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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: 395 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

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicole Kidman ...
Matthew Broderick ...
Bette Midler ...
Glenn Close ...
Christopher Walken ...
Roger Bart ...
David Marshall Grant David Marshall Grant ...
Jerry Harmon
Jon Lovitz ...
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Herb Sunderson
Kate Shindle ...
Beth Peters
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Stan Peters
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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

Revealing mistakes: When the family is driving to Stepford, Pete says "But why are we moving?". Kimberly can be clearly seen mouthing his line before saying "to Conneticut?" 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

Version of The Stepford Wives (1975) See more »

Soundtracks

"Claire's Reel"
(2004)
Written, Performed and Produced by David Mansfield See more »