Clue (1985)

Director:

Jonathan Lynn

Writers:

John Landis (story) and
Jonathan Lynn (story) ...
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Release Date:

13 December 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

It's Not Just A Game Anymore.

Plot:

Six guests are invited to a strange house and must cooperate with the staff to solve a murder mystery.

Plot Keywords:

Guest | Murder | Butler | Maid | Rope

Cast

Eileen Brennan	...	Mrs. Peacock
Tim Curry	...	Wadsworth
Madeline Kahn	...	Mrs. White
Christopher Lloyd	...	Professor Plum
Michael McKean	...	Mr. Green
Martin Mull	...	Colonel Mustard
Lesley Ann Warren	...	Miss Scarlet
Colleen Camp	...	Yvette
Lee Ving	...	Mr. Boddy
Bill Henderson	...	The Cop
Jane Wiedlin	...	The Singing Telegram Girl
Jeffrey Kramer	...	The Motorist
Kellye Nakahara	...	The Cook
Will Nye	...	Cop #1
Rick Goldman	...	Cop #2
Don Camp	...	Cop #3
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Howard Hesseman	...	The Chief (uncredited)

Directed by
Jonathan Lynn

Writing credits
John Landis		(story) and
Jonathan Lynn		(story)
Jonathan Lynn		(screenplay)
Anthony E. Pratt		board game Cluedo (uncredited)

Produced by
Jeffrey Chernov	....	associate producer
George Folsey Jr.	....	executive producer
Peter Guber	....	executive producer
Debra Hill	....	producer
John Landis	....	executive producer
Jon Peters	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Morris

Cinematography by
Victor J. Kemper		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
David Bretherton
Richard Haines

Casting by
Janet Hirshenson
Jane Jenkins

Production Design by
John J. Lloyd		(as John Lloyd)

Set Decoration by
Thomas L. Roysden

Costume Design by
Michael Kaplan

Makeup Department
Cindy Baggett	....	body makeup
Hazel Catmull	....	hair stylist
Diane Cummings	....	body makeup
Kaye Pownall	....	hair stylist
Edward Ternes	....	makeup artist (as Ed Ternes)
Brad Wilder	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jeffrey Chernov	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Barbara Bruno	....	second second assistant director
Alan B. Curtiss	....	second assistant director
Michael Daves	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Rubin Andreatta	....	greens (as Rubin A. Andreatta)
Cathryn Bangs	....	set designer
Wilbur Finks	....	swing gang
Andy Flores	....	laborer
Les Gobruegge	....	set designer
Horst Grandt	....	property master
Walton D. Hadfield	....	construction coordinator (as Walt Hadfield)
John Hutchinson	....	production painter
Ronald C. Jacobs	....	property lead person
William B. Major	....	set designer
Gene Nollman	....	set designer (as Eugene C. Nollmann II)
Tom Purser	....	second construction foreman
Steven Schwartz	....	set designer
Fred Throop	....	assistant propmaster
John Tyrrell	....	paint foreman
James F. Walker	....	construction foreman
Donald B. Woodruff	....	assistant art director (as Donald Woodruff)

Sound Department
Anna Boorstin	....	dialogue editor
Eric Boyd-Perkins	....	adr supervising editor
Joseph F. Brennan	....	boom operator
Thomas Causey	....	sound mixer (as Thomas D. Causey)
David B. Cohn	....	dialogue editor
Norval D. Crutcher	....	supervising sound effects editor
Samuel C. Crutcher	....	supervising sound effects editor
Gregory Gontz	....	adr assistant editor (as Gregory D. Gontz)
Lara Holland	....	sound effects assistant editor (as Laja Holland)
Gregg Landaker	....	re-recording mixer
Michael Minkler	....	re-recording mixer
Howard Neiman	....	sound effects editor (as Howard S.M. Neiman)
Lauren Palmer	....	adr editor
Gary Ritchie	....	recordist (as Gary F. Ritchie)
Lori Slomka	....	sound effects apprentice editor
Mark P. Stoeckinger	....	sound effects editor
Jim Stuebe	....	boom operator (as James Stuebe)
Vanessa Theme Ament	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Calvin Joe Acord	....	special effects coordinator (as Calvin J. Acord)
Harold Selig	....	special effects (as Harold G. Selig)

Visual Effects by
Syd Dutton	....	matte artist
Bill Taylor	....	matte photography: Illusion Arts, Inc.
Albert Whitlock	....	matte consultant

Stunts
Cheré Bryson	....	stunts (as Chére Bryson)
Danny Costa	....	stunts (as Dan Costa)
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts
Robert L. Fisher	....	stunts
Cindy Folkerson	....	stunts
Leslie Hoffman	....	stunts
Terry Leonard	....	stunt coordinator
Jean Malahni	....	stunts
Bill McIntosh	....	stunts
Jeff Ramsey	....	utility stunt coordinator
Sandy Robertson	....	stunts
John-Clay Scott	....	stunts
Joe Stone	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric D. Andersen	....	camera operator (as Eric D. Anderson)
Audie Aragon	....	second company grip
Al Contreras	....	second company grip
Earl Gilbert	....	chief lighting technician (as Earl R. Gilbert)
Steve Gilbert	....	lamp operator
Rhio Haessig	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Patrick Marshall	....	chief rigging electrician (as Patrick H. Marshall)
Robbie Robinson	....	still photographer
Bill Roe	....	first assistant camera (as William G. Roe)
Gaylin P. Schultz	....	first company grip (as Gaylin Schultz)
Bernie Schwartz	....	crab dolly operator
Murphy Wiltz	....	assistant chief lighting technician
John Yant	....	grip
Mario Zavala	....	second assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Oda Groeschel	....	costumer
Ken Harvey	....	costumer
Charmaine Nash Simmons	....	costume supervisor (as Charmaine N. Simmons)

Editorial Department
Beau Barthel	....	assistant editor
Craig Galloway	....	apprentice editor
Robert Ross	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jack Hayes	....	orchestrations
Eugene Marks	....	music editor
Dan Wallin	....	music scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Lynn Harman	....	transportation captain
Eddie Lee Voelker	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Ellen Adolph	....	production auditor
Randi Chernov	....	assistant: Ms. Hill
Heidi Cohen	....	production assistant
Louis Demarco	....	craft service
Sig Frohlich	....	stand-in
Bitsy Gorman	....	stand-in
Doris Grau	....	script supervisor
Dennis Grisco	....	wrangler
Jeffrey Harstedt	....	research assistant
Sharre Jacoby	....	production assistant (as Sharre' Jacoby)
Saul Kahan	....	unit publicist
Mark Levine	....	production assistant
Edward Lynn	....	production assistant
Burke Mattsson	....	titles
Norman Mont-Eton	....	stand-in
Karen Penhale	....	assistant: Mr. Chernov
Carol Rosenthal	....	assistant: Mr. Lynn
Bonnie Schiffman	....	special photographs
Susan Towner	....	assistant auditor

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)
• Guber-Peters Company, The (producer) (as Guber-Peters)
• PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (in association with) (as PolyGram Pictures)
• Debra Hill Productions (in association with)

Distributors

• CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (2004) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (19??) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Pictures

Special Effects

• Illusion Arts (matte photography)

Other Companies

• Parker Brothers  acknowledgment: based upon the board game Clue® by
• Central Casting  extras casting
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)  this picture made under the jurisdiction of (as I.A.T.S.E.)
• MGM Optical  titles and opticals
• Parker Brothers  trademark owned by (Clue and Cluedo - their world famous board game)
• Video Image  video playback
• Waddingtons Games  trademark owned by (Clue and Cluedo - their world famous board game) (as Waddingtons)
• Warner Hollywood Studios  re-recording facilities

Also Known As:

Clue: The Movie (USA) (poster title)

Runtime:

94 min | Sweden:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG (NO. 27986) | Iceland:12 | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Madeline Kahn ad-libbed the short monologue about her hatred for Yvette the French maid.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Miss Scarlet and Col. Mustard first find the kitchen-study secret passage, as they enter the study the portrait appears to be "spring-loaded" and immediately snaps back into place after they pass through it. However, later in the film when Wadsworth is recounting how it was done, he just taps the same portrait and it swings open, and stays open.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Wadsworth: Is everything ready?
Yvette: Oui, Monsieur.
Wadsworth: You have your, um, instructions.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Lion King (1994)

Soundtrack:

Shake, Rattle and Roll

I laughed till my stomach hurt

A hysterical spoof of the well known board game Cluedo, known as Clue

in America. One of the best comic castings ever. Tim Curry as the Butler- brilliantly wild eyed, OTT and campy. Any fan

of The Rocky Horror Picture Show will simply adore his performance in

this film. And Michael McKean as Mr.Green- After This Is Spinal Tap, he

gives his best performance in Clue. The cast really does not have any

weak spots who are all supported by a very funny script. John Landis at

his mid eighties best. The only downer is the different endings use similar script which does

get a little tiresome, but apart from that a flawless comedy. Now go

and see it!