Addams Family Reunion

Addams Family Reunion
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Directed by	Dave Payne
Produced by	Mike Elliott
Written by	Rob Kerchner Scott Sandin
Based on	Original characters by Charles Addams
Starring	Daryl Hannah Tim Curry Nicole Fugere Jerry Messing Patrick Thomas Carel Struycken Christopher Hart
Music by	Amotz Plessner
Cinematography	Christian Sebaldt
Editing by	J. J. Jackson
Studio	Saban Entertainment
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	September 22, 1998
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Addams Family Reunion is a 1998 film based on The Addams Family television series (which was in turn based on the cartoons of Charles Addams). While created mainly for the direct-to-video market, it did premier first on television on Fox Family. It is not a continuation of the two Paramount Addams Family films from 1991 and 1993, but is instead a reboot of the franchise.

This film also served as a pilot of sorts for the television series The New Addams Family, showing that a lush theatrical look (similar to the Paramount films) could be achieved on a much smaller budget. So far, the film is only available on VHS and has not had a DVD release. It was shot in Los Angeles, California.

Plot

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Discovering that his grandparents have developed "Waltzheimer's disease", Gomez organizes a family reunion, hoping that some branch of his enormous family tree will find a cure. Unfortunately, the company arranging the reunion misspells his surname and reunites him with the Adams family instead, including Dr. Philip Adams, who plans to poison his father and rearrange his will.

Gomez hopes that Dr. Adams can cure his grandparents; Morticia spends time with the women; Fester and Thing do their best to capture Butcher, a mutated puppy who feeds on human hair; and Pugsley falls in love with a girl named Gina.

Cast

Both Carel Struycken and Christopher Hart (Lurch and Thing) reprised their roles from the previous films. Because this film is otherwise unrelated to the previous two, different actors were cast in the main roles.

Main Cast

• Daryl Hannah as Morticia Addams
• Tim Curry as Gomez Addams
• Nicole Fugere as Wednesday Addams
• Jerry Messing as Pugsley Addams
• Patrick Thomas as Uncle Fester Addams
• Carel Struycken as Lurch
• Christopher Hart as Thing

Supporting Roles

• Alice Ghostley as Granny Frump (Grandmama)
• Ed Begley, Jr. as Dr. Philip Adams
• Kevin McCarthy as Grandpa Addams
• Estelle Harris as Grandmama Addams
• Haylie Duff as Gina Adams
• Phil Fondacaro as Cousin Itt

Only Nicole Fugere reprised her role in The New Addams Family.

External links

• Addams Family Reunion at the Internet Movie Database