The new animated 'Addams Family' brings the characters back to their cartoon roots.
The new animated film version of “The Addams Family” returns the delightfully macabre family to its original roots: a cartoon.
They weren’t called “The Addams Family” nor were the characters given names until the 1964-66 ABC sitcom starring Carolyn Jones as Morticia, John Astin as Gomez, Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester, Ted Cassidy as Lurch, Lisa Loring as Wednesday and Ken Weatherwax as Pugsley.Morticia is supposedly based on Addams’ first wife, Barbara Jean Day. But he didn’t base Gomez on himself.
Since that time, there have been many “Addams Family” projects, including two animated series — Jodie Foster supplied the voice of Pugsley in the 1973-75 animated show — the 1977 NBC special “Halloween with the New Addams Family,” starring the majority of the original cast; Barry Sonnenfeld’s blockbuster feature comedies, 1991’s “The Addams Family” and 1993’s “Addams Family Values,” starring Anjelica Huston as Morticia and Raul Julia as Gomez; and the 2010 Broadway musical with Bebe Neuwirth as...
In a way “The Addams Family” could be considered an immigrant story. Morticia and Gomez are run out of their village by pitchfork-wielding townspeople on their wedding day. But they find happiness in an abandoned insane asylum high on a hill in New Jersey.They are getting their home ready for an onslaught of their family from all over the world for Pugsley’s “Mazurka” coming-of-age ceremony.
The foundation, which was created in 2000, was a consultant on the 2010 Broadway musical, as well as this new animated feature. He noted that “we’re now living in a world that’s more interested in the dark side of stuff. ... We have a culture now that embraces the subversive side, so it’s a perfect time for ‘The Addams Family’ to return to the screen.”“That was one of our challenges,” said Tiernan. “We had to walk that fine line of reintroducing the characters to people, especially youngsters, who might not be familiar with them and then not flog a dead horse with trying to over-explain, ‘This is who Fester is.
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