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The Stepford Wives (2004 film)

The Stepford Wives
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Frank Oz
Produced by Scott Rudin
Donald De Line
Edgar J. Scherick
Gabriel Grunfeld
Written by Paul Rudnick
Based on The Stepford Wives
by Ira Levin
Starring Nicole Kidman
Matthew Broderick
Bette Midler
Christopher Walken
Roger Bart
Faith Hill
Glenn Close
Music by David Arnold
Cinematography Rob Hahn
Edited by Jay Rabinowitz
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
(United States)
DreamWorks Pictures
(International)
Release date
  • June 11, 2004 (2004-06-11)
Running time
93 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $90 million
Box office $102,001,626

The Stepford Wives is a 2004 American science-fiction comedy-drama film. It was directed by Frank Oz from a screenplay by Paul Rudnick and stars Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken, Faith Hill and Glenn Close. The film is a remake of the 1975 film of the same title; both films are based on the Ira Levin novel The Stepford Wives. The remake grossed $102 million worldwide on a $90 million budget.

Joanna Eberhart (Nicole Kidman) is a successful reality television executive producer. She is fired after her latest project, a show called I Can Do Better, where spouses choose between each other or prostitutes, results in one of the jilted men going on a shooting spree. Joanna has a nervous breakdown. With her husband Walter (Matthew Broderick) and their two children, they move from Manhattan to Stepford, a quiet Connecticut suburb.

Joanna becomes friends with Bobbie Markowitz (Bette Midler), a writer and recovering alcoholic, and Roger Bannister (Roger Bart), a flamboyant gay man who has moved to town with his long-time partner, Jerry (David Marshall Grant). Joanna, Bobbie and Roger witness an incident in which Sarah Sunderson (Faith Hill), violently dances and then collapses. A man named Mike (Christopher Walken) arrives and directs all men to crowd around Sarah so that no one can see what's going on, although Joanna sees Mike touch Sarah and she puts off sparks. After Sarah is carried away, Claire (Glenn Close), the town's leading lady, announces to Joanna that Mike essentially runs Stepford and says that she's his wife.


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