Whodunnit? Whatdunnit? Wheredunnit? - First Time Watching Clue (1985)
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Hope you enjoy my first time watching CLUE (1985) starring Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd and Michael McKean.
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My favourite little detail is how two people are never able to occupy the same narrow space or doorway.
Exactly like the boardgame.
Another cool detail is the fact that in order to make an accusation in the board game, your gamepiece has to be in the room where you are saying it happened. I think that's why Wadsworth is running from room to room in his reveals.
@@joanhall9381 Seen this movie so many times and never realized those two facts!!!! By the way... in our house this movie is a drinking game... feel free to make the rules whatever you want but can't go wrong with: Drink every time there is an innuendo, Drink every time someone screams, Drink every time there is an accusationm, Chug or finish your beer every time someone dies.
a little piece of trivia - Madeline Kahn's flames line was improvised. It was so funny that the cast had a hard time keeping character. It remains one of my favorite movie quotes to this day.
As great as this movie is, that Madeline Kahn bit is so the funniest part in it. 🔥🙅♀️🔥
@@shsrpr She's absolutely captivating in everything she does. It's a shame we lost her so soon.
@@HermanVonPetri Agreed.
I always interpreted that line as the character starting to rehearse her defense for the witness stand.
It was the only thing that was improvised! The director was pretty strict with the script so there was very little improvising and that's the only one that made it in. The script is so good and the chemistry between the cast is so great you would think there would be a lot of ad-libbing but no it was all on the page, they had very good writers.
38:10 Two reasons why 'Shake, Rattle, and Roll' was playing at the end.
1. It was playing at the start of the movie when Wadsworth, aka, the REAL Mr. Boddy first went into the mansion, creating a bookend with Mr. Green LEAVING the mansion. (Signifying the start and end of the 'game'.)
2. It's a play on shaking a pair of dice, making them rattle, and then rolling them onto a board.
I’ve read that the reason for the multiple endings is, that depending on where you saw the movie, it was released with one of the three endings. It wasn’t until the movie was released on home video that the three endings were put together in the nice package we have today.
The Scarlet ending is the one we got in the theater we saw it in. Down the road it was the everyone did it ending.
I lived that experience.
I heard the pre-internet culture word of mouth rumor there were more endings and begged my parents to take me again. Being 9, I didn’t understand how that would work and so returned to the same theater to watch Scarlet do it again. Wasn’t mad though, loved it so much.
Was SO excited when watching all three endings on Betamax later.
That's a fact - each theater received the film with just one of the three possible endings. And some of us didn't realize this until we started discussing the movie with friends who'd seen it somewhere else. Remember..... there was no internet to speak of at that time. It was so much fun!
imagine the arguments back then if you were discussing it with your friend after each seeing it separately and then one of you mentions the ending and the other is like “.....that is not what happened”
In Toronto, at least, it was advertised in the movie listings of the newspaper which theatres were showing endings A, B, or C. I went to three different places to see all three endings. I loved it then and I still watch it every chance I get.
I just recently watched this with my 12 and 15 year olds, and they loved it. 15yo said it's one of the rare movies he'd watch a second time.
So according to Google, the game was created in England during WW2, the creator sold the game to Waddingtons, who trademarked the name as Cluedo. A combination of Clue and Ludo.
I feel the multiple endings plays homage to the game because each game ends differently. This movie is a classic and has stars and comedy and mystery. Very fun movie.
Which is very unfair, because anyone who doesn't understand the context that it's based on a board game is doomed to fail in understanding the movie's intent.
It says that it's based on the game in the opening credits...
Another little trivia bit-the “singing telegram girl” is Jane Wiedlin, the singer/guitarist from the Go-Go’s
For new years eve one year I made a Clue drinking game. "Tim Curry is sarcastic" killed us.
Leslie Ann Warren was hilarious in Victor Victoria, which is such a good movie.
I just picture her as Cinderella 🙂
Great reaction! You mention McCarthyism, and how it played into the setting for this movie. Something I noticed on a recent re-watch: at the beginning of the movie, the cook has the tv on in the kitchen as she prepares dinner, and she's actually watching the McCarthy hearings.
Wow!! Never noticed.
I consider this movie a masterpiece of combining banter and physical humor. The stage play feel of it lends so much charm. Topped off with such a great cast, is it any wonder that it became so well regarded? No. No? No. Quotable as can be, too, of course.
I just realized that the cook is Kellye Nakahara, Nurse Kellye from MASH!
I LOVE this movie! First saw it on tv in the late 80s with my sister and we taped it on our vhs. As soon as it ended we’d just look at each other and say ‘again?’ ‘Again’ 😂 Must’ve seen it a dozen or so times now.
The ‘I hated her sooooo much’ part was improvised and the rest of the cast lost it and it’s an iconic line now. She was a comedic genius, very much missed.
Murder By Death is a similar premise/film. There is the film, The Old Dark House (1963), that is a comedy re-make of the 1932 film of the same name. The original The Old Dark House was directed by James Whale and stars Boris Karloff. I think the original is a much better film as it evolves from having a rather dry humor into a very dire situation for all involved. I'm glad you enjoyed this, and it gets funnier with each repeated viewing.
Murder by Death - one of my favourite films. Worth a reaction!
I'm a big fan of the remake of The Old Dark House (haven't seen that one yet), just the quirks of all the family members were funny
2009's Dark and Stormy Night is also a campy murder romp!
To this day whenever I hear someone say ‘to cut a long story short’ I always reply ‘too late’ 😂😂😂
I think it. I have the manners to not say it. Some things are inside thoughts
The game was called "Cluedo" in the UK (and other English speaking countries) as a play on the traditional board game "Ludo", the late 19th century game that was adapted from the game "Pachisi", developed in 6th century India.
The boardgame was also Cluedo in Germany (different than the movie), so not only English speaking countries.
The victim/house owner is Dr Black in the UK version.
@@EdinburghAndy Because he was Black-mailing them?
Probably called Cluedo everywhere but America? Like Wally, and the Philosopher's Stone
English cluedo had reverend Green. Not Mr. Green
Changed, I assume, not to offend the church...
Everything Michael Mckean touches is gold. A lot of great television appearances. He appeared on Smallville in a guest role as future boss Perry White and stole the show. He even appeared in The X-files in a hilarious recurring role as a mysterious Man in Black. He's awesome.
I find it hilarious when the X-Files gets funny.
Born in 1980. This is a movie that was on heavy rotation during my early childhood because we had a VHS dubbed copy from HBO or somesuch. I've been thrilled to see it getting a reappraisal in recent years because it was pretty much forgotten until recently. Amazing cast, amazing performances, and an amazing script. Just a really fun movie.
Mr Boddy was played by Lee Ving, lead singer of Fear, and the singing telegram was Jane Wiedlin from the Go Go's
If you didn’t notice, the singing telegram girl was played by Jane Wiedlin, the guitarist for The Go-Go’s. Mr Body was portrayed by singer & guitarist Lee Ving from the punk band The Fear.
This movie has so much rewatch value too. The cast, the pacing, the camp... You'd do well to watch this at the cabin as much as you'd do well to play the board game.
The song at the end credits? "Shake, Rattle and Roll." Y'know, like dice.
Madeline Kahn’s “…flames… on the side of my face…” was ad libbed.
It helps to realize that when this movie was released in theaters, there were 3 versions in the theater… either 1, 2 and 3 …. or A, B, C ….. so people would go back to see the other versions they had not yet seen. Great gimmick.
So a fun little detail that is really cool in hindsight, when Mr. Green thinks the cop is about to discover the bodies in the study, he reaches into his breast pocket. If we consider the third ending to be canonical, that means he was reaching either for his badge or his gun.
I am very happy you are reacting to this movie, Tim Curry is one of my favorite actors (One of the greatest character actors ever). In a star studded comedy, what more could someone ask for. Little bit of CLUE funny trivia, Madeline Khan's "Flames" dialogue was completely ad libbed. My friends and I actually have a back to back Audience Participation Party with Clue & The Rocky Horror Picture Show and do Audience Participation to both.
If there's any doubts whether she's ad-libbing, just look at the faces of her costars, who are staring at her in disbelief and admiration.
The singing telegram was played by Jane Wiedlin, the guitar player from the band The Go Go's. She was also in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
The 7th Season, 5th Episode of the tv show "Psych" was a spoof of this movie. The episode was titled "100 Clues". Three of the cast members of the movie played similar roles in the "Psych" episode, including Martin Mull, Christopher Lloyd and Leslie Ann Warren. I would also recommend you react to "Psych" once you finish "Lost". I think you'll love it.
31:20 Watch how Mr Green is standing there as Mr Green in this shot, and then in the next shot he removes his glasses and stands up straight seemingly trying to signal to the Chief, "Hey! Look, it's me, Mr. FBI Guy! I'm on the case, Boss!" Never noticed that before.
I caught that for the first time, as well. I feel like I see something new every time, lol.
Tim Curry has had several iconic roles, and this is one of them! Rocky Horror, of course, and IT (one version, anyway), and more... Even now that he is severely incapacitated and can barely speak, he's still performing. He played the Narrator in a recent (a few years ago) version of The Rocky Horror show. How's that for ironically iconic. Or is that iconically ironic?
I wonderful reaction,. I'm sure others will share this information, that in the cinema on release we only got one ending,and depending where and when you saw the film depended of one which ending you got. I saw the film three times but only saw two of the endings. Great to see your enjoyment.
I saw it twice in theaters, but got the Mrs. Peacock ending both times
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Similar feeling? Try 1992's Noises Off with Michael Caine, John Ritter, Carol Burnett & Christopher Reeve. Also, Madeline Kahn and Tim Curry also teamed up to excellent comedic effect with Carol Burnett in 1982's Annie. Love the edit, this movie has so many great moments it must have been hard to cut so beautifully, including the plot elements and great joke reactions!
Love 'Noises Off'. Great funny movie with a great cast.
Madeline Kahn wasn't in 'Annie', it was Bernadette Peters.
I have a poster with Clue quotes on it in various size fonts. The biggest font is the 'flames' quote.
I was 5 when this came out and I loved it. Didn't understand half of the humor but still loved it. I wanted to be each one of the female guests. White, Peacock and Scarlett. All of them glamorous and deadly
Love this movie. Saw it quite by chance as a kid when we got it as part of a 2-for-1 rental deal (back in the goood old days of VHS rental stores), and watched it over, and over. So many great performances and quoteable lines. "I'm not shouting. Alright I AM shouting. I'm shouting, I'm shouting. I'm shout..." "By now ... she was dead." "Flames ... on the side of my face..." "I, am, your singing telegram..BANG"
It’s great to see someone who played the game regularly as a kid watch this for the first time. Interesting to see your perspective. (I’m about 2 minutes into the intro)
Clue is one of my all time favorites. Madeline Kahn and Tim Curry are national treasures. When the movie was in theatres, every showing had one of three endings. I guess for the video release they added them all together. I prefer the Wadsworth ending. Because what's more of a twist than the protagonist actually being the bad guy. Shake Rattle and Roll is playing at the end because the movie is set in the 50s and it maybe the most famous song from the decade.
In fact it was released in April 1954, so would have been the biggest hit on the radio when the action was set.
OMG I totally loved your reaction. Its the best I have seen so far. Many of the other reactors were not familiar with the game. U laughed at the best parts and actually got the Hoover joke This is one of my favorite movies. I didn’t see it in the theater where different theaters showed the different endings. I saw it on video so was presented with the endings
When this movie was released, theaters all over the country got one of the three different endings. The music lyrics first line is...."get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans"....they were there for a dinner party. I love this film. Thank you for your reaction. You appeared to enjoy it so much.
Yes, Tim Curry is a genius. Go forth and watch some more.
'You can tell a lot about a person by what movie they know Tim Curry from.'
Fantastic movie and one of my families favourite Christmas boardgames. We play it most years - Murder by Death is another great one to watch.
MBD is fun for using the same house.
@@Aeroldoth3 I wanted to like it. Seriously. Maggie Smith. David Niven. Peter Falk. The cast is unstoppable....and the script stinks. Capote is the only one who gets a decent speech. And James Coco was a terrible Poirot (Sellers was a hysterical Chan and kind of made that role work as did the kid playing his #3 son).
@@PaulSmall422Maybe because I saw it as a kid but I enjoyed it. I remember the liking it for the spooky house and the secret doors. I didn't really know the characters or actors but I recognized Nancy Walker from the bounty commercials.
@@Aeroldoth3 The premise should have been can't-miss. But the script, perhaps amusing to a child, is torture for an adult. Clue is both farcical for kids and clever for adults. Nonsense, but enjoyable, high-energy nonsense.
Now, The Cheap Detective is a much better film that MBD, though still less than Clue. That one I recommend, though there are at least two really boring scenes.
@@PaulSmall422Cheap Detective... don't think I've heard of that one. I actually stopped watching tv or movies decades ago (will watch reactions) since everything is het, and I'm not. But thank you for the recommendation.
This movie takes place at a specific time. The cook was watching the McCarthy Hearings on TV while she was making dinner, the songs were Top 40 hits at that time.
I’m a couple years younger than you and I grew up watching this movie. Michael McKean is known mostly for this, Spinal Tap, and Laverne and Shirley. He has had a bunch of small roles through the years, but you have to see Best in Show and A Mighty Wind, in which he is part of the ensemble cast.
Good Lord! I totally missed the fact that he was Lenny ( or was it Squiggy? ) . He is probably best known to this new generation as Chuck in Better Call Saul.
Mr. Boddy is played by Lee Ving. Back in the day, he was the frontman for the L.A. punk band Fear.
Regarding the Cluedo name, that's what the game was originally called when it was first released in the UK (before the US version). The name is a play on the words "Clue" and the latin "Ludo" which means "I play". Fun fact, Green in the original UK version was a reverend. I guess they just made him Mr. Green for the US releases because they didn't think Americans would appreciate a possibly murderous holy man.
Another little bit of trivia: the novelization of the movie featured a fourth ending that was never filmed but was scripted. In that one, Wadsworth turned out to be Mr. Boddy again, but had poisoned all the other guests and was going to make a clean break. Unfortunately for him, he jumped into the wrong car and a police dog mauled him to death
Rock Around The Clock playing at the end probably because it was released in 1954 the year the film was set. Jane Wiedlin plays the singing telegram she was part of the Go Go's and had a huge solo hit with Rush Hour.
'Murder by Death' next? Or 'Dark and Stormy Night'? The game that's usually called Parcheesi in the US is called Ludo (Latin for 'I play') in the UK; 'Cluedo' is an allusion to that.
Dark And Stormy Night by Larry Blamire.
No. The Cheap Detective. It's a much better film, with many of the same actors but played with much more panache, a massively better script and hysterical inserted sequences lampooning other films, notably Casablanca and Chinatown.
One of the best comedies ever made!!!
Since you loved this so much, I highly recommend watching Murder By Death (1976). It's very much in the same vein, a comedic murder mystery with a great cast.
That film suxs.
Lesley Ann Warren also played Cinderella. Great reaction!
Cluedo is a wordplay on the board game name Ludo. "From Latin ludus (“game”) and also back-formation from words like ludology (“the study of games”) and ludonarrative (“the intersection between a video game's gameplay and narrative”)."
Leslie Ann Warren is also in Victor/Victoria, another fantastic movie.
A piece of trivia about the dogs:
After he threw the bones, Wadsworth *shortened* the chains so they couldn't reach the door.
Many great quotes from this film.
I adore this film.
Great reaction! I'm glad you enjoyed it. This was one of my favourite films as a kid in the early 90's, i watched it for a few years every day from aged 12-15. I still love it now.
if you like murder mysteries with a twist at the end, try "Murder By Death," based on a Neil Simon play. Stars Eileen Brennan, Peter Falk, and Truman Capote
Two Films of a similar flow. That still stand up these days What's up doc, Ryan O'Neil and Barbara Streisand and Murder by Death with David Niven Maggie Smith and Peter Falke.
Neil you must watch Murder By Death which featured stars such as David Niven and Maggie Smith as Dick and Dora Charlesworth pun on Nick and Nora Charles, Peter Sellers as Sidney Wang aka Charlie Chan.
Also check out "Murder by Death" (1976) which has a similar premise.
Btw, the Singing Telegram Girl is Jane Wiedlin, the guitarist/singer from the 80s band The Go-Go's (with Belinda Carlisle). I love this movie, and it was so fun to watch your reaction . :)
The board game was originally conceived in the UK in the 1940s as "Cluedo", a word play on the then popular game "Ludo" that was created in the 1890s (though from a much older Indian game). In North America, Ludo wasn't as well known as in Europe, so it was marketed as simply "Clue".
One of a relatively small list of movies that I can watch a hundred times and not tire of. Most films are good for 1 viewing, if that.
It was named Cluedo by the British creator, Anthony Pratt, as a portmanteau of the words Clue and Ludo (a basic dice-based board game). When the game was sold to Parker Bros in the US and they opted to change it to Clue for an American audience. In the UK version Mr Green is Reverend Green (too risque for a US audience to have a man of the cloth as a killer apparently) and the victim is Dr Black (who became Mr Boddy in the US version).
I watched this movie a long time ago and it still might be my favorite movie
I love this movie. It’s one of those films you need to watch a few times to get all the jokes because of how rapid fire they are and the wit of it all is amazing
"Undercover Blues" - a nice 90s comedy about family of spies.
I was a kid when this came out, I first saw it on VHS. When the movie was at theaters it had one ending, but here’s the catch the ending was the first version in some theaters, some had the second version, and some had the actual version which is the third. When it was released on DVD, and maybe VHS, they put all three endings together showing the three versions. On DVD you can also watch with a random ending which randomly picks one of the three endings.
What a treat! One of my favorite movies ever. Glad you liked it!
I love Clue so much haha ☺
I was Yvette in our high school play
My favorite movie of all time!!
Good job, most people don't spot the candlestick above the doorway.
He didn't unchain the dogs, he cinched up the chain.
Whats really amazing and clever about this film is it solves the biggest problem with the "Who Did it" Genre of mystery. The alternate endings are to show that anyone could have been the murderer. Ms Scarlet, Mrs White and Cornell Mustard could have done it when teaming up with Evette the Maid. Professor Plum and Mrs Peacock could do it solo and the final ending everyone but Mr Green kills someone. This is to show that Mystery Genre both succeeds and fails in the notion that Red Hearing have to be included in order to throw off the reader or viewer so no to guess too early. What makes CLUE a memorable film is that not only is it brilliantly written it ties so many elements to the board game without being hammered into the script.
Loved your reaction! This is my favorite movie of all time. I could probably recite it word for word. Amazing cast and witty comedy writing. 😁
As for Christopher Lloyd looking so young - this film was released the same year as Back to the Future :-)
You should now watch 'A murder by death' A parody of Clue and detective’s movies. 😀
Parody of detective movies for sure. Parody of Clue... well, FWIW Murder By Death was made before the Clue movie.
@@rowdycmoore Way after the board game though 😀
19:05 with Tim Curry I can't help but think "Castles don't have phones, asshole!" Which is one of the audience callouts from Rocky Horror Picture Show if you're not familiar.
I remember it being in the theaters. And yes, depending on where you went it had a different ending.
And it was a blast. I’m still a wee disappointed that didn’t start a trend.
1. Cluedo is the original name. A British couple invented it during WWII, trying to beat the boredom of staying home most nights.
2. It’s called Cluedo because when Pachisi was brought to England, from India, it was renamed Ludo. Ludo comes from a Latin word meaning “to play”. So Cluedo refers to playing with clues.
3. It is not called Cluedo in the USA because Pachisi is called Parcheesi here. So they cut off the “do”, and left it as “Clue”.
4. Mr. Green in the US version was originally (&still is) Reverend Green in England. Parker Brothers, when they bought the rights to bring it to the US, decided that Americans would not like a minister as a possible murderer. Not “family-friendly” enough. So he is simply Mr. Green.
there's tons of fun facts about this film, the outside shots like the drive way and driving up to the house were shot at a house that has since burned down but all the inside shots were done at a studio. Ms. Scarlet's dress was originally supposed to be red but there was an allergy issue so they changed it to green with the focus on her hair and nails bein red to represent her being a red woman (red light district woman/madame). There are missing actors in shots that Tim Curry's character is referring to if you go back and watch and pause which is cool they kept to their own script. Mr. Body is an actual character in the board game, it's just he's been called multiple things such as Mr. Black (to represent the black suit of a corpse), Mr. Body, Mr. X in some versions. There's also some improv scenes like Mrs. White's Flames moment or where Ms. Scarlet and Colonel Mustard squeezing through the counter, the dog crap scene at the beginning was also improv'd. The actors had a hard time staying in character because they're all good friends and comedians but they would for the most part after filming stay in their little bungalows, specifically Madeline Khan
You know at the beginning of the movie you mentioned clues and there actually is one at the beginning before the lights go out; it's the scene where Mr. Body and Wadsworth are in view, with the painting behind them. Usually the master of the house is the one depicted there.
Every time I see this movie and I see Miss Scarlett I think of Susan Sarandon, even though it's Lesley Anne Warren.
Yeah I was about to comment that how did he not remember Susan Sarandon also being in rocky horror. Lol
It would have been Carrie Fisher if she hadn't entered rehab.
Great movie! So much fun and so funny! The cast was incredible.
This is my favorite movie. Thank you I enjoyed it!
The costume designer had some fun, too - each female character is wearing the opposite color of their name Scarlett wore green, White wore black, Peacock wore gold.
Cluedo was devised in 1943 by British board game designer Anthony E. Pratt. The game was first manufactured by Waddingtons in the United Kingdom in 1949.
Why did the American market drop the "do" (as in doe)?
A combination of the word “clue” with the latin word for “play”. The game known in the US as Parcheesi is also a well known game in Britain. However, in Britain it's called Ludo (Latin for I play).
It's surprisingly common for Americans to change something and then say "why do other people do it differently"
There was/is a popular board game called "Ludo" as others have pointed out - its name derives from the Latin for "I play" and is the same source for terms such as "ludonarrative". So while I can't say for sure, that seems like a likely culprit. Good video man!
Mr. Green was also in Laverne and Shirley. He played Lenny.
My high school just did this as our spring production! Fun!
Clue was my absolute favourite "Bank Holiday Movie" growing up!
I've been requesting this since I came this channel, even when I could afford to be on patreon. So glad this day has come. It is my favorite movie of all time.
Mrs Preacovk stayed behind when Yvette started screaming. Plum was not present when theyfound the cook dead. But Mrs White was still upstairs screaming right before we see Yvette get murdered.
So glad you loved it and the cast is just amazing.
Michael Mckean was also the Witchfinder in Good Omens ;)
You should see “ murder by death“. It’s the original “clue” movie. It’s absolutely amazing and hilarious!
Does that mean you haven't seen Christopher Lloyd in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest?
A fun coincidence that you posted this the day after one of your competitors towards the other side of Canada did hers. Sharp of you to spot that the guests arrive in cars corresponding to their color code names. The women are all dressed opposite to their names, however. Others seem to have hit most of the trivia and recommended 'Murder by Death', so I'll recommend another all-star mystery which is less well-known today: 'The Last of Sheila', with Raquel Welch, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, James Mason, Richard Benjamin, Joan Hackett, and Ian McShane. Directed by Herbert Ross from a screenplay by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim (lovers at the time), who wrote it at Ross' suggestion based on the mystery scavenger hunts Sondheim used to host in New York where Ross had been a guest. It's set on a yacht sailing between ports along the Cote d'Azur with party games at each stop that take a sinister turn, and also a film a clef for those in-the-know about Hollywood at the time. The screenplay won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.