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The Addams Family

Promotional movie poster for the live action film
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Produced by Scott Rudin
Written by Charles Addams
Caroline Thompson
Larry Wilson
Starring Raúl Juliá
Anjelica Huston
Christopher Lloyd
Christina Ricci
Dan Hedaya
Elizabeth Wilson
Jimmy Workman
Carel Struycken
Judith Malina
Music by Marc Shaiman
Cinematography Owen Roizman
Editing by Dede Allen
Jim Miller
Distributed by Paramount Pictures (US)
Orion Pictures (non-US)
Release date(s) November 16, 1991
Running time 99 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $38 million
Gross revenue $191,502,246
Followed by Addams Family Values
.The Addams Family is a 1991 black comedy film based on the characters from the cartoon of the same name created by cartoonist Charles Addams.^ (PWH) Names: Charles Addams (110 documents) example document: Snow scene: snowmen, each with different hat, faces, accessories, and other contributions.
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 ^ (PWH) Names: Charles Addams (110 documents) example document: Penny; a comedy in 3 acts.
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 ^ Document number: V3465D753 Date of Recordation: February 23, 2001 Entire Copyright Document: V3465 D753 P1 Date of Execution: December 31, 1969 Title: The Addams Family / Characters created by Charles Addams.
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.The movie was originally developed at Orion Pictures (which at the time owned the rights to the television series on which the movie was based).^ Names: Orion Pictures Corporation, Justice Productions, Inc., Purdue Productions, Inc., Little Max Productions, Inc., Whattley Productions, Inc., Mob Productions, Inc., Tennessee Productions, Inc., Orion Television Productions, Inc., Arnold Productions, Inc., Commonwealth Productions, Inc.
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 ^ By American International Pictures, Inc Orion Television, Inc.
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 .But due to the studio's financial problems, Paramount Pictures stepped in to complete the film and released the movie in the U.S., with Orion retaining the international rights (these rights now belong to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer through their purchase of Orion).^ No titles given Orion Pictures Corporation (1110 documents) example document: Clifford American International Pictures, Inc.
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 ^ (Part 018 of 064) Orion Pictures Corporation (1110 documents) example document: The Silence of the lambs American International Pictures, Inc.
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 ^ The Ninth configuration Orion Pictures Corporation (1110 documents) example document: Purple Rose of Cairo & 1 other title; motion pictures American International Pictures, Inc.
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 The film debuted in Los Angeles on November 16, 1991. It opened internationally on November 22, 1991 to generally good reviews.
The Addamses are a family of wealthy and eccentric individuals who live together in a Second Empire-style mansion and share a common interest in the bizarre and the macabre. .The characters first appeared in cartoons in The New Yorker magazine in the 1930s, and later gained popularity in the 1960s television series, The Addams Family.^ CUT TO: 115 EXT. ADDAMS YARD - LATER 115 Gomez rallies the family for the search.
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 ^ Series: The Addams Family, AF-12 Variant title: The Addams Family at sea (66-12) Copyright Claimant: Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
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 ^ Series: The Addams Family, AF-16 Variant title: The Addams Family at the Kentucky Derby (66-16) Copyright Claimant: Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
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 .The film centers on the day to day life of the family, and the return of Gomez Addams's long-lost brother, Fester, played by Christopher Lloyd.^ CUT TO: 139 INT. ADDAMS LIVING ROOM - DAY 139 Abigail and Fester are seated at opposite ends of the couch.
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 ^ It belongs to the eldest living descendant, the older of the brothers -- Fester Addams!
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 ^ CUT TO: 115 EXT. ADDAMS YARD - LATER 115 Gomez rallies the family for the search.
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 The film stars Raúl Juliá and Anjelica Huston.

Contents

Plot

The story begins as Gomez (Raúl Juliá) mentions to his lawyer, Tully Alford (Dan Hedaya), that he has not spoken to his brother Fester since a quarrel 25 years ago. .Gomez's wife, Morticia (Anjelica Huston), invites Tully and his wife, Margaret (Dana Ivey), to a séance in which they will attempt to contact the spirit of Fester, believed to be lost in the Bermuda Triangle all of this time.^ FESTER (joyfully, to Gomez and Morticia) Come on!
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 ^ MORTICIA Fester adores Gomez!
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 ^ Morticia and Gomez have drifted into the front hall; they are moving toward the front door.
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 Tully gets a surprise visit at his office from loan shark Abigail Craven (Elizabeth Wilson), and her son Gordon (Christopher Lloyd), who have come to collect what he owes them. .Gordon harasses Tully until he discovers the gold doubloons with which Gomez has paid the monthly expenses.^ TULLY I'm your friend, Gordon - think of the doubloons!
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 .Tully notices that Gordon seems similar in physical appearance to Fester, and proposes that Gordon pose as Fester to infiltrate the Addams' vault where the family fortune is kept.^ Seeing the title of the book, Tully suddenly panics: (CONTINUED) THE ADDAMS FAMILY - 3/18/91 110.
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 ^ (CONTINUED) THE ADDAMS FAMILY - 4/03/91 105A. 161 CONTINUED: 161 MORTICIA Fester - I saw you tonight, at my window.
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 ^ (CONTINUED) THE ADDAMS FAMILY - 3/18/91 114A. 176 CONTINUED: (3) 176 PUGSLEY Uncle Fester, will you be on my team?
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.At the séance, the Addamses attempt to contact Fester's spirit, demanding he knock three times.^ Fester Addams, I demand that you knock again.
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 ^ For years, we've attempted to contact Fester in the great beyond, and for years...
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 As they ask, they hear three knocks at the door. They answer it to find Gordon (as Fester with amnesia) and Abigail (posing as a psychiatrist named Dr. Greta Pinder-Schloss). .Gomez is initially overjoyed, but his elation quickly turns to suspicion as Gordon fails to remember key events from his childhood.^ FESTER (delighted, to Gomez remembering this childhood favorite) "Wake The Dead"!
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 Gordon attempts to break into the vault but is foiled by several treacherous booby traps, such as rusty chains, a toxic underground lake, and a piranha tank.
Gomez reconciles with Gordon, in spite of his doubts, and he and Morticia throw a party that draws an extensive portion of the Addams clan. .When Wednesday is sent to check on Fester, she finds Gordon in the bathroom, with Abigail shaving his head.^ FESTER (to Wednesday) I tell you what - we'll give you a head start.
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 ^ Wednesday is dressed in her usual style, but Pugsley is dressed as a tiny version of UNCLE FESTER, COMPLETE WITH BALD HEAD AND GREATCOAT. The adults are delighted.
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 Wednesday thinks that he is an impostor and flees to the family graveyard; Gordon pursues her, but soon has to get back to the party so that no one becomes suspicious.
.In the meantime, Tully has discovered that Fester, being the older brother, is legally in control of the entire Addams estate.^ Therefore, it is with no small amount of personal satisfaction that I declare Fester Addams legal executor of the Addams estate and rightful owner of all possessions and properties contained therein with one exception.
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 ^ Fester's the older brother, so he gets it all-- The house, the money, you name it.
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 ^ It belongs to the oldest living descendant, the elder brother-- Fester Addams.
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 He enlists the aid of a cantankerous judge who lives next door to the mansion. As the party winds down, the family begins searching for the missing Wednesday — all but Gordon, who volunteers to stay behind at the mansion in case she shows up. When she is found, the family returns and finds Tully behind the locked front gate, holding a restraining order that bars them from the property. Gomez takes the issue to court, only to discover that his angry neighbor is presiding over the case. After Gordon wins in court, he, Tully, and Abigail return to the mansion and continue their efforts to reach the vault, much to the dismay of Gordon, who has started to grow attached to the Addamses.
.Meanwhile, the Addamses attempt to adapt to their new living situation as Gomez moves his brood into a motel.^ Morticia and Gomez have drifted into the front hall; they are moving toward the front door.
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 .To raise money for their family, Wednesday and Pugsley resort to selling lemonade in the parking lot, Thing works for Federal Express, Lurch sells vacuum cleaners and Morticia teaches a kindergarten class where she leaves all the children traumatized after reading her version of Hansel and Gretel.^ Lurch carries the sleeping Wednesday and Pugsley.
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 ^ Carrying a SAMPLE VACUUM CLEANER and a bucket, Lurch comes out of the motel courtyard.
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 ^ Pugsley, Wednesday and Lurch are seated nearby, very worried about Gomez, as at a death watch.
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 However, they soon realize that they are ill-suited to live like the rest of society. .Morticia then returns to the mansion to confront Gordon, but is captured by Tully and Abigail, who plan to torture her so that she will divulge the location of the vault.^ CONTINUED: (2) 165 ABIGAIL - who now has a pistol aimed at Morticia.
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 ^ CUT TO: 154 INT. ADDAMS MANSION DINING ROOM - DAY 154 Abigail and Gordon are seated at opposite ends of the table, having lunch.
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 ^ CUT TO: 160 OMITTED 160 161 INT. GOMEZ'S STUDY - A FEW MINUTES LATER 161 Morticia is now lashed to an ENORMOUS TORTURE WHEEL. Tully and Abigail are tending the stick BRANDING IRONS stuck in the roaring fire.
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 Thing sees this and returns to the motel, where he informs Gomez that his beloved wife is in trouble. .Gomez rushes to the rescue, whereupon Abigail threatens to kill Morticia if she does not take Gordon/ Fester to the vault.^ Gomez is near enough now to take Morticia's hand, on the torture wheel.
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 ^ Abigail takes a red-hot POKER out of the fire and hands it to Fester.
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 ^ ABIGAIL (pushing Fester aside) Tully, take over!
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Gordon, who has become sympathetic to the Addams family, takes matters into his own hands. .The bookshelf concealing the passageway to the vault contains books which, when opened, project their contents into reality.^ ANGLE ON GOMEZ, who has now pulled the right book, "Greed", to open the bookshelf.
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 .Gordon threatens Tully and Abigail with a book named "Hurricane Irene" while Gomez and Morticia escape.^ Gomez reaches for the book that will open the secret panel: ABIGAIL Can it, Gordon!
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 ^ CUT TO: 160 OMITTED 160 161 INT. GOMEZ'S STUDY - A FEW MINUTES LATER 161 Morticia is now lashed to an ENORMOUS TORTURE WHEEL. Tully and Abigail are tending the stick BRANDING IRONS stuck in the roaring fire.
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 ^ CONTINUED: (4) 165 TULLY Put that book down, Gordon!
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 .The gale-force winds from the book hurl Tully and Abigail out a window and into two open graves (dug by Pugsley and Wednesday), while Gordon is struck by lightning emitted by the pages.^ Gomez reaches for the book that will open the secret panel: ABIGAIL Can it, Gordon!
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 ^ Fester opens the book, and blasts Tully out of the window.
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 ^ Pugsley and Wednesday cheer and run out.
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.Seven months later, all is well with the family as they are throwing a Halloween party.^ And they knew that it was much more than a hunch ~ ~ That this group must somehow form a family ~ ~ That's the way we all became the BradyBunch...
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 .It turns out Gordon was Fester all along as Fester had vanished in the Bermuda Triangle and really developed amnesia, and Abigail made him think he was her son so that he would assist in her criminal schemes; the book's lightning strike restored his memory.^ She goes to the door, and turns) You know, some people might think it's strange, for a mother and son to be so close.
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 ^ Fester opens the book, and blasts Tully out of the window.
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 ^ CLOSE UP Gomez's hand is on the right book, "Greed," but Fester stops him from pulling it.
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 .As everyone rushes out to the graveyard for a rousing game of "Wake the Dead" (complete with shovels), Gomez ponders what could possibly make life better.^ FESTER (delighted, to Gomez remembering this childhood favorite) "Wake The Dead"!
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 ^ GOMEZ (equally excited) "Wake The Dead"!
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 Morticia reveals she is pregnant, and the two share a passionate kiss.

Cast

Differences from the television series

The film was much closer to the description Charles Addams made for the show, and followed his instructions closely.[citation needed]
The film differs from the television series in several ways. .The most significant change is that Fester is an Addams, Gomez's brother; in the series, he was the brother of Morticia's mother, Hester.^ FESTER (joyfully, to Gomez and Morticia) Come on!
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 ^ Uh, it was donated by Morticia and Gomez Addams.
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 ^ MORTICIA Fester adores Gomez!
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 .Also, in the series, Grandmama was Gomez's mother, Eudora; the film notes that Gomez's parents were murdered by an angry mob, and subsequently implies that Grandmama is in fact Morticia's mother (even though Charles Addams originally said that the character was Gomez's mother), with Morticia frequently referring to Grandmama as 'Mama'. Both reflected changes to the family relations first made in the 1973-1975 animated series.^ Gomez and Morticia both look out.
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 ^ Uh, it was donated by Morticia and Gomez Addams.
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 ^ Type of Work: Motion picture or filmstrip Registration Number / Date: RE0000847120 / 2001-09-20 PA0000348265 / 1973-12-22 Title: The Addams Family at the Kentucky Derby (66-16) By Charles Addams.
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 .Another change is that Wednesday appears to be the older of the Addams children, whereas in the original series, Pugsley was older.^ EXT. SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE WAMPUM COURT - DAY 136 Wednesday and Pugsley have set up a LEMONADE STAND, their contribution to the Addams' financial well-being.
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 ^ IN ANOTHER WINDOW, A MECHANICAL PUGSLEY hangs a MECHANICAL WEDNESDAY from a noose on a gallows, up and down.
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 ^ CUT TO: THE ADDAMS FAMILY - 4/03/91 A96A. A140 EXT. WAMPUM COURT - LATER THAT DAY A140 Wednesday and Pugsley are at their lemonade stand.
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 Cousin Itt's voice is of a decidedly higher pitch in the film, and his hair is completely straight, lacking the curls he featured in the television series.
In the television series, Gomez Addams does not appear to have any supernatural powers, behaving like a normal (albeit eccentric) wealthy gentleman. However, in the film version Gomez Addams is capable of many feats, including moving at high speed and sword fighting with superhuman poise and alacrity. .Other members of the family also have a notably high tolerance of pain or injury; Morticia, for instance, seems mildly amused (if not aroused) by Abigail and Tully's attempts to torture her with a rack.^ ABIGAIL (shoving Tully toward the rack) Do it!
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 ^ CUT TO: 160 OMITTED 160 161 INT. GOMEZ'S STUDY - A FEW MINUTES LATER 161 Morticia is now lashed to an ENORMOUS TORTURE WHEEL. Tully and Abigail are tending the stick BRANDING IRONS stuck in the roaring fire.
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 ^ ABIGAIL NOW! Tully shuts his eyes and tightens the rack.
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 Also Pugsley does not suffer from being strapped to an electric chair and heavily shocked by his sister (which would prove fatal to any normal human being) and even seems to enjoy it. .The Addams Family Mansion has also been re-designed and coincides more with the house seen in the cartoon where the family dumps boiling oil on some carolers.^ (CONTINUED) THE ADDAMS FAMILY - 11/12/90 94A. 133 CONTINUED: 133 PUGSLEY Because we're Addamses!
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 ^ CUT TO: 127 EXT. ADDAMS MANSION - DAY 127 The family members TROOP to the car with their few possessions.
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Songs

The soundtrack for The Addams Family was released on December 3, 1991 and features most of Marc Shaiman's film score. The complete version of "Mamushka" was cut from the film after a key audience demographic from test screenings complained the song brought the movie to a stand-still.[1] .In all officially-released versions of The Addams Family, only one minute remains of the "Mamushka" scene, but there is a workprint (which has yet to circulate heavily) that contains the complete scene.^ Therefore, it is with no small amount of personal satisfaction that I declare Fester Addams legal executor of the Addams estate and rightful owner of all possessions and properties contained therein with one exception.
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 ^ Taught to us by our Cossack cousins, the mamushka has been an Addams family tradition since God knows when.
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 ^ After a beat, all the toddlers begin to CRY and WAIL. CUT TO: THE ADDAMS FAMILY - 11/20/90 98 .
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 A near-complete version of the "Mamushka" scene can be found on The Making of The Addams Family television special that aired only in the Netherlands on December 7, 1991.[2]
  1. "Deck the Halls & Main Titles"
  2. "Morning"
  3. "Seances & Swordfights"
  4. "Playmates"
  5. "Family Plotz"
  6. "Mooche"
  7. "Evening"
  8. "Party...For Me?"
  9. "Mamushka"
  10. "Thing Gets Work"
  11. "Fester Exposed"
  12. "Rescue"
  13. "Finale"
The film also features a video from rap artist Hammer, the "Addams Groove".[3]

Deleted scenes

In addition to the complete "Mamushka" scene, there were several other major scenes filmed but cut from the final movie. Most of these scenes were deemed too violent and grotesque; they involve the following:
  • The introduction to Gomez and Morticia Addams in Tully and Margaret's point of view as well as Gomez leading Tully to his office
  • The aftermath of the sword fight including bills for "The Fester Addams Community"
  • The retrieving of the Addams' fortune and the leaving the mansion and Tully's entrance to see Abigail and Gordon
  • Grandmama's fog machine malfunctioning, falling off the roof of the Addams' mansion, and nearly decapitating Gomez
  • Grandmama ripping out Wednesday's loose tooth by tying it to a trap door and flinging it open
  • Wednesday depositing her newly-removed tooth into a cigar box full of animal teeth and glass eyes
  • During Gomez and Tully's sword fight, Gomez telling Tully he wished he would "drop by more often," to which Tully confesses that he's "a bleeder"
  • Letting Fester and Dr. Greta Pinder-Schloss in and letting them take their seats while having a chat
  • Fester climbing into the mansion's attic and seeing several glass display cases containing stuffed vampire bats
  • Wednesday catching Fester snooping around the attic and informing him that the one large empty glass display case is reserved for a school bully
  • When Morticia is trying to figure out why Gomez is so suspicious of Fester, Grandmama reads a passage from a large book that recommends they "Drain all his blood, replace it with vinegar overnight. Leave a headless rooster beneath his pillow. Smear his forehead, palms, and feet with the tears of a stillborn monkey. Add milk." Mortcia then reacts in disgust at the suggestion of adding milk
  • Fester showing Wednesday and Pugsley a hand grenade
  • Before Wednesday and Pugsley's performance, Gomez inviting Judge Womack to play a round of golf in his cemetery, to which Womack replies he'd "rather rot in hell"
  • A longer scene of Wednesday and Pugsley's theatrical performance (which includes more blood and Pugsley's severed prosthetic arm falling off the stage and landing in Judge Womack's lap)
  • Fester implying that the blood from Wednesday and Pugsley's performance was real
  • Fester escorting Dr. Greta Pinder-Schloss, who says "Auf Wiedersehen", out until Greta Pinder-Schloss (Abigail) and Fester (Gordon) had an angry conversation
  • Directly preceding the Mamsuhka, Morticia taking Fester's hand and spinning him onto the dance floor. Fester then comes nose-to-nose with Gomez, who is holding several sharpened scimitars. Gomez then circles around Fester while juggling the scimitars
  • During the Mamushka, Gomez admiring how Fester hasn't seemed to forget any part of the dance and song. .At that moment, as Fester hears his brother's words of admiration, he hesitates, and the sharpened scimitars that Gomez has tossed to him rain down
  • Near the end of the Mamushka, Fester catching four of the five scimitars in his hands.^ GOMEZ (to It) You remember, old sport - she really did find him tangled in a tuna net, twenty-five years ago.
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     ^ Then, as Tully passes through, Gate slams on him, clipping him and catching the end of his coat.
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     ^ The room is a dusty, cobweb-filled, long-unoccupied shrine to Gomez's lost brother, Fester.
    • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

     Panicked and seemingly without a way to catch the last scimitar, Fester begins to scream. The fifth scimitar conveniently lands in Fester's mouth, which he then swallows
  • Grandmama and Morticia searching for Wednesday in a cave
  • Pugsley and Gomez eating wrapped motel soaps
  • Morticia revealing to an interview clerk that she regularly takes Wednesday and Pugsley to visit Death Row inmates at the local prison — for autographs
  • Lurch attempting to sell vacuum cleaners and subsequently hurling a bucketful of slop onto a client
  • Fester and Gomez each commenting that blood is thicker than water, to which Morticia quips that it's "just as refreshing"
  • Abigail and Tully dead, stuffed, and on display in a huge glass case

Reception

With a domestic gross of $113,502,246 and a worldwide gross of $191,502,246, The Addams Family proved to be a financial success, as it eventually became the seventh highest grossing film of 1991.
Despite this, the film received mixed reviews. Critics were divided almost in half as Rotten Tomatoes, a web site which aggregates reviews from critics, proves that only 58 out of 100 critics gave a positive review. Although the RT Community gives it a much more gracious rating of 78%, the provided Rotten Tomatoes consensus reads: "The movie is peppered with amusing sight gags and one-liners, but the disjointed script doesn't cohere into a successful whole."
Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader called the film "A collection of one-liners, and that's about it," while critic Steven Crum wrote a positive review, saying that it was a perfect translation of the 1960s sitcom, and was just as ghoulishly hilarious. Despite the disjointed plot, some critical praise was given to the casting and visual style. Variety magazine wrote, "Despite inspired casting and nifty visual trappings, the eagerly awaited Addams Family figures a major disappointment."

Accolades

The Addams Family was awarded Best Horror Film of the Year in 1991 by the Horror Hall of Fame. Carel Struycken appeared at the award ceremony to receive the award on behalf of the cast.[4][5]

The Making of The Addams Family

A TV documentary, "The Making of The Addams Family", was produced to promote the film in 1991.

DVD release

The film been released on DVD in 2000 with only the 2 theatrical trailers as special features. It was subsequently (in 2006) re-released with its sequel on a single disc, with no new features.

References

  1. ^ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,316385,00.html
  2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1080737
  3. ^ IMDB soundtrack listing
  4. ^ 3rd Annual Horror Hall of Fame Telecast, 1991
  5. ^ http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0959

External links

Films directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
1990s
The Addams Family (1991) · Addams Family Values (1993) · For Love or Money (1993) · Get Shorty (1995) · Men in Black (1997) · Wild Wild West (1999)
2000s
Big Trouble (2002) · Men in Black II (2002) · RV (2006)

Quotes

Up to date as of January 14, 2010

From Wikiquote

.The Addams Family is a 1991 film, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, that features the bizarre characters of American cartoonist Charles Addams's comic strip and television show of the same name.^ Many of the scenes from the New Addams Family opening credits are from this show.
  • The New Addams Family - Show Summaries 11 January 2010 5:47 UTC www.lkessler.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The Addams Family 1953's House of Wax Review of the original 1953's House of Wax film.

 ^ (PWH) Names: Charles Addams (110 documents) example document: Snow scene: snowmen, each with different hat, faces, accessories, and other contributions.
  • The Addams Family. From album Television's greatest hits. SR 69-533, National Enquirer - Copyright Info 11 January 2010 5:47 UTC www.faqs.org [Source type: Reference]

 .A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, the Addamses are a bizarre family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware of why people find them frightening.^ While they try to find a spell to turn him back, the family accept Pugsley the monkey who even gets in on the Family Photo taken by cousin Itt.
  • The New Addams Family - Show Summaries 11 January 2010 5:47 UTC www.lkessler.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The Addams Family Goes to School The school board finds out that Wednesday and Pugsley have never been to school, and insists that they be enrolled immediately.
  • The New Addams Family - Show Summaries 11 January 2010 5:47 UTC www.lkessler.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The family tries to help him out, and everything looks real rosy when it appears that Lucretia, Fester's date by mail order has arrived.
  • The New Addams Family - Show Summaries 11 January 2010 5:47 UTC www.lkessler.com [Source type: General]

Contents

Morticia

  • [looking through Fester's suitcase] Crowbar...dynamite...cyanide. .Fester- as if we'd run out.
  • And our credo, "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc"..."We gladly feast on those who would subdue us". Not just pretty words.
  • Wednesday, play with your food!
  • Thing, you're a handful.
  • Don't torture yourself, Gomez- that's my job.
  • Gomez, last night, you were unhinged.^ GOMEZ Re-run.
    • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

     ^ You're late for your fittings.
    • Addams Family Values Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Barry Sonnenfeld movie sequel to The Addams Family 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ You're just a boy.
    • Addams Family Values Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Barry Sonnenfeld movie sequel to The Addams Family 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]

     You were like some desperate, howling demon. You frightened me. [pause] Do it again!
  • [looking through an armoire] Uncle Nick-Nack's winter wardrobe...Uncle Nick-Nack's summer wardrobe...Uncle Nick-Nack...
  • They say she danced naked in the town square and enslaved a minister! But don't worry, we told Wednesday, "College first."
  • [watching Pugsley sleep] He looks so sweet...just like a little entrée.

Gomez

.
  • (repeated line to Tully) Dirty pool, old man!
  • "How do you take it off?"^ How do you take it off?
    • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ [Train Whistle] "How do you take it off?"
    • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Do you know how dirty you are?
    • Addams Family Values Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Barry Sonnenfeld movie sequel to The Addams Family 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]

     That's absurd! .That finger trap was a party favor at his 10th birthday!
  • We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled...we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo...we danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper.^ We danced the mamushka for Jack the Ripper.
    • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ That finger trap was a party favor at his th birthday.
    • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ We danced the mamushka while Nero fiddled.
    • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .And now, Fester Addams- this Mamushka is for you.
  • That's the spirit, Thing!^ (CONTINUED) THE ADDAMS FAMILY - 2/19/91 103A. 156 CONTINUED: (2) 156 TULLY I'd love to, you know that, but - I've got this stomach thing.
    • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Neat Things: Fester hits Gomez, and stars appear, and if you look closely, Fester's face is in the stars.
    • The New Addams Family - Show Summaries 11 January 2010 5:47 UTC www.lkessler.com [Source type: General]

     ^ I'm Fester Addams and I can help you!
    • The New Addams Family - Show Summaries 11 January 2010 5:47 UTC www.lkessler.com [Source type: General]

     .Lend a hand!
  • They say that a man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client.^ They say a man who represents himself has a fool for a client.
    • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

     And, with God as my witness, I am that fool!
  • 2, 10, 11- eyes, fingers, toes!

Wednesday

  • [when asked about her Halloween costume] I'm a homicidal maniac- they look just like everyone else.

Other

  • Grandma: Dinner's gonna be late. [goes outside] Here, boy! Here, boy!
  • Fester: Three parts dynamite, with a nitroglycerin cap. It's perfect for small homes, carports and toolsheds.

Dialogue

.Wednesday: [hooking up an electric chair] Pugsley, sit in the chair.^ Pugsley, sit in the chair.
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ EXT. SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE WAMPUM COURT - DAY 136 Wednesday and Pugsley have set up a LEMONADE STAND, their contribution to the Addams' financial well-being.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 ^ IN ANOTHER WINDOW, A MECHANICAL PUGSLEY hangs a MECHANICAL WEDNESDAY from a noose on a gallows, up and down.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]
Pugsley: Why?
.Wednesday: Because we're going to play a game.^ Morticia, the Playwright Wednesday and Pugsley were kicked out of the school play because they wouldn't do it the way it was written.
  • The New Addams Family - Show Summaries 11 January 2010 5:47 UTC www.lkessler.com [Source type: General]
Pugsley: What game?
Wednesday: [strapping him in] It's called, "Is There a God?"
Pugsley: Are they dead?
Wednesday: Does it matter?
.Girl Scout: Is this made from real lemons?^ Is this made from real lemons?
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ GIRL SCOUT (with grave doubts) Is this made from real lemons?
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 ^ WEDNESDAY Are they made from real girl scouts?
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]
Wednesday: Yes.
.Girl Scout: I only like all-natural foods and beverages, organically grown, with no preservatives.^ Organically grown, with no preservatives.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 ^ GIRL SCOUT I only like all-natural foods and beverages.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 .Are you sure they're real lemons?^ Are you sure they're real lemons?
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 ^ They're just afraid to ask you.
  • Addams Family Values Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Barry Sonnenfeld movie sequel to The Addams Family 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Those Siamese twins, that hunchback, Cousin It - they're not you.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]
Pugsley: Yes.
.Girl Scout: I'll tell you what- I'll buy a cup if you buy a box of my delicious Girl Scout cookies.^ I'll buy a cup, if you buy a box of my delicious girl scout cookies.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 ^ FESTER (to Wednesday) I tell you what - we'll give you a head start.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 ^ They are negotiating with a PRISSY LITTLE GIRL IN A GIRL SCOUT UNIFORM. The girl scout carries several boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 Do we have a deal?
.Wednesday: Are they made from real Girl Scouts?^ GIRL SCOUT (with grave doubts) Is this made from real lemons?
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 ^ WEDNESDAY Are they made from real girl scouts?
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 ^ They are negotiating with a PRISSY LITTLE GIRL IN A GIRL SCOUT UNIFORM. The girl scout carries several boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]
Morticia: Children, what are you doing?
.Wednesday: I'm going to electrocute him.^ I'm going to electrocute him.
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.Morticia: But we're late for the charity auction.^ But we're late for the charity auction.
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Morticia's Favorite Charity The family is selecting stuff to donate for the charity auction.
  • The New Addams Family - Show Summaries 11 January 2010 5:47 UTC www.lkessler.com [Source type: General]
Wednesday: But, Mother!
Morticia: [firmly] I said no.
Pugsley: Pleeaaaase?
.Morticia: [smiling indulgently] Oh, all right.^ Oh, all right.
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ [Morticia] Wednesday, look at all of the other children-- their freckles, their bright little eyes, their eager, friendly smiles.
  • Addams Family Values Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Barry Sonnenfeld movie sequel to The Addams Family 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]
Wednesday: Please pass the salt.
Morticia: And what do we say?
Wednesday: NOW.
Gomez: How long has it been since we waltzed?
.Morticia: Oh, Gomez...hours.^ MORTICIA (yearningly) Oh Gomez, don't torture yourself.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]
Dr. Pinderschloss: The human spirit, it is a very difficult thing to kill.
Grandma: Even with a chainsaw!
Dr. Pinderschloss: Love/hate, hate/love. Like for mama, no?
Gomez: But I didn't hate my mother- it was an accident!
[Morticia and Grandma examine a valuable heirloom Morticia is donating to charity]
Grandma: Let's keep it!
Morticia: Hush, mama! It's for charity! Widows and orphans. We need more of them.
.Morticia: Margaret, about the séance tonight, I wish you'd come.^ (CONTINUED) THE ADDAMS FAMILY - 4/03/91 105A. 161 CONTINUED: 161 MORTICIA Fester - I saw you tonight, at my window.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 .It's Gomez, I'm terribly worried about him.^ Pugsley, Wednesday and Lurch are seated nearby, very worried about Gomez, as at a death watch.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 .He won't eat, he can't sleep, he keeps coughing up blood...^ He keeps coughing up blood.
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ He coughs up blood?
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.Margaret: He coughs up blood?^ He keeps coughing up blood.
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ He coughs up blood?
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.Morticia: Well, not like he used to.^ Well, not like he used to.
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.Margaret: [regarding Cousin It] Everyone keeps asking where he got his costume.^ Everyone keeps asking where he bought his costume.
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]
Gomez: It is a wonderful hat.
.Sally Jessy Raphael: So, you say your son was kidnapped by voodoo witch doctors?^ You claim that your son was brainwashed by voodoo witch doctors and forced to recruit others.
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Next time you get your picture taken, don't say "cheese", but say "disease".
  • The New Addams Family - Show Summaries 11 January 2010 5:47 UTC www.lkessler.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Voodoo witch doctors in the United States-- Here, kitty-kitty.
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .Let's take a call.^ Let's take a call.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]
Gomez: Hello, Sally?
Sally Jessy Raphael: [frustrated] Mr. Addams, please, stop calling! We do not know where they meet!
.Morticia: Gomez, let's go for a drive- the whole family.^ MORTICIA I know - Gomez, let's go for a drive.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Mama and Morticia tell a reluctant Gomez to go right after her and she'll run off.
  • The New Addams Family - Show Summaries 11 January 2010 5:47 UTC www.lkessler.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The family decides to help Lurch pretend that he is the man of the house, and Gomez becomes the butler and Morticia the maid.
  • The New Addams Family - Show Summaries 11 January 2010 5:47 UTC www.lkessler.com [Source type: General]
Gomez: A drive? And miss Gilligan?
.Uncle Fester: Haven't you ever slaughtered anyone before?^ PUGSLEY (to Uncle Fester) How do you like it?
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 ^ (CONTINUED) THE ADDAMS FAMILY - 3/18/91 114A. 176 CONTINUED: (3) 176 PUGSLEY Uncle Fester, will you be on my team?
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]
Wednesday: He's only a child.
Uncle Fester: That's no excuse! Aim for a major artery. The jugular.
[Gomez and Fester are watching home movies]
.Gomez: Do you remember that fateful night?^ GOMEZ (to It) You remember, old sport - she really did find him tangled in a tuna net, twenty-five years ago.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]
Uncle Fester: [hedging] Um...your first cigar!
Gomez: What? Come on, old man, I've smoked since I was 5- Mother insisted.
Margaret: This is always so embarrassing. Why did I marry you?
.Tully: Because I said yes.^ Because I said yes.
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.Judge: [after a golf ball crashes through his window] Damn you, Addams!^ Judge Womack hurries to his broken window, shaking his fist: JUDGE WOMACK Damn you, Addams!
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 ^ All these years I've watched you and Morticia through windows, doorways, keyholes.
  • Addams Family Values Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Barry Sonnenfeld movie sequel to The Addams Family 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ ONE OF THE GOLF BALLS 11 flies with incredible speed THROUGH THE WINDOW of the ADDAMS' ONLY NEIGHBOR. This well-tended HOME sits on the hill overlooking the Addams' Mansion like some Republican sentinel.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]
.Gomez: Sorry about the window, Judge.^ GOMEZ (calls) Sorry about the window, Judge!
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Sorry about the window, Judge.
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 Keep the ball, I have a whole bucket full!
Judge: You moron!
Dr. Pinder-Schloss: [faking an over-the-top Germanic accent] Mr. Addams, I beleef I am understandink. I can help. Jais? .Ze theory of displacement, is zis familiar?^ The theory of displacement-- Is this familiar?
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Gomez: No. Tish?
Dr. Pinder-Schloss: Oh, it is too exciting! I vill explain.
Gomez: [eagerly] Is it unpleasant?
Dr. Pinder-Schloss: Deeply. .Your very own bruzzer, you drive him avay.^ Your very own brother, you drive him away.
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ GRANNY You kids are going to have to kill your own breakfast this morning.
  • Addams Family, The Script at IMSDb. 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.imsdb.com [Source type: General]

 Go, off viz you! But zen, you are feelink ze little black monster.
Gomez: Pugsley?
Dr. Pinder-Schloss: Guilt! Jais! .Your bruzzer returns, you feel guilty- you displace.^ You feel guilty.
  • The Addams Family Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Raul Julia and Christina Ricci movie 10 September 2009 16:43 UTC www.script-o-rama.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Gomez: [helping Morticia out of a finger-trap] Leather straps...red-hot pokers...
Morticia: Later, my dearest.

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