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The Addams Family (1991)
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Inspired more by the 1960s TV series than by the original Charles Addams New Yorker cartoons, The Addams Family proved to be one of the more successful of the TV shows-turned-movies of the 1990s. The film opens on a recreation of the magazine cartoon wherein the ghoulish Addamses prepare to pour hot oil upon a group of merry Christmas carolers. After a series of vignettes which establish the characters of Gomez (
Raul Julia
), Morticia (
Anjelica Huston
), Wednesday (
Christina Ricci
), Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) and family servants Lurch (Carel Struycken) and Thing (Christopher Hart), the plot proper gets under way. A stranger, played by
Christopher Lloyd
, shows up on the Addams doorstep, claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester. It appears, however, that Lloyd is a ringer, in cahoots with attorney Tully Alford (
Dan Hedaya
) to strip the Addamses of their fortune. In their usual against-the-grain fashion, the Addams Family seems to delight in the possibility that they're being hoodwinked-indeed, not even kidnapping or death threats dampen the Addams clan's joy of living (or should we say dying?). The Addams Family served as the directorial debut of cinematographer
Barry Sonnenfeld
. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Paul Benedict
Judge Womack
Dan Hedaya
Tully Alford
Anjelica Huston
Morticia Addams
Dana Ivey
Margaret Alford
Raul Julia
Gomez Addams
Christopher Lloyd
Gordon Craven
Judith Malina
Granny
Christina Ricci
Wednesday Addams
Jimmy Workman
Pugsley Addams
Carel Struycken
Lurch
Elizabeth Wilson
Abigail Craven
Production Crew
Marjorie Stone McShirley
Art Director
Bonnie Arnold
Associate Producer
Paul Rosenberg
Associate Producer
David Rubin
Casting
Peter Anastos
Choreography
Owen Roizman
Cinematographer
Jack Cummins
Co-producer
Marc Shaiman
Composer (Music Score)
Ruth Myers
Costume Designer
Barry Sonnenfeld
Director
Dede Allen
Editor
James M. Miller
Editor
Jim Miller
Editor
Graham Place
Executive Producer
Joe Camp III
First Assistant Director
Scott Rudin
Producer
Richard Macdonald
Production Designer
Caroline Thompson
Screenwriter
Larry Wilson
Screenwriter
Paul Rudnick
Screenwriter
Cheryal Kearney
Set Designer
Danny Rogers
Stunts
David R. Ellis
Stunts
David Welch
Stunts
Keith Campbell
Stunts
Mary Peters
Stunts
Randy Kovitz
Stunts
Year: 1991
Runtime: 102
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
Category: Feature
Genre
Comedy
Color type
Delux color
Sound
Dolby
Produced by
Paramount
Scott Rudin
Release
November 22, 1991 (USA)
by Paramount
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