The Stepford Wives (1975)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Katharine Ross
Joanna Eberhart
Paula Prentiss
Bobby Markowe
Peter Masterson
Walter Eberhart
Nanette Newman
Carol Van Sant
Tina Louise
Charmaine Wimpiris
Carol Eve Rossen
Dr. Fancher
William Prince
Ike Mazzard
Carole Mallory
Kit Sunderson
Mary Stuart Masterson
Kim Eberhart
Toni Reid
Marie Axhelm
Patrick O'Neal
Dale Coba
Judith Baldwin
Patricia Cornell
Dee Wallace
Nettie the Maid
Bryan Forbes
Director
George Coe
Claude Axhelm
Ira Levin
Writer
Franklin Cover
Ed Wimpiris
William Goldman
Writer
Edgar J. Scherick
Producer
Barbara Rucker
Marie Ann Stravros
Michael Small
Composer
Owen Roizman
Cinematographer
Robert Fields
Raymond Chandler
Josef Sommer
Ted Van Sant
Timothy Gee
Editor
Juliet Taylor
CastingDirector
Paula Trueman
Welcome Wagon Lady
Gene Callahan
ProductionDesigner
Michael Higgins
Mr. Cornell
Martha Greenhouse
Mrs. Kirgassa
Neil Brooks Cunningham
Dave Markowe
Remak Ramsay
Mr. Atkinson
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 12, 1975
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Content RatingPG
Budget$500,000
Box Office$8,700,000
Filming LocationsNew York City · Connecticut, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
The Stepford Wives is a 1975 American satirical psychological thriller film directed by Bryan Forbes. It was written by William Goldman, who based his screenplay on Ira Levin's 1972 novel of the same name. The film stars Katharine Ross as a woman who relocates with her husband (Peter Masterson) and children from New York City to the Connecticut community of Stepford, where she comes to find that the women live lives of unwavering subservience to their husbands.
Filmed in Connecticut in 1974, The Stepford Wives premiered theatrically in February 1975. It grossed $4 million at the U.S. box office, though it received mixed reviews from critics. Reaction from feminist activists was also divided at the time of its release; Betty Friedan dismissed it as a "rip-off of the women's movement" and discouraged women from seeing it, though others such as Gael Greene and Eleanor Perry defended the film.
The Stepford Wives has grown in stature as a cult film over the years, and the term Stepford or Stepford wife has become a popular science fiction concept. Several sequels to the film were made, as well as a big-budget remake in 2004 that used the same title.