Addams Family Values DVD

Addams Family Values
The ghoulish cartoon family created by Charles Addams returns for a second big-screen outing darker and nastier than the first. When Morticia Addams (Anjelica Huston) gives birth to new baby boy Pubert, the other Addams children, Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) and Wednesday (Christina Ricci), devise any number of ways to kill off their new sibling. This leads Morticia and her husband, Gomez Raul Julia, to hire a nanny (Joan Cusack) to oversee all three children. But the nanny has an agenda of her own, packing the Addams children off to a horrid parody of summer camp and setting out to seduce Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd), all with the goal of getting her hands on the Addams family fortune. Of course, the Addams eventually triumph, with this blacker-than-most satire extolling the virtues of eccentricity and non-conformity above all. It was followed by 1999's direct-to-video Addams Family Reunion, with Darryl Hannah and Tim Curry replacing Huston and the late Julia. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Cast Anjelica Huston as Morticia Addams Raul Julia as Gomez Addams Christopher Lloyd as Uncle Fester Addams Joan Cusack as Debbie Jelinsky Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams Carol Kane as Grandma Addams Jimmy Workman as Pugsley Addams Kaitlyn Hooper & Kristen as Pubert Addams Carel Struycken as Lurch the Butler David Krumholtz as Joel Glicker Christopher Hart as Thing Dana Ivey as Margaret Peter MacNicol as Gary Granger Christine Baranski as Becky Granger Mercedes McNab as Amanda Buckman

Crew William Joseph Durrell, Jr. - Art Director Susan Ringo - Associate Producer Debra Zane - Casting David Rubin - Casting Adam Shankman - Choreography Peter Anastos - Choreography Theoni V. Aldredge - Costume Designer Burtt Harris - First Assistant Director Mark McGann - First Assistant Director Barry Sonnenfeld - Director Jim Miller - Editor Arthur Schmidt - Editor James M. Miller - Editor David Nicksay - Executive Producer Marc Shaiman - Composer (Music Score) David E. Diano - Camera Operator Ken Adam - Production Designer D. Scott Easton - Production Designer Donald Peterman - Cinematographer Scott Rudin - Producer M.A. Page - Producer Marvin March - Set Designer Ken Pepiot - Special Effects Peter Kurland - Sound/Sound Designer Alan Munro - Supervisor/Manager Paul Rudnick - Screenwriter

Addams Family Values
Although it didn't enjoy the unbridled success of its predecessor, this comic sequel is tons of squeamish fun, finally capturing the ghoulishly funny, dark edge of the cartoons upon which the '60s television series and first film were based. Screenwriter Paul Rudnick has been permitted a freer hand, his trademark wit and biting social satire presenting themselves in the form of a scheming gold digger played with gusto by Joan Cusack and a wholesome summer camp that is systematically destroyed and traumatized by the Machiavellian plotting of Wednesday Addams. The latter is a breakout role for actress Christina Ricci, making a major impression with her gloomy demeanor and blessed with perfect gothic looks. Cinematographer-turned-director Barry Sonnenfeld provides his usual crisp, flawlessly composed images, but the film definitely lacks the sitcom bathos of the first film, to the delight of some and dismay of others. It comes down to a battle between those who prefer the demonically humorous art of Charles Addams and those who prefer the watered-down TV show and sitcom gag-writer vibe of the first film. It seems the tastes of the latter group won, as Addams Family Values grossed only a fraction of the first film, its failure consigning further sequels to the direct-to-video bin. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
 

Anjelica Huston: Golden Globe, Best Actress - Musical or Comedy (nominated) Ken Adam: Academy, Best Art Direction (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English Sound Processing: 5.1: 5 full-range channels. Includes 3 for the front speakers, 2 surround channels for rear speakers, & 1 low-frequency effects (LFE) channel to carry deep bass effects Additional Features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16x9 Dolby Digital: English 5.1 Surround; English Dolby Surround English subtitles Interactive menus Scene selection 2 theatrical trailers MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 94 min Part of Series: Paramount Widescreen Collection   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- WIDESCREEN 0. Scene Selection 1. It's An Addams [4:50] 2. Sibling Rivalry [5:26] 3. The Nanny [5:35] 4. The Black Widow [1:46] 5. Summer Camp [:30] 6. Prince Charming [2:06] 7. The Addams Clan [5:07] 8. Unending Love [9:35] 9. Romantic Living [3:23] 10. Love Slave [3:19] 11. Terrifying Changes [2:41] 12. A Thoughtful Gift [4:01] 13. He Lives [5:39] 14. What About Debbie? [3:53] 15. Dementia [5:43] 16. End Credits [11:17]