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Addams Family Values is a 1993 American supernatural black comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Paul Rudnick, based on the characters created by Charles Addams. It is the sequel to The Addams Family (1991).
Addams Family Values: Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. With Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack. The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.
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- Comedy, Fantasy
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- 1993-11-19
- Buzzfeed News Reporter
- If it wasn’t for Sister Act, we may not have Addams Family Values. Rudin and Rudnick had been working together on Sister Act since 1987 (some creative differences led the screenwriter to ask to be credited with the pseudonym Joseph Howard after the script went through excessive changes) and the producer asked Rudnick to be the original Addams Family script doctor.
- The boundaries were practically nonexistent. Despite the extremely morbid jokes ("Everyone knows it. When you have a new baby, one of the other children has to die," Wednesday explains), alarmingly elaborate pranks involving guillotines and electric chairs, and, of course, some heavy sexual undertones, Rudnick doesn't recall anything having to be cut from the film to maintain a PG-13 rating. "
- Christopher Lloyd was a huge Fester fan before he was offered the role. "I grew up on Charles Addams' cartoons, particularly The Addams Family and Uncle Fester was always one of my favorites," the now-75-year-old actor told BuzzFeed.
- In fact, Lloyd thought he was going to be fired from the movie. Concerned about how he would manage to embody Fester, Lloyd met with Sonnenfeld to come up with a solution.
Nov 13, 2022 · The success of 1991's "The Addams Family" inevitably led to a sequel. In "Addams Family Values," the creepy clan welcomes a new member to their family with baby Pubert.
The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie. When an adorable baby boy is added to the Addams household, Wednesday and Pugsley do not hate him, they just aren't necessarily excited about his existence.
Addams Family Values opened at number 1 at the US box office in its opening weekend with a reported gross of $14,117,545. In its second week, the film dropped to number 2 behind Mrs. Doubtfire, and in its third week to number 3 behind Mrs. Doubtfire and A Perfect World.
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The franchise was revived in the 1990s with a feature film series consisting of The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993). The films inspired a second animated series (1992–1993) which is set in the same fictional universe.
