Addams Family
Values

They don't fit in too well, but Wednesday excels when it comes to telling ghost stories. She makes friends with another misfit kid, Joel Glicker, and together they try to break out of the camp. Meanwhile, Debbie gets Fester to propose, and they're married in the graveyard at a Family gathering. Itt officiates, and Wednesday catches the bouquet.

The honeymoon is in Hawaii, where Debbie tries again and again without success to murder Fester. She is forced to live with him, but insists on their own home and won't allow him tu see the rest of the Family. Pubert becomes angelic, the rest of the Family troubled. Meanwhile, at camp, Wednesday is brainwashed into being good and manages to smile. She's to play Pocohontas in the end of camp play, but instead she leads an Indian raid, reducing the place to rubble. Debbie tries to kill Fester by blowing up the house, but he survives that, too. Thing comes to his rescue with a car, and Debbie, now utterly deranged, follows, vowing: 'I'll get you, and your little hand, too!' She trails them to the Addams house, where she puts the Family into electric chairs. She's about to fry them all when Pubert gets free and reverses the current, killing her instead.

Writer Paul Rudnick had performed uncredited rewrites on the first film. He's best known for his columns for Premiere magazine under the pseudonym of Libby Gelman- Waxner. There are some fun touches in this story, including Gomez arm-wrestling Thing. Itt and Margaret now have a baby, Whatt. And the wedding music is 'Sunrise, Sunset', from Fiddler On The Roof Once again, though, the movie is stolen by Christine Ricci's magnificent performance as Wednesday. Rudnick wisely gives her the lion's share of this film.

Production Designer Ken Adam is best known for his work on numerous entries in the James Bond series.

Mercedes McNab (the perky girl scout in the first film) is a delight in this one as Wednesday's foil.

Director Barry Sonnenfeld has a cameo as Joel's father.

Carol Kane is best known from Taxi (1981-83) (with Christopher Lloyd) and movies such as Scrooged. She replaces Judith Malina (the only member of the first film's cast not to return) as Granny.

Joan Cusack was a regular on Saturday Night Live (1985-86).

Director Sonnenfeld explained to Starburst (January 1994) how he saw the appeal of the family: 'They are the perfect family unit in my estimation. The husband and wife still love, and are still sexually attracted to, each other. Their strong sense of family means Fester and Granny can live with them. Most importantly they give their children space to grow and learn and experiment without being smothered by parental guidance. Their values might not necessarily be what you or I would believe in. But they don't change them day to day on a whim. They believe in non-conformity and allowing people to exist in any way they wish as long as they aren't bothering somebody else. Isn't this the sort of family we should try to be? One we would all love to belong to?' Hmm....

After the nightmare of making the first film (the original production company, Orion, went bankrupt as they filmed and Paramount bought the movie and completed it, way over budget and time), Sonnenfeld originally refused to consider a second film. Then he read and liked the script and was offered a considerable raise in his salary, both of which overcame his objections.

Written by	Paul Rudnick
Based on the characters created by	Charles Addams
Directed by	Barry Sonnenfeld
Music by	Marc Shaiman
Conducted by	Artie Kane
Produced by	Scott Rudin
Executive Producer	David Nicksay
Director of Photography	Donald Peterman, ASC
Production Designer	Ken Adam
Film Editors	Arthur Schmidt, ACE and Jim Miller
Visual Effects Supervisor	Alan Munro
Costume Designer	Theloni V. Aldredge
1st Assistant Directors	Burt Harris and Mark McGann
2nd Assistant Director	Ian Foster Woolf
Casting	David Rubin, CSA
Associate	Debra Zane
Associate Producer	Susan Ringo
Tango Choreography	Peter Anastos
Choreography Camp Chippewa	Adam Shankman
Art Director	William J. Durell, Jr.r
Set Decorator	Marvin March
Assistant Art Directors	Charles Breen
...	Lauren Cory John Leimanis
Camera Operator	David E. Diano
Sound Mixer	Peter F. Kurland
Script Supervisor	Judy Townsend
Anjelica Huston's Makeup	Fern Buchner
Anjelica Huston's Hair Sytlist	Susan Germaine
Makeup Supervisor	Kevin C. Haney
Makeup Artists	Katherine James
...	Fred C. Blau Cheri Minns Gerald Quist
Supervising Hair Stylist	Susan Germaine
Hair Stylists	Kim Santantonino and Susan Schuler Paige
Wigs	Bill Fletcher
Properties	Emily Ferry
Special Effects Supervisor	Albert Delgado
Sound Supervisor	Cecilia Hall
Rerecording Mixers	Robert J. Litt
...	Greg P. Russell, CAS Frank A. Montano
Orchestrations	Jeff Atmajian
...	Brad Dechter Hummie Mann Michael Starobin
Stunt Coordinator	Gary Hymes
Titles and Optical Effects	Cinema Research Corporation
Main Title Design	Pablo Ferro and Allen Ferro
Visual Effects Unit:	...
Associate Supervisor	Brian Jochum
Director of Photography	Keith Peterman
Key Visual Effects Assistant	Fred Toye
Visual Effects Producer	Robin Griffin
Prosthetics Coordinator	Karen Murphy
Digital/Optical Visual Effects	VCE/Peter Kuran
'Thing' and 'Pubert' Puppets and Prosthetics Created by	David B. Miller Studio
Special Prosthetics, Mechanical Devices and House Miniatures by	Alterion Studios, Inc.
Motion Control Photography	Image-G
Matte Paintings	Illusion Arts, Inc.
...	Syd Dutton Bill Taylor, ASC

'The producer and director wish to gratefully acknowledge the consulting services and assistance of The Lady Colytor in the making of this film.'