Talk:Clue (film)

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Contents 1 Copyvio material deleted 2 Mr. Green 2.1 Trivia 3 BYU reenactments 4 UNO WHO 5 Redlinks 6 "In the Hall"

[edit] Copyvio material deleted

The following material has been deleted from the article because most of it is copyvio from IMDb. I'm listing it here rather than deleting outright so people can take some of the items here and reword them for the article. The Goofs section is not necessary at all and is not archived here. 23skidoo 01:06, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

• • I don't think the entirety of the film's trivia should be removed. It is helpful to the article as a whole to maintain it, though not copied wholesale. Perhaps paraphrasing would make at least some of it kosher? Trivia itself can't be copyrighted. Rebochan 17:38, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
    • That's exactly correct and that's why I didn't delete this material. It could be rewritten and used again. Just word-for-word copying isn't allowed. Even posting the original version here is probably bending the copyvio rules a bit. 23skidoo 20:52, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mr. Green

in the differences section it says Mr. Green is a homosexual, but he was actually a cop--Aaronpark 19:47, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

The movie is unusual in that it was made with three different endings, which were randomly played at cinemas during its theatrical release. Some have claimed that because of this gimmick, the mystery of the movie is inherently unfair (after all, if there are three possible scenarios that can occur, it is impossible for the audience to deduce the ending from the clues given.) The critics were reported to have had their favourite ending (the second on the video release). When released on video – and later DVD – and broadcast on television, all three endings were included in the film with silent film-style title cards interspersed between. The DVD release includes an option to have one of the endings randomly selected and played at the end of the film, thereby recreating the theatrical experience. The "real" solution is actually hinted at by a portrait of Mr. Boddy dressed as a butler, which is briefly visible above the dining room table.

Reportedly, there was actually a fourth ending scripted and shot, in which Wadsworth committed all the murders out of a twisted need for perfection in his life. He reveals that he poisoned everyone with a slow-acting toxin in their drinks. It ended with Wadsworth being killed by dogs as he attempted to escape by car from the house. The rather grim nature of the ending is perhaps one reason why it was never released. Another could have been because the film makers thought the ending would have been too obvious – it only survives in the novelization and the storybook, which features but a single photo from that ending (the Chef punching Wadsworth in the stomach).

Though based on the Clue premise and featuring the game's characters and mansion, the film took several liberties. Writers Landis and Lynn added more characters (a butler, a cook) and added a maid separate from Mrs. White, who was pictured as a maid in the board games but in the film was the widow of a nuclear scientist. Also, the mansion's geography was changed, and three floors were added. Finally, the film was set in 1954 New England, while the actual board game was British originally.

Several things in the film remain unexplained, such as why all the murderers (in the last ending) use an identical pair of gloves, or how Mrs. White was upstairs screaming while she was supposed to be downstairs murdering Yvette.

The following trivia bullets were taken from the Trivia page on www.imdb.com:

Prof. Plum indicates at dinner that he works for the World Health Organization, part of the United Nations Organization. This means he works for UNO WHO.

Three endings were shot, and a random one shown at each theater. All three are included on video.

The painting behind Mr Boddy's chair depicts Mr. Boddy in a butler's uniform.

Mrs. Scarlet reads to Professor Plum the directions to their dinner date while she is in his car after he picked her up. She says that they are headed for "Hill House," which is the name of the house in Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting".

The parquet floor in the Hall resembles the 'Clue' game board.

There are few departures from the original board game; in the movie the Hall has been transformed into part of the playing board and has been replaced by the front doors; and the little corridors between the rooms (i.e. between the Billiard Room and the Library in the game) have been eliminated as have many doorways into the rooms. This was probably was done so that the rooms didn't have to stand alone, which seems so unnecessary for the movie.

Eileen Brennan also starred in the film adaptation of Murder by Death (1976), Neil Simon's parody of murder mysteries.

Only two characters are wearing their designated colors - Colonel Mustard wears a mustard-colored suit and Prof. Plum wears a purple vest and bow tie. The others are wearing different colors - Scarlet wears a green dress, White wears a black ensemble (although, with perfect timing, the inside of her coat is revealed to be a brilliant white silk material), Peacock (traditionally a blue pawn in the board game) wears an orangey-gold ensemble (although, she does wear a gold peacock brooch), and Green is wearing blue. Perhaps this is done to foreshadow that they will turn out to not be who they say they are.

Though the characters don't wear their corresponding game piece colors, their cars all do match the game pieces. This is most easily seen in the Mrs. Peacock ending when she is outside in the driveway. There are clearly green, white, blue (peacock), yellow (mustard) and purple (plum) cars parked in front. Wadsworth's car is black, matching his butler uniform.

When walking through the hall to the library, Col. Mustard pauses to look up at the chandelier that, later in the film, almost kills him.

Differences in two weapons in the film include that the revolver in the board game is most commonly a pepperbox revolver (an early 1800s revolver with the six bullet chambers jutting out from the main gun parts). However, it is changed to a regular .38 caliber magnum to possibly keep up with the modern time period the film is set in. The lead pipe in the game was also bent at an angle, to emphasize the fact that it was (possibly) used in Mr. Boddy's murder; the film shows it completely straight.

Clue is the first movie ever made to be based on a board game.

Madeline Kahn ad-libbed the short monologue about her hatred for Yvette the French maid--"I hated her SO much...that, flames, flames, by the side of my face...heaving breaths...".

Hey guys, I'm not sure how to edit the main page or even where I should write this, but I wanted to point out that under the Murder section it said the motorist is killed with the wrench in the consorvotory but he was killed in the lounge while on the phone.--Stetsonblade 03:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BYU reenactments

I haven't seen a reenactment of Clue advertised in the past five years. In '03, an article in the student paper suggested playing life-sized Clue on campus as a group date. The Princess Bride is far more popular today, but I haven't seen that reenacted either. JordeeBec 23:39, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UNO WHO

Should the mention of Plum working for UNO WHO really be included in a paragraph talking about poking fun at governmental institutions considering it's a real branch of the United Nations? --Jim North 04:32, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redlinks

My view on this is that if the actor has pretty much no chance of having an article about him then he should not be linked to because it's absolutely ugly (pointless redlinks should be avoided) and I can't quote the specific section off the top of my head but I'm pretty sure it's against the manual of style. Pegasus1138^{Talk | Contribs | Email} ---- 18:20, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

I find it ulgy to see a haphazard list where every item on the list has equal status but some are linked and some are not linked for some reason. All the items on the list being blue and one being red is ulgy, but all the items on the list being blue and one being black is not ulgy? Sound arbitrary to me. Having in the past created articles for subjects that many editors deemed would not get an article and then having to go through a ton of pages inserting the appropriate links is not a fun task. The redlint isn't hurting anyone. From the prespective of this page, each of the actors in the movie are equal, this article isn't the place to make an editorial decision about who is notable and who is not. Qutezuce 19:31, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

I agree, and on looking at it again I do agree that it is somewhat ugly, but I think what needs to be determined is whether unlinked or whether redlinksed is the lesser of two evils since they both are as you said ugly. Pegasus1138^{Talk | Contribs | Email} ---- 19:33, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps a Wikipolicy can be cited to correct me, but I've been under the assumption from reading the rules that redlinks are preferable to no links as they are a signal that an article needs to be written. One cannot really assume that just because an actor plays a minor role in this film that someone might not write an article about that person. Of course the onus is on the article creator to assert notability when and if that happens. I personally have created articles on relatively obscure individuals that have sat as redlinks for years. Anyway, on this basis I support maintaining a redlink here. 23skidoo 19:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "In the Hall"

Mr. Green actually says, "in the hall" at the end of the film, not "in the foyer". In part two of the shooting script, dated February 8th, 1985, Mr. Green says hall (page 55 of the PDF document). And in this word-for-word transcript of the actual movie dialogue, Mr. Green, also says "hall". Just a clarification. Green451 17:58, 30 November 2006 (UTC)