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Director:
Bryan Forbes
Writers:
Ira Levin (novel)
William Goldman (screenplay)
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Release Date:
12 February 1975 (USA) more
Tagline:
Something strange is happening in the town of Stepford. more
Plot:
Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Hump Day Hotness: Marital Bliss
 (From FilmExperience. 13 May 2009, 3:33 PM, PDT)

Special Effects makeup legend Dick Smith honored by peers
 (From Monsters and Critics. 10 May 2009, 2:35 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Heaps better than the remake more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Katharine Ross ... Joanna Eberhart
Paula Prentiss ... Bobbie Markowe
Peter Masterson ... Walter Eberhart
Nanette Newman ... Carol Van Sant
Tina Louise ... Charmaine Wimpiris
Carol Eve Rossen ... Dr. Fancher (as Carol Rossen)
William Prince ... Ike Mazzard
Carole Mallory ... Kit Sunderson
Toni Reid ... Marie Axhelm

Judith Baldwin ... Patricia Cornell
Barbara Rucker ... Mary Ann Stravros
George Coe ... Claude Axhelm
Franklin Cover ... Ed Wimpiris
Robert Fields ... Raymond Chandler
Michael Higgins ... Mr. Cornell
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Additional Details

Runtime:
115 min | UK:100 min (2004 DVD release) | UK:110 min (2001 DVD release)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (TVC)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Darien, Connecticut, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Joanna goes to the city to show her photos at a gallery, the large black and white photo in the gallery window is of Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland. Under his real name (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), he was a well-known Victorian photographer, especially of children. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Joanna has first moved into Stepford she is relaxing on the couch holding a drink. Between shots, her drink changes from dark to light color, and the glass from half full to full. more
Quotes:
Walter Eberhart: She cooks as good as she looks, Ted. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Sports Night: Smoky (#1.12)" (1999) more

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30 out of 43 people found the following comment useful:-
Heaps better than the remake, 19 November 2004
7/10
Author: dcshanno from New York, NY

I'm sure 'The Stepford Wives' spoke more to the audiences of 1975 than it does to the audiences of today, but this holds its own as decent, satisfying thriller. Really little more than a variation on 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers,' 'Stepford' follows that film's structure of slowly unspooling clues and suspicions and saving its bigger 'gotcha!' moments for the end. Katherine Ross was no doubt the star of this film, but Paula Prentiss really stood out for me. Gawky and enjoyable, she oddly predicted Geena Davis by a full generation. At one point in the film, my girlfriend commented of her wardrobe, 'Wow, can you imagine a grown woman today wearing a hot pant jumper?' The '70s… yikes!

I had the misfortune of both seeing the remake of 'The Stepford Wives' before seeing the original and *actually seeing* the remake of 'The Stepford Wives.' If the original serves any purpose, it is to expose the remake for the gutless, toothless, anemic waste of everyone's time that it is. God, what a terrible movie…

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