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- Tom Stoppard Screenplay
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- Dead Peacock
- Mr. Boddy
- Casting Yvette
- Dynasty Mansion
- Fourth Ending Filmed
Once executive producer John Landis conceived the storyline forClue, he approached famed playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard to pen the script. Stoppard worked on the project for a year before quitting and returning all of the money he'd been paid for his services. When Stoppard departed the project, Landis sought legendary composer Stephen So...
Tim Curry has claimed that Clue is his favorite movie of his own. However, according to an interview Lynn gave in 2009, the role of Wadsworth the Butler almost went to someone else entirely. RELATED: 15 Best Murder Mystery Movies, Ranked Lynn admitted that his original choice for the role of the motor-mouthed butler was English actor Leonard Rossit...
According to Lynn in an interview giving for the 25th-anniversary screening of the film, Carrie Fisher was originally castas Miss Scarlet, the immoral Madame who runs a brothel in D.C. However, a trip to drug-rehab four days before filming began forced Fisher to be replaced at the last minute. Before Fisher was replaced, she tried to work out a fur...
While most people are aware thatCluecomes equipped with three different endings, the exhibition of which are not that well known. At the time of its theatrical release in 1985, a different ending was shown during each show. Newspapers in some cities would indicate which of the three endings (A, B, or C) would be exhibited. On the VHS and DVD releas...
In all three versions of Clue's ending, the Singing Telegram Girl is shot to death at the front door with the revolver. The woman who plays the victim is a famous rock singer. RELATED: 10 Of The Best Musician Cameos On A TV Series Indeed, the Go-Go's lead singer Jane Wiedlin plays the Singing Telegram Girl in Clue. The role marks her first appearan...
Cluemarked the first film Elieen Brennan made following her rehab stint for painkiller addiction. In Ending B, in which Mrs. Peacock (Brennan) is named as the killer, her ultimate fate had to be altered in postproduction. Following her confession, Peacock leaves the mansion and is met by a throng of police. In the original edit, Mrs. Peacock is sho...
The primary plot of Cluerevolves around the mysterious character Mr. Boddy and which of his blackmailees are bold enough to murder him. Believe it or not, the actor who plays Mr. Boddy was chosen for his punny namesake. Mr. Boddy is played by Lee Ving, the lead singer of the punk rock band Fear. While Ving had some acting experience prior to Clue, ...
For the role of attractive French maid Yvette, several high-profile actresses were considered. Among them include Madonna, Demi Moore, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. RELATED: Madonna's 10 Best Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes According to a 2013 interview with BuzzFeed, Jonathan Lynn admitted that Colleen Camp was so eager to land the role that she ...
The mansion featured in Cluewas shot on a set built specifically for the production. The only scenes that were not filmed on the set were the ones inside the ballroom, which were filmed on location in a house in Pasadena, California. Once the production of Clue wrapped, the mansion set was bought by the production of the popular TV show Dynasty. Th...
A fourth and final ending toCluewas filmed but ultimately discarded from the final cut. In this version, Wadsworth admits to killing everyone in the house with a slow-acting poison that he secretly put in their cocktails. Wadsworth also confesses he did so out of a sadistic need for perfection in his life. Afterward, Wadsworth is confronted by the ...
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Ending A (spoiler alert!) has the guilty party as Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren) and Yvette the maid (Colleen Camp) in tandem. In ending B, Mrs. Peacock (Eileen Brennan) did the killings on her ...
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Mar 3, 2015 · Clue grossed less than $15,000,000 at the box office, and when it was finally released on VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray, the endings were compiled together and shown one after another rapid fire style.
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Clue is a 1985 American black comedy mystery film based on the board game of the same name. Directed by Jonathan Lynn , who co-wrote the script with John Landis , and produced by Debra Hill , it stars the ensemble cast of Eileen Brennan , Tim Curry , Madeline Kahn , Christopher Lloyd , Michael McKean , Martin Mull , and Lesley Ann Warren , with ...
- $15 million
- John Morris
- December 13, 1985
- Debra Hill
Aug 6, 2015 · Luckily, over the past 30 years, "Clue" has become a cult favorite. Those double entendres, secret passageways, poop jokes and golden Tim Curry facial expressions have been recognized as the comedic gems they truly are. Mike Maas "Flames On The Side Of My Face". For the uninitiated, the entire film takes place at a mysterious mansion in the ...
Lee Ving as Mr. Boddy. "Clue" is a comedy whodunit that is being distributed with three different endings, which is sort of silly, since it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference who did it. That makes the movie a lot like the board game which inspired it, where it didn't make any difference either, since you could always play another game.
