The Stepford Wives is a 1975sci-fi/horrorfilm based on the Ira Levin novel The Stepford Wives. It was directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman .Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson and Tina Louise all starred in the film, which also marked the screen debut of brat pack actress Mary Stuart Masterson. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x896, 56 KB)Movie poster for The Stepford Wives. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x896, 56 KB)Movie poster for The Stepford Wives. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Ira Levin (born August 27, 1929 in New York) is an author of fiction thriller novels and is also a playwright and songwriter. ... Book cover for The Stepford Wives. ... Bryan Forbes (born John Theobald Clark on July 22, 1926 in London) is a British film director, actor and writer. ... A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, playwright and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ... Katharine Ross (born January 29, 1940 in Los Angeles, California) is an American movie actress whose timeless appearance and graceful, thoughtful manner have led her to be cast in roles of intelligence and daring, often in period settings. ... Paula Prentiss (born Paula Ragusa March 4, 1939 in San Antonio, Texas, USA) is an actress probably best known for her starring role in The Stepford Wives. ... Tina Louise (born February 11, 1934) is an American film and television actress. ... The Brat Pack was a group of young actors and actresses that became famous in the 1980s and frequently appeared in films together. ... Mary Stuart Masterson Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American actress. ...
The StepfordWives is the name of a 1972 novel by Ira Levin, as well as two movies of the same name based upon the novel, the first released in 1975, with a remake of the film released in 2004.
In 1975 the book was adapted into a feminist science fiction thriller directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman and starring Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson and Tina Louise.
A 1996 version called The Stepford Husbands was made as a third TV movie with the gender-roles reversed, and the men in the town being brainwashed by a crazed female clinic director into being perfect husbands.
Fears that "The StepfordWives" would be a male-bashing extravaganza worthy of Andrea Dworkin proved, mercifully, to be unfounded.
Less horror than satire, the film is mostly harmless; a jab at an ideal of how a woman should be and a poke at the insecurity men may have at associating with powerful (read: equal) women.
LetÂ’s be frank: this is not a film that lends itself to in-depth analyses.
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