[Movie Script]Addams Family, The

                    THE ADDAMS FAMILY



by



           Larry Wilson and Caroline Thompson

Rewrite by



                      Paul Rudnick
based on the characters of

Charles Addams
                                  SHOOTING SCRIPT



April 11, 1991



     THE ADDAMS FAMILY - 11/6/90


     FADE IN:


A1   EXT. ADDAMS MANSION FRONT STEPS - CHRISTMAS EVE            A1



A GROUP OF CAROLERS, their eager faces upturned, SINGS an

endless and cloying roundelay of "Little Drummer Boy."

They sing with self-righteous good cheer. As they

pompously begin their umpteenth verse,

THE CAMERA SLOWLY PANS UP THE ADDAMS MANSION -- past

the black wreath on the front door, past broken windows,

weather-beaten shingles, a creaking shutter.
     THE CAMERA CONTINUES TO PAN TO THE ROOF


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