The Addams Family is a TV series created by David Levy in 1973 and based on the characters from the comic book of the same name by Charles Addams, first published in 1938. The TV series features Ted Cassidy, Jackie Coogan, Cindy Henderson, John Stephenson, Janet Waldo, Lennie Weinrib, and others.
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Storyline
The Addams Family consists of husband and wife Gomez and Morticia Addams, their children Wednesday and Pugsley, as well as Grandmama, Uncle Fester, Thing, Cousin Itt, and their butler Lurch. The Addamses are a close-knit extended family with decidedly macabre interests and supernatural abilities. No explanation for their powers is explicitly given in the series.
Movie vs Book
Year
1973
Minutes
30
Movie Rate
6.70
Source: IMDb
Year
1938
Pages
96
Book Rate
8.70
S: Goodreads
Comic Book
The Addams Family
Author: Charles Addams
Country: USA
First published in: 1938
Length: 96 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the comic book
TV Series by David Levy
Movie by David Steinmetz
Movie by Barry Sonnenfeld
TV Series by Robert Alvarez, Don Lusk, Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano
Movie by Barry Sonnenfeld
Movie by Dave Payne
TV Series by Gary Harvey, Mark Jean, George Erschbamer, Ed Anders, John Bell
Movie by Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon
Movie by Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon
TV Series by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
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“Successful movies based on books are their own thing. Being too faithful can hurt the movie.”
PETER DINKLAGE (Actor)
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