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The Stepford Wives (1975)
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12 February 1975 (USA)
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Something strange is happening in the town of Stepford. more
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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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(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)
(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)
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Heaps better than the remake
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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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115 min | UK:100 min (2004 DVD release) | UK:110 min (2001 DVD release)
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Canada:PG (Ontario) |
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Director Bryan Forbes claims Diane Keaton turned the role of Joanna down the night before signing her contract, because her analyst got "bad vibes" from the script.
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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.
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Patricia Cornell:
Oh, Frank you're the best, you're the champ, you're the master...!
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Referenced in Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
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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…