Clue / Paramount Pictures presents a Gruber-Peters production, in association with PolyGram Pictures and Debra Hill Productions ; story by John Landis and Jonathan Lynn ; screenplay by Jonathan Lynn ; produced by Debra Hill ; directed by Jonathan Lynn.
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FilmPublisher number: 11852543Language: English, French Subtitle language: English Series: Widescreen DVD collectionCopyright date: ©2017Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Clue (Motion picture)
- Director of photography, Victor J. Kemper ; editors, David Bretherton, Richard Haines ; music, John Morris ; production designer, John Lloyd ; set decoration, Thomas L. Roysden ; costume designer, Michael Kaplan ; executive producers, Jon Peters, Peter Guber, John Landis, George Folsey, Jr.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | COMEDY Clue | Available | 33111009901931 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this spoof of McCarthy-era paranoia and 1950s wholesomeness, the characters and plot are drawn from the popular Parker Brothers board game of the same name. On a dark and stormy night in 1954, six individuals with ties to Washington are assembled for a dinner party at the swanky mansion of one Mr. Boddy (Lee Ving). Boddy's butler, Wadsworth (Tim Curry), assigns each guest a colorful name: Mr. Green (Michael McKean), Col. Mustard (Martin Mull), Mrs. Peacock (Eileen Brennan), Professor Plum (Christopher Lloyd), Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren), and Mrs. White (Madeline Kahn). Two additional servants, the Cook (Kellye Nakahara) and Yvette, the maid (Colleen Camp), assist Wadsworth as he informs the guests that they have been gathered to meet the man who has been blackmailing them: Mr. Boddy. When Boddy turns up dead, however, the guests must try to figure out who killed him so they can protect their own reputations and keep the body count from growing. Three separate endings were filmed for Clue and shown in different theaters; all three are collected for the video edition. Although the film is set in the 1950s, the original Clue game was actually devised by Anthony Pratt, a clerk in Leeds, England, to pass the time during World War II air-raid drills. First released in 1946 under the name Cluedo by British manufacturer Waddington's, Clue was renamed and released in the U.S. in 1949. Today, Clue/Cluedo is marketed in 70 countries around the world and has been adapted into a British game show and an off-Broadway musical. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital, mono.; widescreen, enhanced for 16x9.
Dialogue in English with optional soundtrack in French, optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; closed-captioned in English.
Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren, Colleen Camp, Lee Ving.
Director of photography, Victor J. Kemper ; editors, David Bretherton, Richard Haines ; music, John Morris ; production designer, John Lloyd ; set decoration, Thomas L. Roysden ; costume designer, Michael Kaplan ; executive producers, Jon Peters, Peter Guber, John Landis, George Folsey, Jr.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.
Based upon the Parker Brothers board game Clue.
Who killed Mr. Boddy? Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with the gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler?
MPAA rating: PG.
Special features : 3 different surprise endings, trailer.