity Nominated Sweater ZEALOT Nominated Hollywood Critics Association Awards January 9 2020 Best Cast Knives Out Won 138 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated Houston Film Critics Society Awards January 2 2020 Best Picture Knives Out Nominated 154 155 Best Screenplay Rian Johnson Won Imagen Awards September 24 2020 Best Actress Feature Film Ana de Armas Nominated 156 London Film Critics Circle Awards January 30 2020 Film of the Year Knives Out Nominated 157 158 National Board of Review Awards January 8 2020 Top Ten Films Knives Out Won i 109 Best Ensemble Knives Out Won New York Film Critics Online Awards December 7 2019 Best Ensemble Cast Mary Vernieu Won 159 Online Film Critics Society Awards January 6 2020 Best Picture Knives Out Nominated 160 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated Best Acting Ensemble Knives Out Won Producers Guild of America Awards January 18 2020 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman Nominated 161 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards December 16 2019 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated 138 Satellite Awards December 19 2019 Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Knives Out Nominated 162 Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Daniel Craig Nominated Best Actress Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Ana de Armas Nominated Best Cast Motion Picture Knives Out Won Saturn Awards October 26 2021 Best Thriller Film Knives Out Won 163 164 Best Actor Daniel Craig Nominated Best Supporting Actor Chris Evans Nominated Best Supporting Actress Ana de Armas Won Jamie Lee Curtis Nominated Best Editing Bob Ducsay Won Best Music Nathan Johnson Nominated Seattle Film Critics Society Awards December 16 2019 Best Ensemble Cast Knives Out Nominated 138 Best Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated St Louis Film Critics Association Awards December 15 2019 Best Comedy Knives Out Nominated 165 Writers Guild of America Awards February 1 2020 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated 166 Washington D C Area Film Critics Association Awards December 8 2019 Best Original Screenplay Rian Johnson Nominated 138 Best Ensemble Knives Out WonSequels editMain article Glass Onion A Knives Out Mystery Rian was germinating ideas for a Knives Out sequel while the original film was still in theaters in 2019 167 168 Lionsgate announced plans to develop the sequel in February 2020 but in March 2021 Netflix actually acquired the rights for two sequels for 469 million 169 170 Although the terms of Lionsgate s distribution agreement gave the company bargaining leverage Rian and Bergman owned the film s intellectual property and pursued a new distribution deal in the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic which severely hampered the immediate profit making viability of theaters 171 172 Knives Out was followed by Glass Onion A Knives Out Mystery released on Netflix on December 23 2022 after a controversial one week platform 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