know who was supposed to be delivering the Falcon to Gutman from the Russian?
Brigid said she and Floyd were hired to get the bird. Who hired them? If it was Gutman why would he hire them to get the bird if it was en route to him?
Didn't Gutman say he hired them as agents to purchase the bird from the Russian general?
The better question is why didn't Gutman approach the general himself?! Why send agents who could double cross him?
I think that's nitpicking but it seems that was Gutman's big mistake - trusting someone else. So maybe it's not nitpicking!
Did the Russian know it was Gutman who was buying it? If not, maybe he didn't want to be known as the buyer so he could keep his treasure a secret.
Another plot hole is why he would fork over the cash without stripping the lacquer off first like he did at the end to find out if it was real.
"Another plot hole is why he would fork over the cash without stripping the lacquer off first like he did at the end to find out if it was real."
I don't understand Gutman's actions in that scene to be motivated by some concern that the bird was not the real one. He was shaving off the lacquer to see the jewels that he had been pursuing all along. He was certain it was the real bird, and was completely shocked it was not. He handed over the cash because he had no doubt it was real.
If there's a weakness in the narrative at that point it was how come a fake bird was being handed off as if it was the real one. Did the Russian general know this? Or did he merely have the fake come into his hands, and was sending it to Gutman or whoever not knowing or caring that it was not what they were really after? This in turn goes into the whole question about where it was that Gutman intended to go to pick up the trail to the real bird. If he was so certain that the fake was the real one, then where does he start to look for the real one?
I suppose it is possible if not all that plausible that the realization that the one he got was fake might have cast some illumination on some point, a point about where along the line someone might have made a fake bird and all that. Perhaps Gutman, who we can assume knew even more about the real bird than he has let on over the course of the film, might have a light go off in his head realizing he was wrong to conclude the bird he had was real.
But that's a bit thin, isn't it? Does that make it a plot hole? Maybe not, but it is to me more concerning than that Gutman handed over the money first.
Now I have to watch it again.
shareThe better question is why didn't Gutman approach the general himself?!Initially, Gutman tried to buy the falcon from the Russian, who became suspicious. That's when Gutman hired Thursby and Brigid.