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Clue (1985)

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he classic boardgame 'Clue' comes to hilarious life in this 1985 comedic mystery thriller.

Set against a backdrop of 1950’s Washington DC, familiar characters are brought to life when six strangers are invited to dinner at a secluded mansion at the behest of an unknown host.

Gradually we are introduced to characters any amateur detective worth his salt should know – Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Colonel Mustard, and so forth. The filmmakers throw in a few new characters to keep things lively, like Wadsworth (the butler) and Yvette (the maid).

One thing leads to another and their mysterious host reveals himself as Mr. Boddy, the man who has been blackmailing each guest in some form or another. In no time at all, the lights are shut off, things go bump, scuffle and bang in the dark and when the lights are turned back on, Mr. Boddy seems to have met an untimely end.

With the clock ticking before the police arrive, the blackmailed houseguests embark on a madcap mission throughout the mansion to try and solve the whodunit... Whilst also trying to stay alive.

"Clue", the movie is great fun. For any fan of the game, it’s pure enjoyment to see it brought to life so vividly. Everything you remember about the game is there – the rooms, the secret passageways, the weapons... And, in a move highly original for its time, "Clue" was shot with three different endings, each implicating a different guilty party. All three endings were released simoultaneously.

The comedic nuances are very well handled, as so they should be in the hands of such modern masters of mirth like Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn and Christopher Lloyd (to name but a few).

So light your Candlestick, relax in the Lounge and admire Miss Scarlet…the game is about to begin...

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I'm a fan of the game since childhood, and a fan of mysteries in genral, so I may be a little biased, but I LOVE "Clue"!

When it first came out in the theatres, I went and saw all three versions, even though it was only the last 10 minutes of each version that was different from one another.

While the film has been criticized for its lack of continuity (granted, a murder mystery trying to provide evidence to make three different outcomes all seem plausable is bound to run into a few problems), the fun is just in watching the action unfold, building in suspense and hilarity, and reaching it's peak when Tim Curry becomes "Hercule Poirot on speed" and recaps the whole movie in a maniacal five-minute deduction and accusation!


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Clue was released with three different endings and theatres would designate which version (A, B or C) was playing where.

In the movie they showed all three endings. -Thanks to Stephanie

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Jeffrey Kramer, the actor who played the motorist who broke down and needed the phone, was also in Jaws 1 and 2 as the deputy policeman. -Thanks to Darren Kidby

Upon buying tickets for the movie, filmgoers were presented with detective notesheets - similar those used in the actual boardgame - that were checklists naming all the suspects, weapons and rooms where the crime could have happened.

Colleen Camp (Yvette the maid) also starred in "Illegally Yours" along side Rob Lowe, she was his dream girl, her characters name was Molly Gilbert. She also has a role in "Police Academy 2" as Sgt. Kathleen Kirkland, which she reprised in "Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol" also. This time however she was married to Tackleberryso her name was Mrs. Kirkland-Tackleberry. -Thanks to Dreamer012778

I believe Clue's mutiple endings were the original inspiration for the Scooby Doo ending in Waynes World. -Thanks to Joe

Tim Curry also featured in the 1985 classic Legend directed by Ridley Scott (Aliens) as The Lord Of Darkness. -Thanks to Dreamer012778

Lee Ving, who plays Mr. Boddy, is the lead singer of long and strong punk band, Fear. They used to play clubs in L.A. -Thanks to Janene_machine And Adrienne

Several minor characters not in the board game show up in the film version. They inclue a door-to-door bible thumper played by Howard Hessman and a singing telegram girl played by Jane Wiedlin (of the 80's all-girl band, The Go-Go's.)

The movie 'Murder by Death' (1976) has somewhat the same idea as 'Clue'. Some famous characters (all well known detectives), played by a superb cast, come together in an old landhouse because they were invited for a dinner and a murder. -Thanks to Exdreamist

Colleen Camp also played the Julie's (Deborah Foreman) hippie mother in the 80s movie, "Valley Girl". -Thanks to intothesea13

There have been several television shows based on the game (produced in countries such as USA, Australia, Germany, Swedenn and Fance ) where audience members guess whodunnit. The combination of comedy/mystery with talented performers and audience interaction was a successful idea. The shows have featured such established actors as Stephanie Beacham, Joanna Lumley, Derek Nimmo, Jane Paull, Pam Ferris, Lysette Anthony and Andrew Daddo -Thanks to Brendan Hill

The cook is played by "Nurse" Kelleye from the tv show M*A*S*H. Lee Ving is the "bad guy" in "DUDES" starring Jon Cryer, Danial Roebuck and Flea. Tim Curry (Wadsworth) played ..the doctor in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. -Thanks to Fremont

Tim Curry who plays the butler in the movie "Clue", also played Pennywise the Clown in the movie adaptation of Stephen King's book "It". He also played Rooster (Miss Hannigan's brother (Carol Burnett)in the movie "Annie". And one other role he played was in the ever so popular movie "Rocky Horror Picture Show" as the mad tranvesite scientist Frankfurter. -Thanks to Melissa Ferneau

Yvette the maid is played by Coleen Camp who also played Mrs Vanderhoff in Wayne's World. -Thanks to Rhiain

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When Ms. Scarlett screams from seeing Wadsworth imitate the dead cook falling out of the freezer, she is holding a cigarette. Only problem is that she was not smoking on her way to the kitchen. They used the same shot of her screaming from when she saw the dead cook earlier in the movie. -Thanks to Joshua Lappin

In the group scene in the library (just after having locked the motorist in the lounge), Mrs. White shrieks in frustration. As she does so, it sounds as if she breaks the champagne glass that she's been holding against the fireplace mantel, but if you look at it, it's still intact (that is, until she finally throws it in the air in frustration, whereupon it finally falls, and, based on the sound effect, breaks again).

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The distinct parquet floor in the halls was designed to match that on the Clue game board. -Thanks to Jonathan Lim

The movie was produced by Debra Hill who also produced and cowrote "Halloween". -Thanks to Kim Mazier

There was supposed to be a fourth ending to the film, but it never came to fruition. What happened was, Wadsworth (Tim Curry) claimed to have had killed everyone, and nobody would get out of the house alive, because the brandy they drank was poisioned. He escaped before the police could come, but was killed by the two dogs. -Thanks to Josh

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The impossibility of finding a real residence with the same rooms and layout as those of the "Clue" game necessitated the designing and construction of an American Gothic Mansion, one of the largest and most lavish Hollywood sets in years. On Stage 18 at Paramount Studios, the beautiful but ominous house on the hill was created by veteran production designer John Lloyd in the high style of old Hollywood.

The conservatory in the movie is a greenhouse, not a music room as on the game board.

The other rooms in the movie, such as the upstairs, basement, etc. were created on Stage 17.

The furniture and accessories are all 18th and 19th century antiques. Props were rented from real mansion, including Teddy Roosevelt's home in upstate New York. [Thanks to AJ Rybarczyk]

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Since Clue is set in the 1950's, some great oldies are dusted off and put to good use, including "Shake, Rattle and Roll" and "Sha-Boom, Sha-Boom"

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Clue Movie Details
Year:
1985
Studio:
Paramount Pictures
Director:
Jonathan Lynn
Starring:
Tim Curry, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Brennan, Michael McKean, Colleen Camp
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Genre:
Comedy
  
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Outstanding actors and a faithfulness to the aspects of the boardgame make Clue a winner
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Bit too silly for some. Also, the crime is not actually solvable by just the evidence given, since it had to work in three different outcomes that had to be (for the most part) logical.

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