| The Addams Family | |
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| Directed by | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Written by | |
| Based on | Characters by Charles Addams |
| Produced by | Scott Rudin |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Owen Roizman |
| Edited by | |
| Music by | Marc Shaiman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures[1][2] |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million[1] |
| Box office | $191.5 million[3] |
The Addams Family is a 1991 American supernatural black comedy film based on the characters from the cartoon created by cartoonist Charles Addams and the 1964 television series produced by David Levy.[4] Directed by former cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld in his feature directorial debut, the film stars Anjelica Huston, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance as Morticia Addams, Raul Julia as Gomez Addams, and Christopher Lloyd as Fester Addams. The film focuses on a bizarre, macabre, aristocratic family who reconnect with someone whom they believe to be a long-lost relative, Gomez's brother Fester Addams.
The film was noted for its turbulent production. Originally developed at Orion, the film went $5 million over budget due to constant rewrites throughout shooting; health problems of people involved in the filming; and an overall stressful filming for Sonnenfeld himself, which caused multiple delays. The rise in production costs from the film's $25 million budget to $30 million led Orion, financially struggling and fearful of another big-budget flop, to sell the film to Paramount, who completed the film and handled the film's domestic distribution. Orion distributed the film internationally through Columbia Pictures. The film was commercially successful, making back almost seven times its production costs, and was followed by a sequel, Addams Family Values.
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BOMwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Goldstein, Patrick (March 31, 1991). "COVER STORY: Meet the New Addams Family: The weird brood from Charles Addams cartoons and '60s TV is back in a big-name, $30-million movie". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2019.