The Addams Family

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Theatrical Release Date:

10/28/1991

DVD Release Date:

02/22/2000

Run Time:

102min.

Starring:

Anjelica Huston , Raul Julia , Christopher Lloyd , Dan Hedaya , Elizabeth Wilson

Director(s):

Barry Sonnenfeld

Distributor(s):

Paramount

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

Genre(s):

Comedy

Plot: Inspired more by the 1960s TV series than by the original Charles Addams New Yorker cartoons, The Addams Family proved to be one of the more successful of the TV shows-turned-movies of the 1990s. Read More

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