The Addams Family (1991)
- Starring:
- Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, (more)
- Director(s):
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Category:
- Comedy
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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
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 99 mins
Complete Cast:
- Anjelica Huston - Morticia Addams
- Christopher Lloyd - Gordon Craven
- Elizabeth Wilson - Abigail Craven
- Christina Ricci - Wednesday Addams
- Dana Ivey - Margaret Alford
- Jimmy Workman - Pugsley Addams
- Daniel Pikus - Teenage Gomez
- Sally Jessy Raphael - Herself
- Marc Shaiman - Conductor
- Patty Maloney - Lois Addams
- Ryan Anderson - Pre-Teen Fester
- Richard Tanner - Snake Charmer
- Valerie Walker - Teenage Fauna
- Kate McGregor-Stewart - Employment Agent
- Allegra Kent - Cousin Ophelia Addams
- Steve Welles - Fingers Addams
- Tony Azito - Digit Addams
- Jimmy Ross - Pre-Teen Gomez
- Mercedes McNab - Girl Scout
- Lela Ivey - Susan Firkins
- Raul Julia - Gomez Addams
- Dan Hedaya - Tully Alford
- Carel Struycken - Lurch
- Judith Malina - Granny
- Paul Benedict - Judge Womack
- Steven M. Martin - Donald Addams
- Eugene M. Jackson - One Armed Bass Player
- Victoria Hall - Swedish Blonde
- John Franklin - Cousin It
- Ryan Holihan - Lumpy Addams
- Christopher Hart - Thing
- Joe Zimmerman - Long Arm Addams
- Whitby Hertford - Little Tully
- Maureen Sue Levin - Flora Amor
- Douglas Brian Martin - Dexter Addams
- Darlene Levin - Fauna Amor
- Richard Korthaze - Slosh Addams
- The Passing Zone - Jugglers
- Michael Hittesdorf - Teenage Fester
- Director(s):
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Writer(s):
- Paul Rudnick, Larry Wilson, Caroline Thompson
- Producer(s):
- Scott Rudin
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Humor)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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