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Knives Out

Summary: A detective investigates the death of the patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.

Release Date: November 27, 2019

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Director: Rian Johnson

Writer: Rian Johnson

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Lionsgate, Media Rights Capital (MRC), T-Street

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 165,363,234

International: $ 147,534,686

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abandoned laundromat accidental overdose accomplice activist adulterous husband adultery aerial camera shot african american african american detective african american policeman ambulance american chauvinism american chauvinist american nationalist anger anonymous employer anonymous letter anti immigrant anti racism antidote anxiety apparent suicide argument arrest arson attacked with a knife attempted murder attic audio recording australian actress playing american character author automobile baked beans bar barking dog baseball beard bedroom being followed betrayal birthday birthday cake birthday party biscuit black american black comedy black police officer blackmail blackmailer blood blood spot blood stain bmw board game breaking into a desk british actor playing american character brother in law brother in law relationship brother sister relationship businesswoman cake calling 911 camera phone camera shot of feet camp campy cane cannabis car car accident car chase car won't start caregiver caretaker caterer caught eavesdropping cell phone character appears in newspaper character repeats someone else's dialogue chase chased by police cheating husband check chekhov's gun cheque chloroform chloroformed chloroformed woman cigar smoking cigarette cigarette lighter cigarette smoking class differences classic car climbing a ladder climbing a trellis climbing through a window climbing trellis climbing up a ladder climbing up a wall clue coercion coffee mug collectibles college student college tuition comedy of manners compromising photograph compromising video confession cookie corpse country house cover up covered in vomit covering someone's mouth coworker coworker relationship cpr crashed car crashed police car creating an alabai crime fiction writer crime novelist crime scene crime scene tape crime writer crying crying woman cult film cutting one's throat cutting own throat dagger dance scene dark comedy death death by throat cutting death by throat slitting death of father death of grandfather deception deduction destroying evidence destruction of evidence detective disbelief discovering a dead body disembodied voice disguise dog downpour drinking beer drinking coffee drop of blood drug addict drug mixup drug overdose drunkenness dysfunctional family e mail eavesdropping eccentric ecuadorian abroad ecuadorian immigrant ecuadorian in usa elephant statue embezzlement emergency call emotional blackmail employer employee relationship end credits roll call ensemble cast ensemble comedy entering through a window envelope envelope full of money erasing a videotape escape european in usa europhobic evidence evil rich family extramarital affair f rated f word false alibi family business family feud father daughter relationship father in law daughter in law relationship father in law son in law relationship father son conflict father son relationship fear female blackmailer female lawyer fidgeting finding a dead body fire fire truck fired from a job firefighter fireplace flash forward flashback flipping a coin flipping coin following a car following someone following someone in a car following someone's car footprint footprint in mud footprints ford ford car ford motor vehicle forensic evidence forest frame up framed for murder framed photograph french in usa frenchman in usa gag reflex game game of go garbage truck german car german shepherd german shepherd dog go board game go the board game go the game googling for information gothic grandfather granddaughter relationship grandfather grandson relationship great grandmother greed greedy man greedy woman groundskeeper guard dog guilt hairdressing salon hand over mouth handcuffed handcuffed by the police handcuffed man heir heiress hidden door hidden window hiding place high society hippo statue hippopotamus statue hispanic hispanic american woman home care nurse home care nurse as protagonist hospital house house on fire housekeeper housemaid humor husband wife relationship hysterical outburst hyundai hyundai accent illegal immigrant immigrant infidelity influencer inheritance injection injection in arm interfering with an investigation interrogation interview intrigue investigation investigator invisible ink isolated house jealousy jewish american joint knife knife collection knife collector knife sculpture knocking on a car window knocking on a window laboratory laboratory fire laboratory on fire lack of money laptop computer last will last will and testament latina laundromat law lawyer learning the truth lethal dose letter lie lifestyle guru light sleeper lionsgate listening to classical music listening to country music listening to music listening to music in a car looking glass loss of father loss of fortune lying on the floor magnet magnifying glass maid male police officer malice malicious man malicious woman man wears a leather jacket man wears eyeglasses man wears sunglasses manipulation manipulative behavior manipulative man manipulative woman manipulator manor house mansion marijuana marijuana cigarette marijuana stash massachusetts masturbation reference matronizing medication medicine medicine bag medicine vial meditation memorial memorial service middle name mind game mob of reporters molotov cocktail money morgan dollar morgan silver dollar morphine morphine overdose mother daughter relationship mother son relationship motive for murder motor vehicle mud murder murder attempt murder confession murder investigation murder mystery murder plot murder suicide murder suspect murderer mustache mysterious death mystery author mystery killer mystery novelist mystery writer nationalism nationalist nazi needle neo nazi neo noir new england news report news reporter newspaper clipping newspaper headline no opening credits non linear non linear narrative nonlinear timeline note notebook novelist nurse nurse as protagonist obscene finger gesture old man old woman one shoe off one shoe on outburst overdose overheard conversation overhearing overhearing a conversation painting panic paranoia parent child relationship party patriarch performing cpr personal check photocopy photograph piano playboy playing fetch playing go plot twist police police car police chase police detective police interrogation police investigation police officer political activist political argument politics portrait portrait painting pouring rain pretending to be someone else private detective private eye private investigator private nurse product placement profanity prop knife property developer publisher publishing house punishment pursuit puzzle plot racism racist racist boy racist remark rain raised middle finger reading a letter aloud reading aloud reading of a last will and testament reading of will real estate developer red herring reference to adolf hitler reference to angela lansbury reference to clue the board game reference to cluedo reference to colonel sanders reference to danica mckellar reference to doctor john watson reference to doctor watson reference to donald trump reference to foghorn leghorn reference to hamilton the stage musical reference to kentucky fried chicken reference to o.j. simpson reference to sherlock holmes reference to the hallmark channel reference to the new yorker the magazine reflex reaction refrigerator magnet repeated scene repeated scene from a different perspective reporter rescue restaurant retractable knife blade rich family rich man robe running from police sabotage satire comedy saving someone's life scene of the crime scene told from more than one perspective scheme secret secret door secret passageway secret relationship security camera security camera footage security footage security guard security tape security video self mutilation self referential senior citizen setting a fire setting a house on fire shoe singing in a car sister sister relationship sitting on stairs sitting on the floor slacker slashing one's throat sleuth slit throat slitting one's throat slow motion scene smoking marijuana sneaker sneakers snoring snoring woman social commentary sole heir sole heiress south american south korean car southern accent southern american accent sparkler on a cake spider spider crawling on face spilled drink stabbed to death state trooper statue student suicide suicide by throat cutting suicide by throat slashing suicide by throat slitting sunglasses surprise ending surveilance video surveillance surveillance footage suspect suspected suicide suspense suspicion suspicious man sweater switchblade switching medication syringe taking off shoes talking about masturbation talking to a dog talking to an animal tampering with medication task teenage boy teenage girl teenager telephone telephone call tennis ball testament texting threat threatened with a knife throat cut throat cutting throat slashing throat slit throat slitting throwing a ball for a dog throwing up throwing up on someone timeframe 21th century title at the end title spoken by character told in flashback toxicology report trellis tripping someone tv news reporter tv reporter tv show within a film twisted thriller two word title u.s. car undocumented immigrant unsubtitled foreign language upper class vcr vhs vhs cassette vhs tape video cassette videocassette recorder videotape voice over flashback vomit vomiting vomiting in someone's face vomiting into a cup vomiting on someone vulgar language vulgarity walking in the woods walking stick walking with a cane wanted woman watching a movie watching a movie on a computer watching a movie on a laptop watching a video watching tv wealthy man whistling whistling on fingers whodunit whodunnit mystery widow witness woken up by noises woman vomiting woman wears a bathrobe woman wears a nightgown woman wears eyeglasses woods working class wristwatch writer writer director producer written by director written out of will xenophobic boy xenophobic man xenophobic remark xenophobic society yelling

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