The Addams Family (1991 film)

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black comedy film fantasy comedy film film

The Addams Family (1991 film) is a darkly comedic movie adaptation of the classic macabre cartoon and TV family, known for its gothic style, eccentric characters, and deadpan humor.

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The Addams Family 6
Addams Family Values 1
The Addams Family (musical) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf black comedy film ⓘ
fantasy comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
artDirectionBy Richard Macdonald ⓘ
basedOn The Addams Family cartoons by Charles Addams ⓘ
surface form: The Addams Family by Charles Addams
boxOffice over $190 million worldwide ⓘ
cinematographyBy Owen Roizman ⓘ
costumeDesignBy Ruth Myers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Barry Sonnenfeld ⓘ
distributedBy Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Dede Allen ⓘ
followedBy Addams Family Values (1993 film) ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
hasTheme family unity ⓘ
outsider identity ⓘ
mainCharacter Cousin Itt ⓘ
Gomez Addams ⓘ
Grandmama ⓘ
Lurch ⓘ
Morticia Addams ⓘ
Pugsley Addams ⓘ
Thing ⓘ
Uncle Fester ⓘ
Wednesday Addams ⓘ
musicBy Marc Shaiman ⓘ
narrativeFocus eccentric macabre family ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Anjelica Huston)
notableFor deadpan humor ⓘ
gothic visual style ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Graham Place ⓘ
Scott Rudin ⓘ
productionCompany Orion Pictures ⓘ
Scott Rudin ⓘ
surface form: Scott Rudin Productions
releaseDate 1991-11-22 ⓘ
runtime 99 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Caroline Thompson ⓘ
Larry Wilson ⓘ
setInPeriod contemporary era ⓘ
stars Anjelica Huston ⓘ
Carel Struycken ⓘ
Christina Ricci ⓘ
Christopher Hart ⓘ
Christopher Lloyd ⓘ
Dan Hedaya ⓘ
Dana Ivey ⓘ
Elizabeth Wilson ⓘ
Jimmy Workman ⓘ
Judith Malina ⓘ
Raul Julia ⓘ
storyBy Charles Addams ⓘ
Larry Wilson ⓘ

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The Addams Family cartoons by Charles Addams → depicts → The Addams Family (1991 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Addams Family
Addams → hasNotableFictionalUsage → The Addams Family (1991 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Addams Family
The Addams Family cartoons by Charles Addams → inspired → The Addams Family (1991 film) ⓘ
The Addams Family cartoons by Charles Addams → inspired → The Addams Family (1991 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Addams Family (musical)
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre → notableProduction → The Addams Family (1991 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Addams Family
TV Land Award → notableRecipient → The Addams Family (1991 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Addams Family
Christina Ricci → notableWork → The Addams Family (1991 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Addams Family
Christina Ricci → notableWork → The Addams Family (1991 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Addams Family Values
Ricci → notableWork → The Addams Family (1991 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: Christina Ricci
this entity surface form: The Addams Family
Scott Rudin → notableWork → The Addams Family (1991 film) ⓘ