A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
Plan
Marketing
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THE STRANGE VARIETY OF ACCENTS IN KNIVES OUT
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THE BEST WHODUNNIT EVER MADE!
2019
Director: Rian Johnson
Academy Award nominated for Best Original Screenplay
52 awards
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When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate after his 85th birthday,
Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate.
From Harlan’s disfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings
and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan’s untimely death.
(Boston)
THE PLOT
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VARIOUS ACCENTS IN KNIVES OUT



THE BACKGROUND
01
BENOIT BLANC
the detective
deep southern accent
02
MARTA
personal caretaker
background: latin america
03
THE FAMILY
grew up together, but have
different accents
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BENOIT BLANC (DANIEL CRAIG)
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•Blanc talks like a member of the Southern aristocracy with an accent that has been described by
Ransom as a "Kentucky Fried Foghorn Leghorn Drawl".
•Many people online stated the accent to be distracting, difficult and even just terrible.
•Designed to be over the top.
•Trying to capture that slow-spoken drawn out deep south accent
•“a very subtle southern accent”
BLANC’S ACCENT
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A VIDEO
https://youtu.be/_O3eKij7jkA

STRONG & OVERDONE
Falling back onto RP
01
PEOPLE WITH STRONG ACCENTS ARE GENERALLY DUMBER.
03
OLD MONEY LOUISIANA
05
02
FIRST SYLLABLE STRESS
04
DROPPING G’s
Goin‘
06
[ɛ] MERGING [ɪ]
THE ACCENT:
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TALKING ABOUT THE ACCENT
THE CAST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-jA-vXNX-M
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THE FAMILY
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JONI THROMBEY
•(TONI COLLETTE)
•VALLEY GIRL
•Open mouth
•Uptalking
•End-emphasis
•“Who is that guy?” “You’re famous.”
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•(JAMIE LEE CURTIS)
•GIRL BOSS
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•Rhotic (father, here)
•T-flapping
•Intrusion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZWtuAIM1Ak
(Listen to the difference of here with Linda and Mr. Blanc)
LINDA
DRYSDALE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL-9Khv7wa4
WATCH  THE TRAILER HERE
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