The Addams Family (1991)
- Directed by
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Genre
- comedy film, horror film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 5,089 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy and eccentric family with a taste for the macabre lives in a spooky mansion. They welcome a man they believe is a long-lost relative, which sets off a series of strange events.
quirkydarkly comicwhimsicaloffbeatmacabrefamily-centricplayfulgothic
What happens
The Addams Family is a 1991 American supernatural black comedy film based on the comic strip characters created by Charles Addams. Directed by former cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld in his feature directorial debut, the film stars Anjelica Huston, who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Comedy or Musical 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 Pictures, 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 Pictures, who completed the film and handled the film's domestic distribution. Orion Pictures International distributed the film internationally through Columbia Tri-Star Films. The film was commercially successful, making back almost seven times its production costs. A sequel, Addams Family Values, was released in 1993. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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