[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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[Movie Script]Adaptation

ADAPTATION

by


Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman


adapted from the book


      THE ORCHID THIEF



by


Susan Orlean


September 24, 1999

Second Draft



EXT. ROCKY TERRAIN - DAY



Endless barren landscape. No sign of life. The atmosphere

is hazy, toxic-looking. Volcanoes erupt. Meteors bombard.

Lightning strikes, concussing murky pools of water. Silence.


INT. LARGE EMPTY LIVING ROOM - MORNING



SUBTITLE: HOLLYWOOD, CA, FOUR BILLION AND FORTY YEARS LATER



Beamed ceilings and ostentatious fireplace. A few birthday

cards on the mantel, two of them identical: "To Our Dear Son

on His Fortieth Birthday." Charlie Kaufman, a fat, balding

man in a purple sweater with tags still attached, paces the

room. His incantational voice-over carpets the scene.


                    KAUFMAN (V.O.)




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