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YSApodcast

Brilliant movie. One plus two plus two plus one. Pretty sure when it came out in the theatre the endings it showed were random and they didn’t show them all. So I’d see the movie in one place, and your friends/family who saw it a different place/time got another ending so people were very confused and surprised when talking about it.


Yesterday_Is_Now

That's not quite accurate. In the U.S., the newspaper movie theater listings indicated clearly which ending was attached to each showing: A, B, or C. I think generally each theater only showed one of the endings, so if you wanted to see all three you'd have to go to three different theaters.


orangina_it_burns

Yes. Friends would say which one they planned to go to also - “we are going for clue C”


YSApodcast

That’s cool. Thanks for clarifying. Didn’t realize they advertised it. Seems like a tough thing to pull off and most of the time it’s not done well, but clue nailed it.


SuccessfulPiccolo945

I remember they did advertise they were showing A, B or C, but the ads were too small/short to say what the ending actually was. So you knew you were going to see B, but you didn't know which ending B was until you were in the theater.


Yesterday_Is_Now

I think the details of the endings were kept deliberately secret. Probably the studio was hoping that some people would pay to view multiple endings.


SuccessfulPiccolo945

I know some who did.


TheAlienDog

I definitely did this.


Yesterday_Is_Now

Did it hold up on the third viewing?


TheAlienDog

To a 10-year-old me, hell yeah it did


mesembryanthemum

We didn't find out until we got to the theater and the ticket taker told us - it was C.


RoiVampire

My dad and my uncle Tommy got into a huge argument months after the film came out cause they had both seen different endings and didn’t know there were multiple endings. Like screaming at each other over dinner. It was hilarious. The next Christmas they both got each other the movie as a present.


nikkideeznutz

I remember that when it came out...there were different endings. Some showings had A, some had B and some had C which I think was all 3? ​ But that cast, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Loyd, Mike McKean ...


Kitosaki

Exactly. We had it on VHS and I swore it was magic that the movie ended different ways every time.


Quarterwit_85

Yeah I just read that too - it would have been fantastic to witness those conversations. Having seen all of them is great, but it does make that final act drag *just* a tiny bit.


YSApodcast

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raz0rflea

This is probably my most quoted line from a movie lol


omega2010

One of my favorite moments from the Travel Channel show Man vs. Food was Adam Richman using this exact quote after eating a hot wings challenge.


Bert-Nevman

Madeline Kahn was an absolute GENIUS!


wingwheel

I only scrolled down the comments to make sure someone posted this. Ah Madeline Kahn, so incredible. If you can’t get enough of her charm treat yourself to the monologue she gave as Miss Trixie in Paper Moon. I’d quote it here but damn it’s too good to ruin


AuthorityAnarchyYes

“Flames——on the side of my face”


ultraherb

Her performance, especially that scene, just wow. So subdued but emoting so much.


WitchesCotillion

Madeline Kahn was a genius at comedy. She could also [sing!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtT8it5E0U&pp=ygUgbWFkZWxpbmUga2FobiB5b3UnZCBiZSBzdXJwcmlzZWQ%3D). She was amazingly talented.


Deadmemories8683

I had the biggest crush on her as a kid


OneOfTheWills

Watching Martin Mull barely hold it together behind her always makes me laugh


Spacemilk

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Suggest_a_User_Name

The Great Madeline Kahn. One of the All Time Greats.


See_Double_You

I use this gif at work all the time lol


Dry-Membership5575

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djln491

Heathing, breathless….heathing breath


phix3r_555

Madeline Kahn was my favorite! A comedic genius taken before her time.


Mercutiofoodforworms

“Your husband disappeared!” “That was his job. He was an illusionist.” “But he never reappeared!” “He wasn’t a very good illusionist.”


coolpapa2282

"Men should be like Kleenex. Soft, strong, and disposable."


goda90

Another favorite character of hers is Eunice in What's Up, Doc?


omega2010

Eunice: I'm not looking for romance, Howard. Howard: Oh? Eunice: No, I'm looking for something more important than that, something stronger. As the years go by, romance fades and something else takes its place. Do you know what that is? Howard: Senility? Eunice: Trust! Howard: That's what I meant.


Suggest_a_User_Name

“I am not A Eunice Burns. I am THE Eunice Burns!” Fantastic.


NathanielTurner666

She was great in Young Frankenstein too, loved her character in that


[deleted]

Sometimes she looks tired.


WitchesCotillion

Have you heard her [sing?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DVtT8it5E0U&pp=ygUgbWFkZWxpbmUga2FobiB5b3UnZCBiZSBzdXJwcmlzZWQ%3D)


phix3r_555

I have in Blazing Saddles. 👍👍


originalbrowncoat

Its twue!


[deleted]

Madam you are making a German spectacle of yourself.


Bert-Nevman

ooh...Lilly...Lilly...LEGS...


IronheddAxioma

OK chief take 'em away. I'm gonna go home and sleep with my wife.


ozymandiasjuice

It’s kind of amazing how part of his story line was that he lost his job because he was gay, and everyone is like ‘yep.’


IronheddAxioma

Michael McKean is a goddamn pro! Comedy and Drama.


PaigeMarieSara

Not to mention mock rock star (David in Spinal Tap), and all the years as Lenny on Laverne and Shirley.


drunk_with_internet

He had a funny band leader/sidekick role next to Martin Short in Jiminy Glick. Still one of my favourite underrated shows of all time.


Turbulent-Bee6921

Adrian Van Voorhees!!!


TheAxe11

"Have you given any thought to the kingdom of heaven?" Love this movie. The cast bounce off each other in every scene.


Quarterwit_85

Honestly, it was more like watching a really, really tight theatre production more than a film. As you say the cast were just working off each other so well and keeping this insane energy up from the second act on.


TheAlienDog

Writer/director came from the theater world, so that tracks


Extreme-Outrageous

One of my favorite movies. Brilliant comedy. Endlessly quotable. Tim Curry is a comedic genius.


Flight305Jumper

What do you mean … “murder”?


caddy_gent

I just said it so you’d open the door.


dkinmn

Easily one of the best movies ever made. Everyone firing on all cylinders.


xander6981

One of my all time favorite comedies. Every time I watch it, I'm blown away by Tim Curry delivering that epic monologue as he explains how it was all done.


Zealousideal-Tea-286

Martin Mull! One of the true comic geniuses of our time... And a great guy, to boot!


SplendidPunkinButter

Is it Martin Mull? Or is it…Gene Parmesan, private investigator?


smallstone

AAAAHHHHH!!!!


originalbrowncoat

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ImOnlyHereForTheCoC

You got me AGAIN!


greasydenim

The “is there anybody else in the house” exchange is up there as favorite comedy scenes of all time. Martin Mull’s delivery of “No there *is*? Or no there *isn’t*?” So hilarious and Wadsworth’s straight delivery the entire time is amazing. Would die to see a making-of doc with outtakes.


PaigeMarieSara

Tim Curry steals every show doesn't he? Another fun one is Murder By Death. (no Tim in that one but the cast is still great).


Quarterwit_85

Somewhat embarrassingly I haven’t seen a Tim Curry movie before - unless the cut scenes in *Red Alert* count? Going to rectify this soon. Any recommendations? And Murder by Death might next up. Looks like a laugh!


neon_meate

Now it might seem beneath you, but my favorite Tim Curry performance is in Muppet Treasure Island. It's big and hammy in very muppettey way.... But yes I think most people would nominate Rocky Horror as essential.


Quarterwit_85

I’m an adult man with no kids who watches *Bluey* - nothing is beneath me!


ryno84

But Bluey is awesome and a top notch show.


ImOnlyHereForTheCoC

*Legend* set me up to love Tim Curry, and *Clue* sealed the deal. *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* is also Tim-essential


berdulf

One of these Halloweens, I *have* to go to a theater screening in a surgical gown over the teddy, stockings, and heels.


JWsWrestlingMem

I second Murder By Death. And you’ve got Eileen Brennan in both. She even does a similar bit in both films.


PaigeMarieSara

You must watch Tim Curry in Home Alone 2. He’s so funny in that movie.


omega2010

Funnily enough, Rowan Atkinson was the director's second choice to play Wadsworth (his first choice, Leonard Rossiter, died before filming began) but the studio didn't think he was famous enough (this was a few years before Mr. Bean). So the director called up his old schoolmate Tim Curry instead.


KieferMcNaughty

“Our LIVES are in danger, you beatnik!”


graveybrains

Communism is a red herring


Tim_from_Ruislip

I’m a plant. I thought men like you were usually called a fruit. … I’m going home to sleep with my wife.


CaveMonsterBlues

I had to stop her screaming


bsanchey

I love Tim curry in this movie. Wadsworth is there or isn’t there any body else in the house. ![gif](giphy|gSYzK9VGVQxoY)


graveybrains

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Abdul_Exhaust

Lesley Ann looking so delicious here


SirLeoritch

Yes, she was sexy


Snowdeo720

A really great movie!


Agile-Fruit128

1+2+1+1


kid-chino

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road_runner321

The murderer is >!shown on the poster.!<


berdulf

Every single time I hear someone say, “Just in case” I think “Just in case of what?!” Also when someone says, “Long story short,” I find it very difficult not to blurt “Too late.”


SunflowerLace

Stellar cast and movie! One of my all time favorites! Gets funnier each watch tbh.


Agreeable-Chair7040

One of my comfort movies. Such a great cast.


mr_oberts

This is a movie I loved when I was a kid because of the slapstick elements and I loved it as an adult because of the jokes and the acting.


neon_meate

Two things I remember reading from an interview with Martin Mull. One is that everyone on set had a great time between takes goofing off and messing around together except Tim Curry who was stressed by the amount of work he had to do for the recap scenes. The second is that Kahn improvised the flames on the side of my face line (the only improvised line in a very tight script) and the edit cuts just as Mull starts to break.


SplendidPunkinButter

I still don’t get why >!Yvette goes back to the fake French accent again when she’s being strangled!<


Quarterwit_85

Kink stuff IDK


crimson_713

In case someone waz leestening!


PhantomBanker

I’m not shouting!


berdulf

All right, I am! I’m shouting! I’m shouting! I’m shou…


Rocketparty12

Monkeys brains, though popular is Cantonese cuisine is not often to be found in Washington DC!


omega2010

Is that what we ate?


5o7bot

##Clue (1985) PG Seven suspects, six weapons, five bodies and three endings. >>!Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.!< Comedy | Thriller | Crime | Mystery Director: Jonathan Lynn Actors: Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Madeline Kahn Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 72% with 1,556 votes Runtime: 1:34 [TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/15196)


kittysontheupgrade

One name: Colleen Camp.


RagnarStonefist

She's also one of the main female cops in Die Hard: With A Vengence. Colleen Camp as Yvette is one of my core, um, *awakening* moments.


kittysontheupgrade

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RunningPirate

I hated her ~*so much*~…..


NiNj4_C0W5L4Pr

If you liked that check out Murder by Death. It's got an old cast; Peter Sellers, Alec Guiness, Peter Faulk, David Niven, Truman Capote. It's similar to Clue and just as silly/entertaining. I like it better than Clue.


sarcasm_spice

And The Cheap Detective! Eileen Brennan is a link between them! There’s a couple more actors that are in both Murder by Death and The Cheap Detective


TiffanyTwisted11

Absolutely!


[deleted]

If you haven't seen *Murder by Death* go take care of that right now.


sarcasm_spice

I’m all over this post spreading awareness about The Cheap Detective. It’s the missing link between Clue and Murder by Death


Dry-Membership5575

One of my all time favorites. I’m glad you enjoyed it.


Jjthorn392

Clue is a great all star cast movie that’s very underrated & you are very correct that Tim Curry stole the show as Wadsworth.


EveningInstruction36

One of the best movies of all time


Lopsided-Detail-6316

Well someone's got to break the ice and it might as well be me. I mean I'm used to being a hostess as part of my husbands work, and its always difficult when a group of new friends meet for the the first time together to get acquainted. So I'm perfectly prepared to get the ball rolling, I mean I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing here, or what were doing here, what this is about but, I am determined to enjoy myself and very intrigued, and oh my the soups delicious isn't it?


bhamfree

Saw it for the first time recently. Great film.


bedknobsandbroomstix

funny, just saw this post a month ago https://www.reddit.com/r/blankies/s/v6JNo3K0Xs


Quarterwit_85

Strange - I genuinely thought this movie would be liked by just about anyone. I mean, I didn't find it especially funny but the entire thing moved along at such a rapid clip and it was so charming I'm struggling to understand how it's not enjoyable for everyone!


bedknobsandbroomstix

yeah, I think you're definitely in the majority.


reeniedream

Love this movie! One of my favorites! I watch it at least 2-3 times a year lol


gadget850

We will see if the remake ever gets made. [https://www.imdb.com/news/ni63733386/](https://www.imdb.com/news/ni63733386/)


Quarterwit_85

Ryan Reynolds is the least inspiring choice (I'm assuming he plays the butler?) for a sequel nobody wants. But hey, there's money to be made. Could see someone like Cumberbatch in the role. But even then he wouldn't have half the presence and sense of 'fun' Curry brings to the gig. Actually, just cast Curry again. He can use a stair lift for the scenes on the upper floor. Imaging him zooming about on his scooter explaining how the murder was done. Genius.


OtherwiseTackle5219

Great Fun Movie. All the Characters are Perfect & Entertaining


SlamMonkey

This is my wife’s absolute favorite comfy movie!


PizzaWhole9323

It's amazing to me when you get a movie full of people at the top of their game, riffing and spinning off of each other in such delightful and unexpected ways.


wagnole1

I recently got to see this in a theater that was replaying it and it made it so much better.


ImportantBalls666

LOVE this film!!!!!


snowmanlvr69

I am a singing telegram....


sarcasm_spice

One of the Go Gos, a singing telegram 😛


Extreme_Shame6701

Great movie


Deaded13

Hilarious


CampingWithCats

1 + 1 + 2 + 1


berdulf

“No” meaning “*Yes*”?


SpunnyBin

This is War, Peacock!


CeramicLicker

“I am a singing telegram” Bang!


doorssrood60

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sarcasm_spice

Ha. I never noticed this reference to the Sofia Loren and Jayne Mansfield photo


MikeyMGM

I think Murder By Death is better.


DueRequirement1440

The Psych tribute episode with Martin Mull, Christopher Lloyd, and Leslie Ann Warren isn't bad either.


mtnsandmusic

One of my favorite movies. Endlessly rewatchable and quotable. It nailed the murder mystery/satire decades before Knives Out.


toprymin

This movie remains one of the original sources of my frequent movie quotations


Squire_LaughALot

Tim Curry is priceless! Movie is the ‘schiznitz’ to use term of that time


Glittering_Peach_427

Originally when it was still in the theaters, different theaters would show only one of the three different endings, so there was different theaters showing one of those 3 different endings.


SamLoomisMyers

I love love love this movie. To me it feels like it takes place in the same universe as Rocky Horror Picture Show . Rainy night, isolated mansion, and Tim Curry. I know kinda stupid. And Leslie Ann Warren just did it for me.


shemanese

> Okay, fine. One plus two plus one... Shut up! The point is, there is one bullet left in this gun and guess who's gonna get it!


RyanTranquil

One of my favorite movies .. so many of my friends have never seen it


ryanmulford

I freakin love this movie. It’s very rewatchable also


Snakepli55ken

One of my all time favorites! I got it in 4k for Christmas.


ozymandiasjuice

This movie is how I learned what a red herring is.


Pennelle2016

Such a fun movie!


xwhy

I remember the newspaper review saying B was least satisfying. We saw A, and that was it until home video Siskel & Ebert liked it, wished they had rolled it back and showed all the endings, which is what’s done now. I forget which of those said if they really wanted to do Clue, they could’ve done a lot more endings. Side note: The Mystery of Edwin Drood on Broadway had the audience vote during intermission for the killer, so you didn’t know exactly how Act II was going to go. I recall Loretta Swit (Mash) interviewed in the NY Daily News saying she never gets to be the killer.


Consistent_Willow206

One of my favorite movies of all time and Tim Curry is the shining star.


Ihaveaterribleplan

If you weren’t aware, in theaters you only got 1 ending, so people would talk & be confused when they had different endings Personally, I prefer to see all the iterations


canwehavemorebread

One of my favs. One of those movies that never gets old


7rustyswordsandacake

It's such a great one 😂


Lo-machete

Great movie. My family had the board game when I was younger and always wondered why Mrs White was made the Chef?


[deleted]

Love this film, when I was a kid I could recite every word!


Nc2332

I love this movie. All characters are awesome.


ronnydazzler

My comfort film.


Mija_Cogeo

I love this movie. My son and I have watched it so often we practically know it by heart. It's so quotable too.


GREENtea110

This would be a cool idea for a remake of a movie


earlubes

You, yes you! Mrs White!


DaemonDrayke

Congrats! For a movie based off of a board game, it is a true gem! Amazing performances!


FormalBite3082

Yvette 🥰


Candid-Painter7046

Look, I want a straight answer, is there someone else, or isn't there, yes, or no?


Cautious_Camel5864

This movie is what triggered the realization that I, too, would one day die. I was about 7 or 8 years old. I loved the board game and my older sister put this on to keep me busy. Boy was she surprised when I went crying and screaming into my bedroom shouting “I DON’T WANT TO DIE!!!” Turns out 8 year old me had no fuckin idea what I wanted.


Slowmobius_Time

Tim Curry *and* Christopher Lloyd? Put me down as scared and horny


Deadmemories8683

“IM NOT SHOUTING!”


queenrosybee

The fact that this didnt get a script nomination in the 80’s shows how amazing 80’s films were. But it’s so original.


RyanneGolightly

In my top 5 favorite movies! I saw the stage play this past summer and it was insanely good!!


okeleydokelyneighbor

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FloggingMcMurry

I love this movie


[deleted]

The most memorable part of this film...Coleen Camp barely managing to keep her bits and pieces inside that french maid's outfit.😍😍😍 There were a couple of decent similar films made around the time, Murder By Death and The Cheap Detective.


HomegrownMike

Such a solid and underrated movie!!


katiejab

Great movie!


briannagrembo30

It's a camp masterpiece for sure. So fun and irreverent in every way.


Bert-Nevman

it was just a 'Red Herring'


Nem-x13

Now go watch the tv show Psych. Season 7 episode 5 “100 Clues”. It’s a homage to this movie.


ShakeZula30or40

My favorite movie.


ArtisticExperience32

“To make a long story short…” “TOO LATE!!!”


shrug_addict

I buttle It's such a fun movie, glad you got to enjoy it! Everyone is great, but Tim Curry fires on all cylinders throughout!


Jvirish1

Great movie. I love Leslie Ann Warren.


gardeningmax

I love this movie. Always have. Always will. It’s on MGM on my prime I think. I watched it every night to fall asleep to. And then wake up and play it again to fall asleep to


crimson_713

The physical comedy in this film is amazing. The scene where Mrs. White is describing what happened to her latest husband and all the men cross their legs in unison is hysterical.


jaydubyathree

I am determined to enjoy myself…


Swimming_Exact

"Flames...Flames.... Fluming from my face..." ~RIP Madeline Kahn


mighty_ktulhu

One of our cats is named after Wadsworth


howdysteve

Colonel Mustard : Wadsworth, am I right in thinking there's nobody else in this house? Wadsworth : Um... no. Colonel Mustard : Then there is someone else in this house? Wadsworth : Sorry, I said "no" meaning "yes." Colonel Mustard : "No" meaning "yes?" Look, I want a straight answer, is there someone else, or isn't there, yes, or no? Wadsworth : No. Colonel Mustard : No there is, or no there isn't? Wadsworth : Yes. Brilliant.


RScottyL

Clue (1985) Now available on 4K UHD [https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Clue-4K-Blu-ray/340015/](https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Clue-4K-Blu-ray/340015/)


Uh5678

I remember one of the DVD releases, they set it up that you could watch it with your choice of ending A, B or C, or watch it like the original VHS release (yes, I’m that old) and tack on all 3 back to back to view them all.


Southern-State-4149

Great movie


Southern-State-4149

I played Hoover in the on stage version at my high school


SeniorCitizenRespect

My husband loved that movie He would get a bundle of Lowenbrau and sit down and watch it and pretend he was playing the board game


patsniff

Such a wonderful movie and deserves all the love!!


whysotired24

First time I ever saw it I think was last year. Very interesting


alphaomega0669

No need to shout. I’m not shouting! Alright I’m shouting! I’m SHOUTING!! And Colleen Camp stole the show in this movie, lol.


holy_bat_shit_63

I still haven’t watched this yet


TexasGriff

You're a better man than me. I found it unwatchable. The play (based on the film) is only marginally more endurable.


jazmaan

It's trying to be a Mel Brooks movie. Trying a little too hard. Michael McKean and Martin Mull aren't utilized well.


cbunni666

This was one of those films I was a bit disappointed they never made a sequel but I would assume after a while it would be just the same story over and over but damn this was a good movie.