Commentary: Whodunit? Anybody you decide!

June 26, 2008 In fact, today in the age of the Internet filmmakers don't even need to limit themselves to having a single ending. With the whodunit "Mystery at Mansfield Manor," playing not in theaters but on the web at www.mysteryatmansfieldmanor.com, for example, moviegoers can buy for $7.99 Canadian (about US$8) a ticket to watch the film on their computers over a four day period and decide for themselves who committed the murder. It's an approach that brings to mind the classic board game Clue with its umpteen suspects, all of whom have motives for murder.

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