CLUE (DVD) WS ENHANCED 16X9/DOLBY DIGI ENG MONO/FRENCH MONO DVD

Clue
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, All Movie Guide

Cast Eileen Brennan as Mrs. Peacock Tim Curry as Wadsworth Madeline Kahn as Mrs. White Martin Mull as Col. Mustard Christopher Lloyd as Prof. Plum Lesley Ann Warren as Miss Scarlet Colleen Camp as Yvette Michael McKean as Mr. Green Lee Ving as Mr. Boddy

Crew Michael Kaplan - Costume Designer Jonathan Lynn - Director David Bretherton - Editor Richard G. Haines - Editor John Morris - Composer (Music Score) Brad Wilder - Makeup Ed Ternes - Makeup Cindy Baggett - Makeup Diane Cummings - Makeup John J. Lloyd - Production Designer Victor J. Kemper - Cinematographer George Folsey, Jr. - Producer Jon Peters - Producer Peter Guber - Producer Debra Hill - Producer John Landis - Producer Thomas Roysden - Set Designer Thomas D. Causey - Sound/Sound Designer Jonathan Lynn - Screenwriter John Landis - Screenwriter

Clue
An A-list cast makes this B-quality premise work, but none of it would hold together if writer/director Jonathan Lynn and his co-writer John Landis hadn't taken the board game Clue as a mere jumping-off point for over-the-top satire. Clue the film takes broad aim at every hriller convention -- and every hypocrisy of mid-century America, from boozed-up senator's wives and illicit sexuality to Cold War profiteers and the secret life of J. Edgar Hoover. Tim Curry, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren, and Madeline Kahn are only the most notable names in a cast whose comic credentials could float a project with far more prestige than this one. They all prove game, however, especially Warren as the slatternly Miss Scarlet and Kahn as the frequently apoplectic Mrs. White. With improbable plot twists, slapstick suspense, obnoxious puns, and haunted-house set pieces -- the filmmakers employ anything they can to get the audience laughing. Although such a kitchen-sink approach has been used in films from Airplane to Scary Movie, it's rarely been employed as effectively as this. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: 1: PCM mono Additional Features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16x9 Dolby Digital: English mono; French mono English subtitles Interactive menus Scene selection Theatrical trailer 3 different surprise endings DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 96 min Part of Series: Paramount Widescreen Collection   DVD Chapters: Side #1 0. Scene Selection 1. Hill House [4:36] 2. The Guests Arrive [5:36] 3. Dinner Is Served [5:08] 4. Mr. Boddy [3:24] 5. Blackmail [6:17] 6. The Weapons [2:40] 7. Opportunity And Motive [6:22] 8. Life After Death [5:03] 9. The Key [3:45] 10. Search The House [8:32] 11. The Secret Passage [5:04] 12. All Too Shocking [6:14] 13. Three Murders [4:56] 14. Wadsworth Explains Everything [11:10] 15. Trilogy Ending [17:50]