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<\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\nThe 1985 movie CLUE, based on the popular board game, is in my personal opinion, an underrated gem. In a decade full of popular movies, this one seemed to slip through the cracks. It definitely didn\u2019t get the recognition it deserves. Unfortunately, at the time of its release, the reviews were not well-received; but aside from all that, this movie has achieved cult classic status. I love this movie, so much. Even 33 years after its release I feel it deserves another look.<\/p>\n
CLUE is set in 1950\u2019s New England. The plot revolves around six strangers who are invited to a dinner party at the secluded mansion, known as Hill House. Upon their arrival, each is greeted by the butler, Wadsworth, and the maid, Yvette. Once all the guests arrived Wadsworth gives them each a pseudonym, with none knowing or being addressed by their real names.<\/p>\n
After dinner, the guests are surprised by the arrival of a seventh guest, Mr. Boddy. Wadsworth reveals the real reason they are there: Mr. Boddy has been blackmailing the other guests. The group is there to confront him and turn him in to the police. Mr. Boddy reminds them that if he is arrested, their secrets for what he has been blackmailing them will be exposed.<\/p>\n
Mr. Boddy proceeds to give each guest different weapons as a gift (a candlestick, a dagger, a lead pipe, a revolver, a rope and a wrench), suggesting that that one of them kill Wadsworth instead to avoid exposure and humiliation. What follows is a series of murders leading to a chain of events including mayhem, confusion and hijinks.<\/p>\n
After a lot of finger pointing and banter, the guests are left with very few options in to how to deal with what has transpired: Option A: Piece together who killed who, with what and where and let those responsible pay for their crimes. Option B: They conspire together to cover-up the murders and leave quietly one-by-one before the police arrive. But as Wadsworth points out a few times: \u201cWhy should the police come? Nobody\u2019s called them.\u201d Hmmm\u2026.<\/p>\n
The cast is an impressive collection of some of the greatest character actors from TV and film. Below is a character breakdown paired with the actor\/actress who portrays each one:<\/p>\n
The Guests:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Colonel Mustard (Martin Mull): a war profiteer implied to be a client of Miss Scarlet\u2019s service. The Hosts:<\/em><\/p>\n Wadsworth (Tim Curry): a butler who once worked for Mr. Boddy and is seeking justice for his wife(who committed suicide after Mr. Boddy blackmailed her for associating with socialists) Featured Roles:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The Cook (Kellye Kakahara): Mrs. Peacock\u2019s former husband\u2019s cook This movie pays a wonderful homage to the board game, cleverly including all the components into a well written story. It also has 3 different endings, which goes along with how the game is typically played, with more than one possible scenario.<\/p>\n Memorable Quotes:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Wadsworth: \u201cFrankly, Scarlet, I don\u2019t give a damn.\u201d<\/p>\n Wadsworth: You see? Like the Mounties, we always get our man.\u201d Wadsworth: \u201cThe game\u2019s up, Scarlet. There are no more bullets left in that gun.\u201d Mr Green: \u201cSo it was you. I was going to expose you.\u201d Wadsworth: To make a long story short\u2026\u201d Colonel Mustard: \u201cJust checking.\u201d Miss Scarlet: Well, to be perfectly frank, I run a specialized hotel and a telephone service which provides gentlemen with the company of a young lady, for a short while.\u201d Mrs. White: \u201cOh, Wadsworth, I\u2019ll make you sorry you ever started this. One day, when we\u2019re alone together\u2026\u201d Professor Plum: \u201cWhat are you afraid of, a fate worse than death?\u201d Mr. Green: \u201cThey all did it. But if you wanna know who killed Mr. Boddy, I did, in the hall, with the revolver. Okay, Chief, take \u2018em away. I\u2019m going home to sleep with my wife.\u201d<\/p>\n [si-contact-form form=’2′]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [AdSense-A] By Geoffrey Huchel The 1985 movie CLUE, based on the popular board game, is in my personal opinion, an underrated gem. In a decade full of popular movies, this one seemed to slip through the cracks. It definitely didn\u2019t get the recognition it deserves. Unfortunately, at the time of its release, the reviews were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[18950],"class_list":["post-75399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-ringside-report-reviews-clue-the-movie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75399"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMiss Scarlet (Lesley Anne Warren): a Washington, D.C. madam
\nProfessor Plum (Christopher Lloyd): a disgraced former psychiatrist working for the World Health Organization
\nMrs. Peacock (Eileen Brennan): the wife of a U.S. Senator who is accused of taking bribes
\nMr. Green (Michael McKean): a State Department employee
\nMrs. White (Madeline Kahn): the widow of a nuclear physicist who died under suspicious circumstances<\/p>\n
\nYvette (Colleen Camp): a maid who had an affair with Mrs, White\u2019s husband
\nMr. Boddy (Lee Ving): has been blackmailing the six guests of Hill House and Wadsworth\u2019s wife<\/p>\n
\nThe Motorist (Jeffrey Kramer): Colonel Mustard\u2019s driver during World War II
\nThe Cop (Bill Henderson): whom Miss Scarlet has been bribing
\nThe Singing Telegram Girl (Jane Wiedlin): a former patient of Professor Plum with whom he had an affair<\/p>\n
\nMr. Green: \u201cMrs. Peacock was a man?!\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMiss Scarlet: \u201cOh, come on, you don\u2019t think I\u2019m gonna fall for that old trick?
\nWadsworth: \u201cIt\u2019s not a trick. There was one shot at Mr. Boddy in the Study; two for the chandelier; two at the Lounge door and one for the singing telegram.\u201d
\nMiss Scarlet: \u201cThat\u2019s not six.\u201d
\nWadsworth: \u201cOne plus two plus two plus one.\u201d
\nMiss Scarlet: :Uh-uh, there was only one shot that got the chandelier. That\u2019s one plus two plus *one* plus one
\nWadsworth: \u201cEven if you were right, that would be one plus one plus two plus one, not one plus *two* plus plus one.\u201d
\nMiss Scarlet: \u201cOkay, fine. One plus two plus one\u2026Shut up! The point is, there is one bullet left in this gun and guess who\u2019s gonna get it!\u201d<\/p>\n
\nWadsworth: I know. So I choose to expose myself.\u201d
\nColonel Mustard: \u201cPlease, there are ladies present.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAll: (interrupting) \u201cToo late.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMrs. Peacock: \u201cEverything all right?\u201d
\nColonel Mustard: \u201cYep, two corpses. Everything\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nProfessor Plum: \u201cOh, yeah? (pulls out pen and a pad of paper) What\u2019s the phone number?\u2019<\/p>\n
\nWadsworth: \u201cMrs. White, no man in his right mind will be alone together with you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMrs. Peacock: \u201cNo, just death. Isn\u2019t that enough?\u201d<\/p>\n