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5.7What 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.
Cast
- Nicole Kidman as Joanna Eberhart
- Matthew Broderick as Walter Kresby
- Bette Midler as Bobbie Markowitz
- Glenn Close as Claire Wellington
- Christopher Walken as Mike Wellington
- Roger Bart as Roger Bannister
Themes
- android
- transformation
- housewife
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Frank Oz
- Screenplay by
- Paul Rudnick
- Based on
- The Stepford Wives , by Ira Levin
- Produced by
- Scott Rudin Donald De Line Edgar J. Scherick Gabriel Grunfeld
- Starring
- Nicole Kidman Matthew Broderick Bette Midler Christopher Walken Roger Bart Faith Hill Glenn Close
- Cinematography
- Rob Hahn
- Edited by
- Jay Rabinowitz
- Music by
- David Arnold
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures , DreamWorks Pictures , De Line Pictures , Scott Rudin Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures, (United States and Canada) DreamWorks Pictures (International)
- Release date
- June 11, 2004 ( 2004-06-11 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 93 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $90–100 million
- Box office
- $103.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Stepford Wives
- Director
- Frank Oz
- Screenwriter
- Paul Rudnick
- Cast member
- Robert Stanton
- Composer
- David Arnold
- Producer
- Edgar Scherick
- Production company
- DreamWorks
- Narrative location
- Connecticut
- Filming location
- New Jersey
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 984142
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 9 more facts
- publication date
- 2004-06-11
- title
- The Stepford Wives
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- costume designer
- Ann Roth
- capital cost
- 90000000
- box office
- 102000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 42/100
- sound designer
- Danny Michael
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Encyclopedic overview
The Stepford Wives is a 2004 American science fiction black comedy film directed by Frank Oz from a screenplay by Paul Rudnick and starring Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken, Faith Hill, and Glenn Close. The second feature-length adaptation of Ira Levin's 1972 novel of the same name following the 1975 film of the same name, this film was released on June 11, 2004 by Paramount Pictures in the United States and Canada and by DreamWorks Pictures in other territories. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and was a box-office failure, grossing $103.3 million worldwide on a $90–100 million budget.
Plot
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Stepford Wives” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.