Description
DVD Features:
Rated: PG-13
Run Time: 1 hours, 32 minutes
Video: Color
Released: November 7, 2017
Originally Released: 2004
Label: Paramount
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Note: Commentary by Director Frank Oz
A Perfect World: The Making of The Stepford Wives
Stepford: A Definition
Stepford: The Architects
The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Husbands
Stepford: Deleted/Extended Scenes
Stepford: Gag Reel
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo – English, French
Dolby Digital 5.1 – English, French
Subtitles – English, Spanish
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken, Faith Hill & Glenn Close
Performer: Roger Bart, Jon Lovitz, David Marshall Grant & Mike White
Directed by Frank Oz
Edited by Jay Rabinowitz
Screenplay by Paul Rudnick
Original story by Ira Levin
Composition by David Arnold
Produced by Donald De Line, Gabriel Grunfeld, Scott Rudin & Edgar J. Scherick
Director of Photography: Rob Hahn
Entertainment Reviews:
Sight and Sound – 09/01/2004
"Well proportioned, sparkling to look at and vacuously entertaining, it's the perfect Stepford makeover."
Chicago Sun-Times – 11/05/2004
"[A] barbed comedy, with lots of zingers in the dialogue…"
Product Description:
Based on a book by Ira Levin which satirizes the roles of 1950s housewives, this is a remake of the 1975 film adaptation. Director Frank Oz presents a dramatic reworking of the horror classic, putting a totally over-the-top slant on the story that gives it true comedic value. In the early 21st century, a fast-paced Manhattan couple, Joanna (Nicole Kidman) and Walter (Matthew Broderick), both work for a major television network. While she is a leader and breadwinner in producing reality shows, he is a mere middle-management type. So when Joanna has a nervous breakdown, and Walter takes command, he's happy to find that for once in his life she's not stealing his fire. This sentiment is only asserted by the boys club that welcomes him when they move to the "perfect" town of Stepford, Connecticut. There, the women have been transformed by their husbands into a totally submissive, near-robotic state in which they are blissfully happy doing housework and looking pretty, and are totally compliant to their men. With Claire (Glenn Close) and Mike (Christopher Walken) leading this web of weirdness, Joanna and her only normal friend, Bobbie (Bette Midler), race to solve the mystery before they too become Stepford Wives.
