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The Stepford Wives
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, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, and Faith Hill. The second feature-length adaptation of Ira Levin's 1972 novel of the same name following the 1975 film of the same name, it received generally negative reviews from critics and was a box office failure, grossing $103 million worldwide on a $90–100 million budget.
Plot
Successful reality television executive producer Joanna Eberhart's career suddenly ends after a disillusioned reality show participant named Hank attempts a shootout. After Joanna suffers a mental breakdown, she, her husband Walter Kresby, and their two children Pete and Kimberly move from Manhattan to Stepford, a quiet Fairfield County, Connecticut suburb. Upon the family's arrival, Joanna befriends writer and recovering alcoholic Roberta "Bobbie" Markowitz and Roger Bannister, a flamboyant gay man who has moved to town with his long-time partner Jerry.
Cast
- Andrea Anders
- Bette Midler
- C. S. Lee
- Carrie Preston
- Christopher Walken
- Danika Yarosh
- David Marshall Grant
- Faith Hill
- Glenn Close
- Jason Kravits
- Jon Lovitz
- KaDee Strickland
- Larry King
- Lorri Bagley
- Mary Beth Peil
- Matt Malloy
- Matthew Broderick
- Mike White
- Nancy La Scala
- Nicole Kidman
- Robert Stanton
- Roger Bart
More details
| author | Ira Levin Paul Rudnick |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Connecticut |
| director | Frank Oz |
| editor | Jay Rabinowitz |
| genre | comedy horror science fiction |
| keywords | alcoholic alcoholism ball clothe discover disillusion domineer electrocute electrocution emmy emmy awards even fall family portrait flamboyant force formal ball gay gay man grocery store hairspray homosexuality house arrest kiss manhattan mental breakdown murder orlando bloom playbill reality television recovering alcoholic remote control roger bannister run scream sever stepford wife town hall working women |
| musicBy | David Arnold |
| producer | Donald De Line Edgar J. Scherick Gabriel Grunfeld Scott Rudin |
| productionCompany | American Film Institute Donald De Line |
| publisher | DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | Connecticut New Jersey |
| theme | black comedy feminist lgbt-related science fiction satirical |