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The Stepford Wives (2004)

PG_13  93 min  -  Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller   -  11 June 2004 (USA)
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Reviews: 394 user | 157 critic | 40 from Metacritic.com

What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech terrifying little town, in a very modern comedy-thriller.

Director:

Frank Oz

Writers:

Ira Levin (book), Paul Rudnick (screenplay)
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Cast

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Nicole Kidman ...
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Storyline

Joanna Eberhart, a wildly succesful president of a TV Network, after a series of shocking events suffers a nervous breakdown and is moved by her milquetoast of a husband, Walter, from Manhattan to the chic, upper-class and very modern planned community of Stepford, Connecticut. Once there, she makes good friends with the ascerbic Bobbie Markowitz, a jewish writer who's also a recovering alcoholic. Together they find out, much to their growing stupor and-then horror, that all the housewives in town are strangely blissful, and somehow... doomed. What is going on behind the closed doors of the Stepford Men's Association and the Stepford Day Spa? Why is everything perfect here? Will it be too late for Joanna and Bobbie when they finally find out? Written by Miguel Cane <stepford@yahoo.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Connecticut | Community | Writer | TV Show In Film | Television  | See more »

Taglines:

Are you a Stepford wife? Are you a Stepford husband? Couple, ask yourselves: Would you move to Stepford? See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, thematic material and language See all certifications »

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Details

Official Sites:

Paramount Pictures | UIP [Brazil] | See more »

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Las mujeres perfectas See more »

Filming Locations:

Bedminster, New Jersey, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$21,406,781 (USA) (13 June 2004) (3057 Screens)

Gross:

$102,001,626 (Worldwide) (6 March 2008)
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Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Heavily re-edited and re-written following test screenings, with new scenes shot and others deleted. The attempts to cater to audience tastes backfired as the new edits and scenes created continuity errors and major story problems. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Joanna enters the house looking for her children, her blouse is unbuttoned, then is buttoned again in a subsequent shot. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Helen Devlin: Ladies and gentlemen, I would now like to introduce a legend in our industry. She's the most successful president in the history of our network and for the past five years has kept us at the very top of the ratings.
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Crazy Credits

In the credits, Corning is credited with "cutlured stone"
rather than "cultured stone".
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Connections

Features "Larry King Live" (1985) See more »

Soundtracks

"A Fifth of Beethoven"
(1976)
Written and Performed by Walter Murphy
Courtesy of Thomas J. Valentino Inc. See more »