The Addams Family
Movie

Wednesday plays with Pugsley in the electric chair, a new game called 'Is there a God?' Gomez shows Fester the vault, below the house and down an underground river. The combination is '2-10-11: eyes, fingers, toes'. Gomez admits his own jealousy drove Fester away and asks for forgiveness. Fester agrees, but he's forgetting too much, and Gomez is growing suspicious of him. 'Dr. Pinderschhiss' cures Gomez's suspicions, and Fester starts to settle in. That night is the children' s school play, and Fester helps them to make fall-apart limbs that spray the shocked audience with blood. Gomez throws a party to welcome Fester home, and they dance the traditional Mamoushka. Mrs. Craven is furious with her son, and Wednesday overhears them plotting. Tully gets an idea and has the local judge (who loathes the Family) issue an order declaring that the Family treasures and property belong to the older brother, Fester. The Family is thrown out.

They have to take a room at a motel. Wednesday and Pugsley attempt to sell lemonade, while Morticia gets a job telling stories to children (leaving them shocked and in tears). Thing delivers overnight letters, while Gomez becomes addicted to chat-shows and sitcoms. Morticia returns to the mansion to try and talk sense to Fester. She's captured and tortured. Just as she' s enjoying herself, Thing returns with Gomez to the rescue. Gordon, finally, has become fed up with his mother and Tully and switches sides to help the Addams'. He causes a hurricane that sends Tully and Mrs. Craven spinning into graves. The children bury them. 'Are they dead?' asks Pugsley. 'Does it matter?' replies Wednesday. Gordon is hit by a lightning bolt which restores his memory. He really is Fester, and was lost in the Bermuda Triangle. The Family is together again. Margaret Alford falls in love with Cousin Itt, and the children all join happily in a game of 'wake the dead'. Bring your own shovel...

New members of the Family mentioned (along with those in the credits) are: Uncle Midnight, Aunt La Borgia, Cousin Retch, Uncle Imar, Uncle Atlas, Great Aunt Lavinia Great Aunt Calpurnia and Cousin Balthazar, all buried in the Family cemetery at the back of the house. Gomez and Fester's parents were killed by an angry mob. Fester's pet vulture, Muerto, is also buried in the cemetery.

The movie cost something along the lines of $30 million to make. The director, Barry Sonnenfeld, was a novice; before this movie he'd been director of photography on films like Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing and Misery. He wasn't the first choice, either. Tim Burton was, but he and Terry Gilliam both passed when offered the film. Writer Larry Wilson had worked on Beeteluice, and Caroline Thompson on Edward Scissorhands, so neither were new to the genre of comedy/horror. Despite this, their script suffered major overhauls at many stages, and was rewritten by (uncredited) Paul Rudnick, whose compensation was that he got to write the sequel alone.

The Addams' house was specifically constructed for this film at a cost of over $100,000. Shots of a model house were also used. For the sequel, only the model was used, as the full-sized house was demolished.

Raul Julia is best known for his stage work, and as a regular on the children's show Sesame Street. His films include Kiss Of The Spider Woman (1985), Tequila Sunrise (1988) and Presumed Innocent (1990). Anjelica Huston is the daughter of director John Huston, and won an Oscar for her work in his Prizzi's Honor (1985). Her other films include The Witches (1990) and The Player (1992). Christopher Lloyd rose to fame as the Reverend Jim on Taxi (1979-83), and cemented his appeal with the Back To The Future movies. Carel Struycken has appeared regularly on Star Trek - The Next Generation as Mr. Homm.

Written by	Caroline Thompson and Larry Wilson
Based on the characters created by	Charles Addams
Directed by	Barry Sonnenfeld
Music by	Marc Shaiman
Conducted by	Hummie Mann
Dance music orchestrated by	Peter Golub
Produced by	Scott Rudin
Executive Producer	Graham Place
Second Unit and Visual Effects Director of Photography	Christopher Nibley
Director of Photography	Owen Roizman, ASC
Production Designer	Richard MacDonald
Film Editors	Dede Allen, ACE and Jim Miller
Costume Designer	Ruth Myers
Co-Producer/Unit Production Manager	Jack Cummins
Casting	David Rubin, CSA
1st Assistant Director	Joe Camp III
2nd Assistant Director	Ian Foster Woolf
Visual Effects Supervisor	Alan Munro
Additional Photography	Gale Tattersail
Choreography	Peter Anastos
Visual Effects Co-Supervisor	Chuck Comisky
Properties	Robin Miller
Stunt Co-ordinator	David Ellis
Supervising Sound Editor	Cecelia Hall, MPSE
Sound Mixer	Peter F. Kurland
Rerecording Mixers	Gregg Landaker
...	Gary Summers Michael Minkier
Fencing Choreography	B.H. Barry
Makeup Design	Fem Buchner
Hair design	Anthony Cortino
Wigs	Paul Huntley
Casting Associate	Debra Zane
Extras Casting	Charlie Messenger
Art Director	Marjorie Stone McShirley
Associate Producers	Bonnie Arnold and Paul Rosenberg
Set Decorator	Cheryal Kearney
Assistant Art Directors	Erin Cummins and Paul Sonski
Special Effects Coordinator	Chuck Gaspar
Script Supervisor	Tom Johnston
Music Editor	George A. Martin
Orchestrations	Mark McKenzie
...	Steve Bartek Ralph Burns Dennis Dreith Jack Eskew and Thom Sharp
Titles and Optical Effects	Cinema Research Corporation
Main Title Design	Pablo Ferro and Allen Ferro
Special Prosthetics	Alterian Studios, Inc
Mechanical Devices	Tony Gardner
'Thing' Prosthetics and Puppets	David Miller Studios
Puppeteers	J. Eustermano
...	Eric Friedler Bruce Fuller Jim McPherson Dianna Smith William Sturgeon Tommy Williamson Jr. John Robles David Penikas
Model train crash	Ron Thornton Effects
Matte Art Composites Illusion Arts	Bill Taylor and Syd Dutton
'The Addams Groove', music by Hammer/Pilate	lyrics by Hammer; performed by Hammer
'The Addams Family Theme'	Vic Mizzy
'Mamustika'	music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green