The three endings were only all released on the VHS. When originally in theaters, each movie theater got a single of the three endings to show. It confused the hell out of people when they talked about it with others, and nothing matched up. Pure genius!
@topomusicale55803 жыл бұрын
It was a marketing ploy to try and get people to see the movie in the theater multiple times. I've never heard whether anyone ever analyzed it's in-theater performance to see if this did get repeat viewings or not.
@FrancisXLord3 жыл бұрын
Pure genius perhaps, box office suicide most probably. On release the film flopped, largely driven by the critics who blasted the film for the most part. I believe, had the film included in all three endings in the cinema, it would have been better received. They actually thought people might go and see the film thrice to catch all the endings. Smh
@sueacord16783 жыл бұрын
@@topomusicale5580 They labeled each ending in the ad A.B. or C so you could search out the alternate endings.
@daniellanctot65483 жыл бұрын
Yeah... perhaps Clue was too ahead of it’s time: Had social media existed when it was in theatres, I bet people would have created so much buzz by arguing about who the revealed murderer was and calling each other names for not paying attention in the theatre. I would love to go see a movie nowadays and having a different ending every time I go to the theatre. I hope Ryan Reynolds’ reboot comes through and does the multiple endings when it comes out in theatre.
@fredericksaxton97823 жыл бұрын
@@FrancisXLord The Shining was considered awful by critics, don't always take critics seriously, I've noticed they're full of SH*T.
@MattSipka3 жыл бұрын
Mr. Green’s ending is a nice homage to when players would win the game by correctly guessing themselves as the killer. (Along with the weapon and location)
@najwaflowers80382 жыл бұрын
I liked that one too. It made the mist sense to me.
@brandonchurch90233 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Ms. White’s lines: “Flames, flames, flames? On the side of my face ...” That was ad-libbed. The movie had a lot of comedic actors, and the director was strict about none of them ad-libbing because the carefully crafted dialogue was so important. But Madeline Kahn threw those lines in anyway, and they loved it so much they kept it in the movie.
@sallyh54133 жыл бұрын
She was legendary, my favorite part of the movie. RIP
@Adrianne5193 жыл бұрын
@Lee Brown I totally get what you mean but with this movie they didn't need to because the writing was that good! I think also why they were also strict was because of timing, I don't think they had time to mess around. That Mrs. White's rant is my one of my favorite parts and I crack up every time, I love that everyone's reactions to her are 100% genuine, you can actually see Tim Curry trying everything he can to not laugh!
@Dilligff2 жыл бұрын
@@Adrianne519 If the story I got is true, she actually had forgotten her lines and started to riff off the fly. The reason they cut away from her when they did was because it went on a bit longer than what we saw and the rest of the cast and crew had started to lose it. Also, her prat fall on the stairs wasn't intended. Her dress was too tight and restricted her leg movement for moving up the stairs at that speed. It is a testament to Curry as well for rolling on with it.
@Adrianne5192 жыл бұрын
@@Dilligff None of that surprises me lol
@88wildcat2 жыл бұрын
Some of the actors (I believe Curry and McKean but I can't remember for certain) actually thought she was having a stroke because of the way she started stuttering and repeating herself.
@cometgirl2173 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: The interior set pieces form an accurate reproduction of the original game board (including which rooms are connected by the secret passageways)
@judaihyuga3 жыл бұрын
There was a lot of love that went into this movie. I think making it a comedy was a good call, too. It would already be hard to take a movie based on a board game seriously, but by making it a comedy everyone can just have fun while also enjoying the legitimately well thought out mystery. I've never seen someone walk away from Clue without a smile, and that's a definite win on the creative teams part.
@noctumdraco2 жыл бұрын
Best homage to the game is that the characters have trouble getting thru doors at the same time because a rule in Clue is that you cannot enter the same space as another player. If that player is in a doorway, you cannot get out of the room.
@fifimsp3 жыл бұрын
My favorite moment is when Tim Curry is reenacting everything and he reslaps Mrs. Peacock and then imitates Mr. Green, "well I had to stop her from screaming." LOL.
@GrisbaneAddams3 жыл бұрын
Being gay was actually a *serious* thing in 20th century espionage. Homophobia in the American government led to any gay government employee or official being easily blackmailed by foreign powers on threat of being revealed to their superiors. That fact, then, made the homophobia worse (and homosexuality a cause for instant-firing), which made it easier to blackmail anyone who slipped and revealed his or her homosexuality, and on and on.
@evergreenforestwitch3 жыл бұрын
Came here to say this
@christinegelabert16513 жыл бұрын
@@evergreenforestwitch YUP! AS the saying goes I think the lady doth protest too much! Considering how J. Edgar Hoover the head of the FBI led his secret life. Anthony Summers, who wrote Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover (1993), stated that there was no ambiguity about the FBI director's sexual proclivities and described him as "bisexual with failed heterosexuality."
@kellysmith49783 жыл бұрын
I came here to say this too, i think the criminal charge they were often convicted on was "gross indecency". I found this out when i watched The Imitation Game which is a great movie
@moonakieater23083 жыл бұрын
Not just in the government but in society as a whole. It's "weird" for the new generation but not at the time.
@Skrubb_Lord3 жыл бұрын
This was also depicted during the 50's when the nuclear family was a social standard.
@texashookem223 жыл бұрын
Such an underrated gem! Tim Curry is absolutely brilliant, and the writing and banter is just so witty. And it still holds up today.
@baskervillebee60972 жыл бұрын
Do you think Tim Curry has a bustier under his butler suit? I think he always has one under each costume even when he was Cardinal Richelieu.
@jasonskeans33272 жыл бұрын
@@baskervillebee6097 ESPECIALLY when he was Cardinal Richelieu. LOL!
@baskervillebee60972 жыл бұрын
@@jasonskeans3327 😁😁😁😉
@zerpblerd59662 жыл бұрын
any idea why there are suggestions of transvestitism!??!?! hahhahaa "J. Edgar Hoover?!..." Rocky Horror /nods
@johncampbell7563 жыл бұрын
"Your husband disappeared." "That was his job. He was an illusionist." "But he never reappeared." "He wasn't a very good one." Best movie last line is in the movie Some Like It Hot. Because of the multiple endings, the movie bombed at the theater sbd it took years for the director to direct again. His next film was "My Cousin Vinny."
@LA_HA2 жыл бұрын
Speaking of Some Like It Hot, they Have to react to that movie. Comedy writing genius, as well as the acting and direction. Gold
@OneColdMonkey3 жыл бұрын
The joke about Hoover 'being on everyone's phone so why not mine' is because he was paranoid and spying on everyone.
@exceedcharge13 жыл бұрын
Is the fbi in the habit of cleaning peoples messes? Of course, why do you think its run by a man called Hoover?
@michellelamar89653 жыл бұрын
Yea, the joke is because the FBI, possibly Mr Hoover himself, was known yo monitor private citizens’ phone calls.
@ambriaashley33832 жыл бұрын
Yup. Spied on MLK and sent him death threats 😒😒
@MiriOhki2 жыл бұрын
Loved the later Hoover joke. "Is the FBI in the habit of covering up after multiple murders?" "Of course. Why do you think it's run by a man named Hoover?"
@richardsanders45673 жыл бұрын
The timing and delivery of the dialogue are what make the movie special.
@TheGoIsWin212 жыл бұрын
I'm a massive movie/film nerd, admittedly. The dialogue in this movie is probably some of the best I've ever seen. It's SO snappy, SO clever, SO witty, it's almost impossible not to enjoy.
@Sgt_Glory2 жыл бұрын
@@TheGoIsWin21 Only movie I've seen that comes close is One, Two, Three (1961). Though James Cagney pretty much carries the whole movie. For a cold war nerd it's hilarious.
@thekingofmovies1935 ай бұрын
So are the performances, especially Tim Curry's.
@GordoFunk5553 жыл бұрын
Love this movie! Tim Curry obviously steals the show. Him accidentally turning on the shower on himself in the dark still makes me laugh every time 😂
@najwaflowers80382 жыл бұрын
Chile I subscribed to yet another streaming service because Clue was in its library. Smdh lol
@najwaflowers80382 жыл бұрын
Just thinking about that scene made me chuckle 😆
@snapclub87512 жыл бұрын
Same for me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@NiteOfTheWorld2 жыл бұрын
"Why would he want to kill you in public?" "I think she meant he threatened, in public, to kill her." One of my all-time favorite movies.
@mattschliemann96833 жыл бұрын
"Just like the Mounties, we always get our man." "Mrs Peacock was a man!?" ::slap:: ::slap:: Love the silliness of this movie. Green is my favorite character and the "Flames... flames... at the side of my head.." part just kills me every time. So back in the day when this movie occurs, though it wasn't a crime, being gay was looked down upon and could be seen as a security risk for a federal job due to blackmail or whatever else. This is why Green would be afraid of losing his job.
@ryanclark64023 жыл бұрын
Wait, wait… you can’t do the ::slap:: ::slap:: thing without including the . I think it’s the only sound in the film that’s neither practical/diagetic nor score.
@mattschliemann96833 жыл бұрын
@@ryanclark6402 I was like what is this dude talking bout?! So I fast forward to the end and sure enough, there's a boi-oi-oi-ing sound. I had never noticed it in countless watchings of this movie. Haha thanks man!
@mrgmusicclass2 жыл бұрын
That "flames ... ths flames ..." line kills me every time. Her feeble scream when Green begs for no more scares is awesome, too.
@mattschliemann96832 жыл бұрын
@@mrgmusicclass yesssss!!! Love the feeble scream
@Essenceofblood52382 жыл бұрын
@Matt Schliemann "Wasn't a crime"? Have you never heard of "Sodomy Laws", which were specifically written to target & discourage MALE homosexuality, and remained on the books im certain states until a landmark SCOTUS decision in 2003 overturned them?! Not too long ago, mind you...🤨
@B7S.ARMY-BORA7AE_3 жыл бұрын
This is easily in my "top 5 movies to put on repeat and never gets old" list 💓
@zerpblerd59662 жыл бұрын
yep! what else you have there? Romancing the Stone, Beverly Hills Cop, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Willow, for me, with The Princess Bride a special nod
@pdegan28142 жыл бұрын
This is easily one of my favorite comedies of all time. The cast is phenomenal, the writing is so clever, and the original gimmick of three different endings in the theatrical release was a lot of fun. When it came out on VHS we got this version with all three endings combined, but when it came out on DVD they did something really cool. You could either have the disc player choose one of the endings at random, or play this version with all three combined. A new Clue movie has been in development hell for years now, I'm hoping it never gets made. Sometimes a studio gets it right the first time, I don't see how any remake could live up to this masterpiece.
@Zodia1952 жыл бұрын
Oi vey hell no I wouldn't want a remake, not with how Hollywood is now.
@julianaFinn3 жыл бұрын
Tim Curry is the GOAT! This man is so talented it's insane. And as for him in The Rocky Horror.... never thought I'd find a man in ladies lingerie sexy as hell. This is a great film and I'm super happy you watching this. Let's go!!!!
@kingscorpion73463 жыл бұрын
Tim Curry, the master player of villains in the film industry, when he plays comedic roles, makes it even funnier!
@platinumspider78593 жыл бұрын
6:01 "He's so young" but this came out the same year as Back to the Future.
@michellelamar89653 жыл бұрын
Basically what makes this movie work is great lines delivered by very talented comedians. And in the 1950’s, Mr Greenes “homosexuality” may not seem like a serious “crime “ to us today but back then was probably actually illegal or at least have cost him his job, for sure.
@bryanCJC21053 жыл бұрын
Mrs Peacock was Eileen Brennan and she was gold! Check out some of her other movies like "Private Benjamin" and "The Last Picture Show". Mrs White was Madeline Kahn, she was also gold. She was in "Young Frankenstein" Another movie like this but more darkly funny is "Murder by Death". It is filled with stars incl Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, Maggie Smith (Prof McGonagall), Alec Guinness, and many others.
@michellelamar89653 жыл бұрын
Harry potter reference? Pffftttt. No child, That’s THE Dowager Countess to you!
@Adrianne5193 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Madeline Kahn was also in Blazing Saddles, her musical number is honestly my favorite scene in the movie.
@jhopeur72192 жыл бұрын
Murder by Death is ICONIC.
@jaimicottrill2831 Жыл бұрын
I love that movie too!
@natefuller40392 жыл бұрын
"Professor plum is going for some peaches" killed me.
@Eidlones3 жыл бұрын
The movie takes place in 1954, so being outed as gay would have basically destroyed his life.
@robbiewalker2831 Жыл бұрын
Though if he’s married to a woman, and still into men, that means he’s bi.
@lisah843810 ай бұрын
And that was where I suspected he was lying.
@fuzzballzz363 ай бұрын
@@robbiewalker2831unless she's just a beard.
@IronDino Жыл бұрын
This movie is good for a variety of reasons. 1. Excellent plot/writing. 2. Excellent delivery. 3. Snappy lines. 4. The slow build-up and the speedy send off.
@DAMIENDMILLS3 жыл бұрын
It's strange of you to say Christopher Lloyd looks so young in this because it was 1985, the same year Back to the Future came out.
@johncampbell7563 жыл бұрын
Tim Curry guested on an episode of Psych (an absolute must watch for TC fans) and then kept trying to get him so say "No" like he says it here. The episode is called American Duos and he plays a version of a Simon Cowell type that is perfection every moment he is on screen.
@XenaWarrior243 жыл бұрын
He was also in an episode.of Criminal Minds.
@LA_HA2 жыл бұрын
John Campbell: Psych is a great show. They should check it out. It's so ridiculous. haha
@johncampbell7562 жыл бұрын
@@LA_HA With the plus of them seeing all the Canadian things that slip in as it is Vancouver pretending to be Santa Barbara. Though they might not know that the "Blueberry" is sold in Canada. Not the US.
@LA_HA2 жыл бұрын
@@johncampbell756 The blueberry? The fruit, or did I forget something?
@johncampbell7562 жыл бұрын
@@LA_HA Gus' car.
@leoda_lion4107 Жыл бұрын
Tim Curry really steals the show in just about any movie he is in. He was also over the top funny in the Three Musketeers movie that has Kiefer Sutherland, and Charlie Sheen. Just too damn funny. He is also the scariest damn clown as Pennywise in IT.
@amandadougherty66153 жыл бұрын
So, I have always liked this movie. It’s not a work of art, but, honestly, I’ve never seen anything else like it, and it’s got some very good one-liners. Very quick, witty dialogue. Oh, and PS, that joke Tim Curry made about J Edgar Hoover being on everyone’s phones is because he used to be the head of the FBI, and it was an open secret that he was illegally wire-tapping like…everyone.
@FullMetalB3 жыл бұрын
It's not a work of art? You are crazy. It absolutely is.
@1x43 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Not my favorite movie, but enjoyable. I really just like the endings.
@LA_HA2 жыл бұрын
Amanda Dougherty: This is awesome, but you've Got to check out Some Like It Hot, My Favorite Year, Laughter On The 54th Floor, screwball comedies of the 30s and 40s, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, WC Fields with Mae West, The Marx Brothers, Hope and Crosby, Abbott and Costello just for starters. Quick wit and quips that you have to be paying attention to get. haha
@overthemoo Жыл бұрын
@@FullMetalB”work of art” is really subjective. People view art differently. When I was in my early 20s and going through the whole “these are the best films and here are my guilty pleasures,” I found it difficult to categorize Clue. I too felt it was overall very well-done. But obviously critics very much disagreed, so… did I have a bias? Or was everyone just expecting something different when they saw it in the 80s? I would reason that it really just comes down to what kind of comedy it was emulating - which “went out of style” in America 3-4 decades prior. Clue and other films like it brought wit, sarcasm, and slapstick back (as did a few tv shows). Late 90s and early 00s tv drama-comedies started incorporating the style too. (I watched an insane number of tv shows from this period. The style of writing and unique concepts were strong!)
@NoriMori199211 ай бұрын
What do you mean it's not a work of art? It's absolutely a work of art!
@brookewithaneplease48052 жыл бұрын
"Dahdah dah dah dah dah...I am your spring telegram" BANG (Drop) Absolute gold.
@alfiro-morgif39083 жыл бұрын
I went to a friend’s house (who has over 1,500 movies) and Clue the movie was the first movie I watched in his house. The comedy, the acting, the comedy and mostly important the endings. My favorite parts were: -Let us in, let us out -Every scene were Tim Curry is in it -The singing telegram (I burst out laughing) -the 1 plus 2 plus 1 scene -and mostly important, I’m going home and sleep with my wife
@LA_HA2 жыл бұрын
Everyone singing For She's A Jolly Good Fellow, with Madeline Khan doing her own backup singing job was super funny
@Xeromm2 жыл бұрын
"Long story short-" "Too late!"
@MattSipka2 жыл бұрын
-how many husbands have you had? Mine or other women’s? -he decided to put his information to good use and make a little money out of it. What could be more American than that? -THIS IS WAR, PEACOCK!! -wait, who did I kill? My butler. Oh shucks... -what’s this? Another door? (Turns on shower) -help yourself to drink if you’d like. Oh not the cognac, just in case! Just in case of What?! -Mrs. white’s “Flames on the side of my face”
@davidr10502 жыл бұрын
Clue is one of the movies that taught me that misdirection and underestimation are powerful tools...
@victoriac43173 жыл бұрын
This movie is so chaotic, I love it🤣 Plus Tim Curry=👑
@elizabitty2133 жыл бұрын
Oh yes 🙌🏻 I love when Professor Plum tries to hold up his itty bitty matchstick to Yvette’s long one lmao 🤣 like at least he gave it a good college try hahaha
@kriscynical3 жыл бұрын
I was a theatre rat in high school, specifically the crew. I'm an illustrator now as an adult so as you can imagine I did a LOT of stuff for productions like designing the crew shirts, set pieces, show programs, advertising, just about anything that needed a custom visual. On top of being the Head of Crew, I also ran the light board. The last production I was involved in was our own version of _Clue_ based on this movie and holy god it was _SO MUCH FUN._ The guy who played our Wadsworth was absolutely perfect for the role, and he had a rapid fire "solution" monologue just like in the movie. He had struggled with it all through rehearsals aka "hell week", but on opening night when we usually had the production filmed, he NAILED it and all of us in the crew were THRILLED for him because the audience went nuts when he was done because it was THAT impressive. I had a headset with a mic to coordinate my crew from my place at the light board in the back of the theater, and I heard a slew of _whispered_ cheering in my ear when he finished that monologue as we all celebrated as much as we were allowed while still keeping quiet in the wings!😂 It's a story that's only tangentially related to this video at best, but it's a really happy, special memory for me that I think of every time I see this movie and sharing it helps boost engagement for y'all with the algorithm so it's a win-win! 😉
@LA_HA2 жыл бұрын
That was a great story. Thank you for sharing this. Reminds me of my time in theater in middle school backstage and even a little acting my final year. It's always an amazing time when the production comes together on opening night. Man, that was a fun time. haha
@DarkTiger832 жыл бұрын
I’m currently playing Wadsworth in my town’s production and I know exactly which monologue you’re talking about. I’m struggling with it too and we open in like 2 weeks XD
@missgigglebox7482 жыл бұрын
I've watched this movie so many times growing up. Once I saw Tim Curry, I fell in love with him as an actor. The movie is so silly that it makes it funny. Glad you enjoyed it.
@matthewbarton7823 жыл бұрын
The J. EDGAR HOOVER joke was in reference that he actually tapped a lot people's phone lines back in the 50s when he and the FBI were searching for communists or suspected communists. Q: Why is J. Edgar Hoover on your phone? A: I DONT KNOW! ...HE'S ON EVERYONE ELSE'S! WHY SHOULDN'T HE BE ON MINE?! 😆
@jayman580163 жыл бұрын
Tim Curry was absolute genius in this. One of his best performances
@evergreenforestwitch3 жыл бұрын
Great reaction. This has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. The dialog is so witty and quick. It's a good re-watch, too.
@taerdrop3 жыл бұрын
It's well known for the play on words and comedic interactions. Madeline Khan who played Mrs.White is also in alot of Mel Brooks films.
@MeganTheLibrarian33 жыл бұрын
My family randomly stumbled upon this movie at Blockbuster (remember those?) once when I was a kid, and it quickly became a family favorite. Now I work as a librarian, and I created an escape room based on this that we're going to do at my library next month. 😄 Also...I laughed WAY too hard at this reaction! 😂😂 That was beyond entertaining! Loving all the Mr. Green respect!
@LA_HA2 жыл бұрын
Hey, shout out to my fellow librarian. I know you're not The Librarian, but us normal librarians are still pretty cool. haha
@MeganTheLibrarian32 жыл бұрын
@@LA_HA Heck yeah we are! 🤘
@LA_HA2 жыл бұрын
@@MeganTheLibrarian3 Heck yeah. #librariansrule
@najwaflowers80382 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah
@davewhitmore19583 жыл бұрын
I love how excited you guys got as the weapons were revealed, true gamers!!!
@sisterdebmac3 жыл бұрын
Thing about this movie? The mystery is not the point. It's about the worldplay, and the slapstick. This cast, unleashed.
@whatareyoulookingat9083 жыл бұрын
I'm going to go home and sleep with my wife!!!.lol!! Loved the last line even as a kid. : ) RIP Howard Hesseman.
@davewhitmore19583 жыл бұрын
In my head. Dr. Johnny Fever's dad worked for the FBI :)
@jthomann712 жыл бұрын
I'm sure a lot of men said that about your wife.
@inhumanmusic14113 жыл бұрын
You have to realize that at the time that this movie was supposed to take place, being gay was a major problem. Especially if you worked on anything top secret. Also, the singing telegram girl was Jane Wiedlin from the Go-Gos. A Poplar 80's group of the time.
@The3rdGunman2 жыл бұрын
I always wondered that! Thanks for confirming.
@amyjordan1952 жыл бұрын
She also played Joan of Arc in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
@michaelwardle76333 жыл бұрын
Brilliant writing and acting.
@bradbecker82123 жыл бұрын
Clue is an amazing movie gentleman….
@chago42020003 жыл бұрын
This has been one of my favorite movies for so long! Great reactions as usual!
@teneyapeyton97833 жыл бұрын
My favorite movie. Fun fact when they said they only 45 mins when the cops come is how much time left in the movie. The different ending is because theaters got different ending. So they combine they . The real mister green didn't come
@RocketRoketto2 жыл бұрын
I've seen this video twice and the movie lots of times and I just noticed when Yvette is speaking her last words, she's speaks with an American accent. So either the actress messed up or she's pretending to be French. Which makes it even better
@emdusha55902 жыл бұрын
Some of the most talented comedians at the time. Eileen Brennan, Leslie Ann Warren, Colleen Camp and Madeline Kahn; Tim Curry, Martin Mull, Christopher Lloyd and Michael McKean.
@nobhill1991 Жыл бұрын
I was 11 when this movie came out! I saw all three endings in the movie theater! Every week was a new ending!!! You have to laugh at this movie like an 11 year old!!! It's one of the funniest fucking movies of all time!!💖💖💖 With the best actors/comedians of all time! I miss Madeline Kahn 💖
@PeggyV693 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this movie!! I watch it multiple times a year. I love Tim Curry , he is fabulous in everything he is in. Y’all should add Legend to your list of movies to watch. Tim Curry as Darkness was fantastic & there is a young Tom Cruise in it too.
@memnarch1293 жыл бұрын
Somthing else to mention its one of the few "time" movies. What I mean is that a lot of movies will mention like 5 or 10 minutes and then its 30 minutes later in screen time. When Wadsworth mentions cops will be there in 45 minutes its actually 45 minutes later when the cop shows up at the door. Another like this is Spaceballs. When Lord Helmet tells them to take 5 after dropping out of Ludicrous speed and getting hurt its exactly 5 minutes till we see him next.
@mistermisanthrope41063 жыл бұрын
This has always been one of my favorite movies, a great cast & many memorable hilarious lines.
@JKM3953 жыл бұрын
Dang I love this film. Everyone in it was wonderful. I saw this in the theatre when I was 7 and I've been a Tim Curry fan ever since.
@jhopeur72192 жыл бұрын
The dialogue and the delivery of the dialogue are really what makes this film so so good and helped it to stand the test of time. And the score is excellent too.
@faureamour2 жыл бұрын
Clue is one of my favorite movies. Mrs White's lines about the flames consuming her are gold. Also, I love how much you guys enjoyed Mrs Peacock screaming. I love finding new little things to laugh at every time I watch.
@marshall88022 жыл бұрын
"Wasnt a big deal being gay" You need to remember this was based in the 50's and Green worked for the Fed Gov. at a time when J Ed Hoover and McCarthyism was running wild. Being gay and especially being gay and working in the government was a HUGE issue.
@gabriellem62473 жыл бұрын
You guys are knocking it out of the park! Absolutely love Clue and loved watching you guys be confused for half the movie but grow to appreciate the absurd comedy and quick witted dialog. This movie is amazing but so camp, every actor was just going all out on the crazy and it is such a joy to watch.
@XperimentorEES Жыл бұрын
An interesting detail for rewatching is looking to see who's missing in each scene. Glad to see this murder mystery spoof still enjoyed XD
@mrgmusicclass2 жыл бұрын
This is one of my alltime favorites. So well written. Great review, fellas.
@antoinettefinner34882 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite movies! And every time I watch it I catch another joke that I missed before! LOVE THIS!
@TumultuousM3 жыл бұрын
There's a setting on the dvd where it would just randomly play one of the 3 endings. It was pretty cool.
@angelagraves8653 жыл бұрын
I loved Eileen Brennan (Mrs. Peacock). She was was always hilarious.
@emdusha55902 жыл бұрын
“Murder by Death” is the best murder mystery spoof! This harkens back to a time when screenplay writers really had talent! The populace read or listened to the radio because there was no tv.
@lanajane3341 Жыл бұрын
Your excitement makes me happy. I love this movie.
@MortMe04309 ай бұрын
The thing about Mr. Green and (supposedly) being gay not being a big deal: that's a modern perspective, but the movie took place in the 1950s during the McCarthy era when being gay COULD very easily get someone into major legal and financial trouble with no title VII protection. Actually, that would be an ideal cover story for Green as an agent because a publicly exposed gay person would be a social pariah, no one would want to be near him so Mr. Body wouldn't look too closely into his history. It was a "crime" that needed no paper trail as proof, just suspicion.
@TheFrugalVideoGamer2 жыл бұрын
The joke about J. Edgar being on "everybody else's [phone]" is because Hoover was *notorious* for ordering the phones of "dissidents" tapped - and by "dissidents", I mean people he thought were being disruptive.
@wattsink20093 жыл бұрын
You guys need to see Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective! 😎 It’s criminally underrated!
@The3rdGunman2 жыл бұрын
Criminally underrated!!!
@adamsgrad933 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the singing telegram is Jane Wiedlan of the Go-Go's!
@billrobbins47302 жыл бұрын
Also recall the object of the board game was to figure out who killed Mr Body and with what and where. So the answer was Mr Green with the revolver in the hall-Tim Curry's character was the real Mr Body
@DravenGal11 ай бұрын
Such a great movie! I fell in love with Tim Curry because of it. This was my favorite movie until "The Crow" came out. Michael McKean, Mr. Green, who has a very large filmography now, was probably best known for his role of "Lenny" in Laverne & Shirley (a Happy Days spinoff) in the 70s when this came out.
@shotarohidari74172 жыл бұрын
I'm a recent subscriber and I have to say that channels like yours have kept my sanity during these trying times. Love the reactions. keep em coming where possible. Much love!
@HeatherMarieDriscoll Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@OctoKrool Жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@Myrdden712 жыл бұрын
1950s, you had to wait for an operator, lines could be down or backed up due to the storm, etc. That's why the caller may have taken so long to make his call. :)
@topomusicale55803 жыл бұрын
Hoover was known for spying and collecting information about everyone, that's what he meant about being on everyone else's phone.
@srae19713 жыл бұрын
I've been watching this movie for decades now and I laugh just as much every single time. I feel like I always see something I never noticed before. There's so much going on, the dialogue is funny but there's so much physical comedy too. And not just in the sort of slapstick sense, but just in the expressions and the way they look at each other. Like when Miss Scarlett scowls when she realizes she's paired with Colonel Mustard for the search, or the way they carefully hold up those matchsticks against each other even when one is obviously three times longer than the other. So much absurdity and impeccable comic performances.
@Reeeee1727 Жыл бұрын
This is my all time favorite movie. Your reaction was everything I wanted it to be. I love your enthusiasm. So often people don’t really react in reaction videos. You guys never disappoint.
@RocketRoketto2 жыл бұрын
Also since the call was for Green, Wadsworth had to know that there was an FBI agent in the house
@carlosrvra3 жыл бұрын
Howard Hessman (who played the “Chief” at the end) just passed recently; RIP. And THIS is one of my favorite comedies! Also, nice that we’re back in a time when the Perry Mason reference has become relevant again 😄
@sarah.the.clumsy3 жыл бұрын
Flames.. on the side of my face!
@davewhitmore19583 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Madeline
@shainewhite27813 жыл бұрын
DUDE, LOVE THIS MOVIE!! They were considered about doing a reboot of the film with Ryan Reynolds as Colonel Mustard, and rather be a murder mystery, it was supposed to be a globe trotting adventure film like Indiana Jones. Production was halted as of 2010.
@daltonio60013 жыл бұрын
That… does not sound good
@WolfHreda3 жыл бұрын
Good, fuck that movie. What a stupid idea.
@keithmays80763 жыл бұрын
Are you sure it wasn't Carmen SanDiego? That would work better script wise. Then again, I'm not sure if that would even be better than a Green Lantern reboot.
@xenxander2 жыл бұрын
So like Rocky and Bullwinkle.
@arconnelly5365 Жыл бұрын
I just watched this movie myself, and I have to say, this movie is the definition of the word complicated.
@Trendyflute3 жыл бұрын
I got the impression when I was younger that this was a mediocre film because it got played on TV over and over. It's clearly fantastic though. And I think I appreciate it more and more every time I see it, or see someone react to it. The story is so well crafted, the dialogue is excellent, the cast is excellent, the production design is excellent, the audio is excellent, the characters are excellent. It's a near perfect dark comedy film. All based on a board game! Of course that really does depend on the home video release with all 3 endings; the rather poor reviews for the theatrical versions make sense when you imagine this movie with only one of its endings attached.
@sinelo3965 Жыл бұрын
Did you notice that the guy smoking the pipe, Professor Plum, is Christopher Lloyd, Dr. Emmet 'Doc' Brown from "Back to the Future"?
@abrahamsimmons92033 жыл бұрын
This became a cult hit because it was one of the first VHS tapes that almost everyone ended up having
@Allonsy3053 жыл бұрын
A reaction I never knew I wanted. This is such a classic.
@mortimerbrewster36712 жыл бұрын
This was set in the 50s so being gay at the time would have been as big a deal as some of the other things that was being blackmailed. I liked that in every ending, Mr Green was never the killer (except in the end killing a killer).
@uffda39372 жыл бұрын
I love how enthusiastic you were about Mr. Green at the end 😂
@tomesofawesome80412 жыл бұрын
At 38:22, the film actually goes even FURTHER, INTO BEING BOARD GAME ACCURATE. Not only do all the secret passages in the film lead between the same locations as on the board, the rooms are actually introduced to the audience as the show up on the game board in clockwise order!! Finally in theaters, each theater only showed ONE ENDING. Not all three. So if two people saw the same film at different theaters, they'd walk away thinking that the film had totally different endings ANNNND in the local newspaper, they had printed clues so that audiences could guess who would be guilty at the end/which ending was going to be shown!!!!! Also there was originally a FOURTH ENDING, where Wattsworth killed them all, in order to gain even greater control over them. That's why the third ending isn't technically possible. But they deleated the ending and made it only just 3 instead.
@philipholder56003 жыл бұрын
This is a perfect parody of old Murder Mysteries of the 30s and 40s.
@sabrinaestrada3590 Жыл бұрын
I first saw this movie as a kid and I have loved it ever since!
@Sarah_Gravydog3168 ай бұрын
it loves you too
@Karluin2 жыл бұрын
The J. Edgar Hoover phone joke was a reference to all the wire-tapping in the 50s.
@oxhine2 жыл бұрын
Hey, Octokrool! Kudos for reviewing this movie! It's definitely one of my favorites! I saw it in a theater and my multiplex in New York played all three options. You bought an A, B or C ticket which designated the auditorium the specific ending was featured in. I bought the VHS and then the DVD. I must have seen this film over thirty times! It never gets old. Tim Curry gives a tour-de-force performance as Wadsworth. The cast are all comedy greats in perfect sync with each other. It's a wonderful little gem. There's been talk of a remake but this is a lightning-in-a-bottle situation like "Ghostbusters" or "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!" A different cast would change the dynamic completely. Another good comedic whodunnit is "Murder By Death" which features parodies of the great cinematic sleuths like Charlie Chan, Nick and Nora Charles, Sam Spade, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple gathered together by real-life true-crime author Truman Capote. Trivia unrelated to the production: Lesley Ann-Warren and Susan Sarandon have been mistaken for each other so often in real life that the actresses agreed to sign autographs using their doppelganger's name if erroneously requested by fans!
@cassiemichael46973 жыл бұрын
The reason they didn't go in groups of three when they split up is simple. Math. You have Wadsworth, Yvette, Green, Peacock, Plum, White, Scarlet, and Mustard. That's eight. If they split up into threes, there would be one left over. That wouldn't fly, because they're all suspicious of each other already, and having one going solo would be a bad look, because anyone of them could be the murderer at this point of the movie.
@aadams10063 жыл бұрын
Prior to the 2003 Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas, same-sex sexual activity was illegal in fourteen U.S. states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. military. Yeah, it was considered a crime, and a lot later than you might think.
@katemaxwell55902 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies of all time. Tim Curry 4ever!!
@jimtatro65503 жыл бұрын
“I’m going home to sleep with my wife.” Mic drop 😂😂😂😂👍
@davewhitmore19583 жыл бұрын
He's gonna make things "shake, rattle & roll" :)
@SaraBanartist3 жыл бұрын
I aspire to be even a FRACTION of Madeline Kahn.
@pixarian2 жыл бұрын
I know this movie by heart, one of my faves. Hearing y'all laugh makes me laugh. Enjoying your reaction!