Though faithfully inspired by the iconic board game, this beloved 80s comedy turned out to be something much more: a clever pastiche of the murder mystery genre, a perfectly calibrated parlor-set farce, and an inspired gathering of some of the era’s greatest comedic performers.
On a rainy night in a New England mansion, an ensemble of suspicious and eccentric dinner party guests discover that their host, the mysterious “Mr. Boddy”, has been murdered. Who among them might be guilty? Tim Curry’s proper butler, Wadsworth, Christopher Lloyd’s bespectacled Professor Plum, Madeline Kahn’s bellicose Mrs. White, Michael McKean’s Mr. Green, Martin Mull’s Colonel Mustard, Lesley Ann Warren’s bodacious Miss Scarlet? They all take turns bumbling through the mystery and chewing up the scenery, culminating in an ending originally conceived to change from screening to screening.
All JBFC Kids screenings now offer $5 tickets for everyone—kids and adults alike! Enjoy family-friendly films every Saturday at 11:00 AM, plus our monthly sensory friendly screenings all at this new, lower price.
Inclusive and affordable family programs are made possible thanks to the JBFC’s Connecting Our Community Fund. For more information or to make a gift to Connecting Our Community, please contact Judy Exton, JBFC Director of Development at jexton@burnsfilmcenter.org or 914.7673.7663, ext. 414.
