The Stepford Wives (2004)

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Make one. See more »

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Parents Guide:

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Official Sites:

Paramount Pictures | UIP [Brazil] | See more »

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 June 2004 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Las mujeres perfectas See more »

Filming Locations:

Bedminster, New Jersey, USA See more »

Budget:

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

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

Gross:

$102,001,626 (Worldwide) (6 March 2008)

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, Scott Rudin Productions See more »

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Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Trivia

Several scenes and some sub-plots were deleted and/or added to the film based on audience test reactions: - The scene where Faith Hill's character breaks down at the square dance ran a few seconds longer. - There was originally a scene of Walter contemplating whether or not he should go through with turning Joanna into a Stepford Wife, and the other husbands try to convince him that she'll be happy that way. - Filmed but deleted was an extravagant extended version of the scene between Bobbie and Joanna when Joanna finds out that Bobbie has been turned into a Stepford Wife. After Bobbie tells Joanna all of her shortcomings, Joanna stabs Bobbie above the breast with a butcher knife. Bobbie goes haywire, and sets about performing a number of household tasks in the manner of the old Tex Avery cartoons, with Bobbie's finger turning into a vacuum cleaner, her tongue into a squeegee and her head exploding off of her shoulders while demonstrating what an orgasm is like for a Stepford Wife. The scene concludes with Bobbie opening her breasts to reveal a built-in cooler and offering Joanna a beer. It was the biggest FX sequence in the film, but was cut out despite great expense and months of work by computer artists. This was done because preview audiences felt it was "too much". It can be found as a deleted scene on the DVD. - An extended scene of Walter in the basement of the men's club deactivating the Stepford program, and displays indicate that the women's real brains have been transplanted into robot bodies. At the end of the sequence Faith Hill's character shoots her hand out of her arm on a long robotic tether and holds her husband up in the air. - The original ending of the movie was an extension of the scene where Glenn Close kisses Christopher Walken's head. When she kisses it, the electricity throws Close up in the air, where she levitates, as in the old Tex Avery cartoons, and her shoes explode off of her feet and fly up against a wall and all of her hair stands on end. She falls down next to Walken's head, which briefly comes alive and croaks, "Good night. Thank you for visiting Stepford," while Joanna and Walter look on and the camera pulls back for the fade-out. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Claire drives Joanna through Stepford, her seat belt disappears and reappears between shots. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
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Crazy Credits

The opening titles are shown alongside various vintage clips from the 1950s
of women operating high-tech (for the time) appliances. See more »

Connections

Features "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law" (2000) See more »

Soundtracks

"It Might as Well Be Spring"
(1945)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by The Arthur Murray Orchestra
Courtesy of the RCA-Records Label
Under License from BMG Film & TV Music See more »