The Stepford Children
| The Stepford Children | |
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| Based on |
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin |
| Written by | Bill Bleich |
| Directed by | Alan J. Levi |
| Starring |
Barbara Eden Don Murray Tammy Lauren Pat Corley Richard Anderson |
| Music by | Joseph Conlan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Edgar J. Scherick Gary Hoffman |
| Producer(s) | Paul Pompian |
| Cinematography | Steve Shaw |
| Editor(s) | Michael Berman |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Distributor | Edgar J. Scherick Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | March 15, 1987 (USA) |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Revenge of the Stepford Wives |
| Followed by | The Stepford Husbands |
The Stepford Children is a 1987 American made-for-television science fiction-thriller film inspired by the Ira Levin novel The Stepford Wives. It was directed by Alan J. Levi with a screenplay by Bill Bleich and starring Barbara Eden, Don Murray, Tammy Lauren, Randall Batinkoff and Pat Corley. It is the second in a series of sequels inspired by the 1972 novel and the original 1975 film The Stepford Wives.
Laura and Steven Harding (Barbara Eden and Don Murray) move with their children to the town of Stepford, Connecticut where Steven had lived with his first wife who had died mysteriously. While Laura is occupied with passing the Bar Exam, Steven is disturbed by their children, athletic but unfocused David (Randall Batinkoff) and free-spirited, music loving Mary (Tammy Lauren). Steven joins the Men's Association, which is still assimilating their wives into robots. This time, they have begun to turn their out of control teens into robots as well. Once they are assimilated, the children are obedient, homework loving, accomplished droids, but with little personality.
The Hardings befriend the Gregsons, Laura with sloppy and high-spirited mom Sandy (Sharon Spelman), and David dates their sly humored daughter Lois (Debbie Barker) with whom he shares a love of motorcycles. Laura is confused when the principal discourages her plans to establish a PTA, and Mary feels unnerved by her passive classmates as well as (unknowingly) the methods used to collect her image, hair, and body information. At the school's Parents' Night, Laura becomes aware of the disconnection between her and Steven's parenting styles. She allows the children space while he has become obsessed with a perfect image.
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