| | | Something strange is happening in the town of Stepford.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.74:1, Dolby Digital Mono, Interviews, Theatrical Trailer
Joanna (Katharine Ross) reluctantly moves with her husband and children from New York City to the suburban community of Stepford, Connecticut. But when life in Stepford begins to seem too perfect, Joanna and her new friend Bobby (Paula Prentiss) investigate a mysterious conspiracy among the town's husbands. Are this suburb's women happy to be vapid homemakers or is there a more shocking secret behind the domestic perfection of The Stepford Wives? Twenty five years after its original release, The Stepford Wives remains a legendary combination of chilling chauvinist horror and savage social commentary. Peter Masterson, Tina Louise, Patrick O'Neal, Nanette Newman and Mary Stuart Masterson (in her film debut) co-star in this controversial cult thriller based on the best-selling novel by Ira Levin (author of Rosemary's Baby), presented in a sparkling new widescreen transfer that Entertainment Weekly hails as "shiny as a Stepford kitchen floor."
"Katharine Ross [gives] an excellent and assured preformance..." Daily Variety
"A cult phenomenon that plays better than ever." Entertainment Weekly
"...a nifty horror film..." Hollywood Reporter
"...I can promise you an eerie, spine-tingling good shiver..." Rex Reed, The New York Daily News
Editor's Note
Katharine Ross stars in this classic horror film as Joanna, a woman who moves to Stepford, Connecticut, along with her husband Walter (Peter Masterson) and her best friend Bobbie (Paula Prentiss). As the two women meet the other housewives who live in Stepford, they begin to notice that all of them are interested only in cooking, cleaning, and pleasing their husbands. Joanna and Bobbie are further alarmed when their husbands join the mysterious Stepford Men's Club, which convenes in a heavily guarded mansion and harbors a nefarious secret agenda. Based on the novel by Ira Levin (ROSEMARY'S BABY) and followed by the made-for-television sequels THE REVENGE OF THE STEPFORD WIVES, THE STEPFORD CHILDREN, and THE STEPFORD HUSBANDS.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Interviews With Director Bryan Forbes And Producer Edgar J. Scherick | | Interviews with Stars Katherine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Nanette Newman And Peter Masterson | | Radio Spots | | Scene Access | | Talent Bios | | Theatrical Trailer | | Widescreen Version Enhanced For 16x9 TVs |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 6/22/2004 |
| Running Time: 115 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1975 | | Catalog ID: 381624 | | UPC: 00097363816249 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.74:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...This was way ahead of its time for a major-studio movie..." 04/15/1997 p.4DEntertainment Weekly
"...Feel nostalgia for an era when Hollywood movies dared to be weird..." 08/03/2001 p.47 Total Film
"...It's the rich social satire and underlying sense of fun that give this seminal chiller real shelf life..." 01/01/2001 p.124 Entertainment Weekly
"[With] enough guts to see the cautionary tale through to the gruesome end....Stick with the creepy cult classic..." 07/09/2004 p.73 Uncut
"[It] conjures an atmosphere of real creepiness." 09/01/2004 p.136 |
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