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Early Years
Not much is known about Blanc's personal history. He hails from the southern region of the United States, where his father was employed as a police detective, but has since retired from the force.
Career
Blanc's numerous high-profile homicide investigations have earned him the reputation of an immensely famous detective for a very long time. In his life, he has solved numerous cases, such as the murder of a ballet dancer (mentioned by Claire Debella) and a case involving a tennis champion (mentioned by Joni Thrombey). In one particular case, mysterious fumes had been plaguing the residents of a small city located near the Mississippi River for several years. On top of that, mid-level foremen...
Blanc is considered to be "The Last of the Gentlemen Sleuths" and in many ways he fits that title. He's flamboyant, practical, gentlemanly, somewhat eccentric, but incredibly clever, intelligent, and overall a good detective. Blanc also speaks like a member of the Southern aristocracy with an accent that has been described by Ransom Drysdale as a "...
Blanc is middle-aged man with pale skin, short greying hair, and very distinct bright blue eyes. He has a very sharp taste in fashion, as in both movies he dresses well and appropriately for where he is. In Knives Out, he wears the same mismatched suit every day with a charcoal hopsack wool jacket and warm grey trousers, along with various pale col...
Blanc's most defining trait is arguably his accent, derisively called a "Kentucky Fried Foghorn Leghorn Drawl" by Ransom. The screenplay for Knives Outcalled for "[...] the gentlest southern lilt y...At one point, Rian Johnson mulled having Blanc inexplicably speak in a different accent in each film.Similar to the character Columbo (of whom Rian Johnson is a professed fan), Blanc's overall demeanor and way of speaking is as much a character quirk as it is a tool, as Blanc often relies on the s...Following the reveal of Blanc's partner Phillip in Glass Onion, Rian Johnson confirmed that Blanc is gay during the London Film Festival. According to Johnson, Blanc's sexuality had been in his min...Nov 27, 2019 · Knives Out: Directed by Rian Johnson. With Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis. A detective investigates the death of the patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Rian Johnson
- 2019-11-27
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- Harlan Thrombey - Christopher Plummer. Our murder victim Harlan Thrombey is a multi-millionaire mystery writer living in a mansion full of curious objects from out of his books, including a ring of knives that gave many of the posters for Knives Out their backdrop.
- Benoit Blanc - Daniel Craig. With Harlan dead, master detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig with a southern accent reminiscent of his hilarious turn in Logan Lucky), who has just appeared in a New Yorker profile most of the Thrombeys have just read, receives an envelope full of money from an unknown person to try and find the killer.
- Linda Drysdale - Jamie Lee Curtis. The daughter of Harlan, she is the nearest the Thrombeys have to a self-made businesswoman—though of course with a little help from her famous daddy.
- Richard Drysdale - Don Johnson. Linda is married to Richard, who helps in the company that Linda runs and is portrayed by Miami Vice star Don Johnson (who won a Golden Globe for the show), who is currently also starring in HBO's Watchmen.
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 ...
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Welcome to the Knives Out Wiki. The circumstances surrounding the death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey are mysterious, but there’s one thing that renowned Detective Benoit Blanc knows for sure—everyone in the wildly dysfunctional Thrombey family is a suspect. From acclaimed writer-director Rian Johnson comes this suspenseful, twist ...
