The Stepford Wives

The Stepford WivesBook by Ira LevinThe Stepford Wives is a 1972 satirical thriller novel by Ira Levin. The story concerns Joanna Eberhart, a photographer and young mother who begins to suspect that the frighteningly submissive housewives ... Wikipedia {| class="kno-fs ts" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:424px;" =The Stepford Wives (1975 film) = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  {| cellspacing="3" class="infobox vevent" style="font-size:12px;border-color:rgb(170,170,170);color:black;margin-top:0.5em;margin-right:0px;line-height:1.5em;border-spacing:3px;width:22em;" ! class="summary" colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;font-size:13px;font-style:italic;"|The Stepford Wives Theatrical Poster ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;"|Directed by ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;"|Produced by (exec. prod) Edgar J. Scherick ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;"|Screenplay by ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;"|Based on Ira Levin ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;"|Starring Paula Prentiss Peter Masterson Nanette Newman Tina Louise ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;"|Music by ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;"|Cinematography Owen Roizman ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;"|Editing by ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;"|Distributed by Palomar Pictures International Paramount Pictures(2004 DVD) ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;"|Release date(s) ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;"|Running time ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;"|Country ! scope="row" style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;"|<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Language <p style="line-height:1.5em;"><span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">The Stepford Wives is a 1975 science fiction–thriller film based on the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name. It was directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman, and stars Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Forbes' wife Nanette Newman and Tina Louise. The film was remade in 2004 under the same name, but was written as a comedy versus a serious horror/thriller film.
 * style="padding:0px;vertical-align:top;width:424px;"|Published: September 1972Author: Ira LevinPreceded by: This Perfect DayCharacters: Joanna Eberhart, Bobbie Markowitz, Walter KresbyGenres: Horror Film, Satire, Speculative fiction, ThrillerAdaptations: The Stepford Wives (2004), <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">More <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">
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 * style="vertical-align:top;"|<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Bryan Forbes
 * style="vertical-align:top;"|<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Gustave M. Berne
 * style="vertical-align:top;"|<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">William Goldman
 * style="vertical-align:top;"|<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">The Stepford Wives by
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 * style="vertical-align:top;"|<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Michael Small
 * style="vertical-align:top;"|<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Enrique Bravo
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 * style="vertical-align:top;"|<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Columbia Pictures
 * style="vertical-align:top;"|<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">February 12, 1975 (USA)
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<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">While the film was only a moderate success at the time of release, it has grown in stature as a cult film over the years. Building upon the reputation of Levin's novel, the term "Stepford Wife" has become a popular science fiction concept and several sequels were shot, as well as the remake of the film in 2004.Why that is,is beyond me,since my opinion,the first was shit,obviously based on a shitty.The tv sequile was  far better movie,in it removed many elements that made this a stupid,movie for dimwits.The robot replacements nd alledged murdering of the original wives.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">book.Going off,topic,this Sometimes movies are crap-often made in the 1970's.And people wondered why just a few short years later,the world needed Star Wars.Because too many people were propucing garbage of this type,in books,comics,on tv and movies. ==<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Plot<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] == <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Joanna Eberhart (Katharine Ross) is a young wife who moves with her husband Walter (Peter Masterson) who is a none weak kneed nobody,prop character of a cardboard standy  and two children -more props from New York City to the idyllic   Connecticut   suburb of Stepford. Loneliness quickly sets in as Joanna, a mildly rebellious aspiring photographer, finds the women in town all look great and are obsessed with housework, but have few intellectual interests. The men all belong to the clubbish Stepford Men's Association, which Walter joins to Joanna's dismay. Neighbor Carol Van Sant's ( Nanette Newman ) sexually submissive behavior to her husband Ted, and her odd, repetitive behavior after a car accident also strike Joanna as unusual. <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;"> <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;"> <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Joanna and Bobbie investigate Stepford. <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Things start to look up when she makes friends with another newcomer to town, sloppy, irrepressible Bobbie Markowe (Paula Prentiss). Along with glossy trophy wife Charmaine Wimperis (Tina Louise), they organize a Women's Lib consciousness raising session, but the meeting is a failure when the other wives hijack the meeting with cleaning concerns. Joanna is also unimpressed by the boorish Men's Club members, including intimidating president Dale "Diz" Coba (Patrick O'Neal); stealthily, they collect information on Joanna including her picture, her voice, and other personal details. When Charmaine turns overnight from a languid, self-absorbed tennis fan into an industrious, devoted wife, Joanna and Bobbie start investigating, with ever-increasing concern, the reason behind the submissive and bland behavior of the other wives, especially when they learn they were once quite supportive of liberal social policies.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;"><span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Spooked, Bobbie and Joanna start house hunting in other towns, and later, Joanna wins a prestigious contract with a photo gallery with some photographs of their respective children. When she excitedly tells Bobbie her good news, Joanna is shocked to find her freewheeling and liberal friend has abruptly changed into another clean, conservative housewife, with no intention of moving from town.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;"><span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Joanna panics and, at Walter's insistence, visits a psychiatrist to whom she voices her belief that all the men in the town are in a conspiracy of somehow changing the women. The psychiatrist recommends she leave town until she feels safe, but when Joanna returns home, the children are missing. The marriage devolves into domestic violence when Joanna and Walter get into a physical scuffle. In an attempt to find her children, she hypothesizes Bobbie may be caring for them. Joanna, still mystified by Bobbie's behavior, is desperate to prove her humanity but intuitively stabs Bobbie with a kitchen knife. But Bobbie doesn't bleed or suffer, instead going into a loop of odd mechanical behavior, thus revealing she is a robot.Even though allusions to those Dysney World robots are made,technology of the 1970's would not even close the robot replacements-unless this movies takes place in the Marvel Universe,were they have Life Model Decoys {LMD's].If that were so,Stepford needs to get a kickass visit from Avengers,the Fantastic Four and Nick Fury and his agents of Sheild.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;"><span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Despite feeling she may be the next victim, Joanna sneaks into the mansion which houses the Men's Association to find her children. There, she finds the mastermind of the whole operation, Dale "Diz" Coba, and eventually her own robot-duplicate. Joanna is shocked into paralysis when she witnesses its soulless, black, empty eyes. The Joanna-duplicate brandishes a cord; it is implied that she strangles the real Joanna to death.Why Joanna dosen't bash in the duplicated head and shitkick diz out a second story window,is beyond me. In the final scene, the duplicate is seen placidly purchasing groceries at the local supermarket, along with the other "wives" all wearing similar long dresses, large hats and saying little more than hello to each other. The final shot focuses on Joanna's now-finished eyes. During the closing credits still images show a very cheerful Walter along with his now conservatively-dressed children in the back of the station wagon, picking up his "Stepford wife" from the supermarket.

<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Men wanted stupid robot women instead of the real thing.
<p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Throughout most of history women commonly have had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Welcome_to_WIC_1-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]  Women were seen as wives and mothers, not lawyers and photographers. The most effective aspect of the story's plot is an examination of the drastic measures some men will take to control women. The men create replicas of their wives and kill their original human counterparts, even while they just as well could have filed for divorce. The new wives don’t have opinions or careers, they undertake and enjoy all aspects of housework and will forever remain beautiful.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Jump_Cut_2-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  In the film the men create these women to fulfill their own fantasy desires. The robots exist for their personal pleasure only.Whoopy-a ten year olds fantasy and thats about it.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">The men utilize their talents to create wives that lack character, brains, ambition, creativity, and independence. Their goal is to create women they can control; wives that enjoy housework and fulfilling their husband's every need.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Jump_Cut_2-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  The duplicates are "new and improved" versions of their wives. They have larger breasts, narrower waists and higher cheek bones.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Jump_Cut_2-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  These robots are sexual objects, so they are intended only to accommodate their husbands' desires while having none of their own.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Modern women stand as potential threats to the male-controlled order, because they are outspoken, self-centered, and aggressive.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Jump_Cut_2-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  The two women that are seen as the threat throughout the movie are Bobbie and Joanna, who were the only women wearing shorts, overalls, and pants; by the end they dressed and behaved like Stepford housewives. Joanna tries to start a women's association where real issues and emotions are discussed, while the robots are only programmed to talk about housework. All of the wives of Stepford were once female activists who had goals and ambitions until the men felt that there was a need for change.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Women.E2.80.99s_Studies_Quarterly_3-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]  The women become isolated from the real world; they are attractive, sexualized property. These women are helpless, incompetent, and no longer able to defend themselves.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Jump_Cut_2-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2] The plot also continues a theme of patriarchal critique dating at least from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein", which, unlike most movies of the same name, is intimately concerned with the implications of men's control of the manipulation of life, a concern of outstanding relevance today. Ira Levin made this a theme in other science fiction novels he wrote, including This Perfect Day (1970) and The Boys From Brazil (1976).Having this all on Wikipedea,the movie still stinks.It is a 115 minute bore-a-thon of shit ideas.Any man,that would want a fracking Dysney robot over the one he dated and married,needs to go Stepford and get his ball cut,off,before he has children.

<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Cast
===<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Cast notes<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] === <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Bryan Forbes met with Diane Keaton about playing the lead role, but she turned it down.Good call. When he asked why, she said her analyst did not like the script.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Katharine Ross as Joanna Eberhart
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Paula Prentiss as Bobbie Markowe
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Peter Masterson as Walter Eberhart
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Nanette Newman as Carol van Sant
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Josef Sommer as Ted van Sant
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Tina Louise as Charmaine Wimperis
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Franklin Cover as Ed Wimperis
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Toni Reid as Marie Axhelm
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">George Coe as Claude Axhelm
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Carole Mallory as Kit Sundersen
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Barbara Rucker as Mary Ann Stavros
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Judith Baldwin as Patricia Cornell
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Michael Higgins as Mr. Cornell
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">William Prince as Ike Mazzard
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Carol Eve Rossen as Dr. Fancher
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Robert Fields as Raymond Chandler
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Remak Ramsay as Mr. Atkinson
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Patrick O'Neal as Dale Coba
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">"Brat Pack" actress Mary Stuart Masterson made her film debut here as one of Joanna's children. Masterson is the daughter of Peter Masterson.
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Nanette Newman is the widow of the late director Bryan Forbes.
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Dee Wallace, later known for her role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, appears as Charmaine's maid. Franklin Cover, of the situation comedy The Jeffersons also appears in a supporting role.
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Tina Louise originated the role of "Ginger Grant" on the situation comedy Gilligan's Island. When the actress declined to appear in later incarnations, she was replaced by actress Judith Baldwin, who had a role as one of the minor wives. Baldwin also appeared in a small role in the telesequel The Stepford Children.
 * ===<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Casting<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] ===

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;"><span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Initially, Joanna Cassidy was cast as Bobbie. When she left after a few weeks of production, her scenes were reshot. Tuesday Weld initially accepted the role of Joanna, but cancelled before filming began.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] ==<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Reception<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] == <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">The Stepford Wives has a 67% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Some critics deride its leisurely pace. Most applaud the "quiet, domestic" thrills the film delivers in the final third and earlier sections as "clever, witty, and delightfully offbeat".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  As for the satire in the film, Roger Ebert wrote, "[The actresses] have absorbed enough TV, or have such an instinctive feeling for those phony, perfect women in the ads, that they manage all by themselves to bring a certain comic edge to their cooking, their cleaning, their gossiping and their living deaths."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;"><span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Initial reaction to the film by feminist groups was not favorable, arguing that it was "anti-woman". Cast and crew vehemently disagree, as the men in the film are characterized as "swinish and grotesque", and the heroine is dispatched in the finale. They maintain that critics misunderstand the premise, that Stepford is a sort of chauvinistic dystopia, and that the depiction of subservient, robotic women is intended as a satirical statement against traditional gender roles.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]  There was a TV ad campaign that fueled further the resentment, ending with the words, "See 'The Stepford Wives'.....Before your husband does."

<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Awards and nominations
==<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Awards and nominations<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] == <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror films <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">American Film Institute Films ==<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Sequels<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] == <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Many sequels have been produced over the years including: ==<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Parodies and popular culture<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] == ==<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">References<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] == ==<span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">External links<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] ==
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Best Actress 1975 — Katherine Ross-Won
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Best Science Fiction film 1975 — nominated
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills - Nominated<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">AFI's 10 Top 10 - Nominated Science Fiction Film<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980) Starring Don Johnson, Sharon Gless, and Julie Kavner.
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">The Stepford Children (1987) Starring Barbara Eden.
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">The Stepford Husbands (1996) Starring Donna Mills and Michael Ontkean
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">The remake The Stepford Wives (2004) Starring Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Married... with Children, season 11, episode 10, "The Stepford Peg": Peg (Katey Sagal) bumps her head on the coffee table after slipping on a candy wrapper, and becomes a stereotypical housewife thanks to Al (Ed O'Neill) implanting suggestions that she does do housework.
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">The Chronicle, season 1, episode 18: "The Stepford Cheerleaders"
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Homeboys in Outer Space, season 1, episode 10: "A Man's Place is in the Homey, or The Stepford Guys"
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Desperate Housewives: In Season 1, Bree Van de Kamp is said to be running for the "mayor of Stepford" because of her perfection.
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Newhart, season 2, episode 4: "The Stratford Wives"
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">Note: The BBC movie soundalike The Stretford Wives (2002) is not related.
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">In one episode of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide there were three "perfect" girls in the class, and Moze thinks they are robots.
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">In an episode of My Hero, Pierce is asked if it is possible to make the Stepford wives a reality.
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">S'Express sampled the line "yes, yes, this, it's wonderful" in their 1989 hit "Hey Music Lover".
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">^  [. < http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm >. "Women’s History in America"]. www.wic.com.
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">^ <sup style="line-height:1em;">a <sup style="line-height:1em;">b <sup style="line-height:1em;">c <sup style="line-height:1em;">d <sup style="line-height:1em;">e  "The Stepford Wives". www.ejumpcut.org.
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">^  38d9 353 9ff4-46e5-bed7 3d997f71a8b1%40sessionmgr104&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d% 3d#d b=aph &AN=7466613>. "The Cyborg Mystique". web.ebscohost.com.libdb.njit.edu.
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">^ Reel.com review – deprecated link<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height:1em;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;" title=" since June 2012">[dead link]
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">^ Dennis Brown, Shoptalk, Newmarket Press, 1992 p 70
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">^ Bryan Forbes, A Divided Life, Mandarin, 1993 p27
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">^ Creating Horror in Connecticut Sunlight Wolf, William. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 11 Aug 1974: q30.
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">^ BBC review
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">^ Roger Ebert.com
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">^ DVD documentary
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills Nominees
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">^ AFI's 10 Top 10 Ballot


 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">The Stepford Wives at the Internet Movie Database
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">The Stepford Wives at Rotten Tomatoes
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">The Stepford Wives at the TCM Movie Database
 * <span class="kno-fm kno-lc fl q" data-ved="0CMABELwYKAcwDQ" jsaction="kp.sm" style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(17,34,204)!important;">The Stepford Wives at AllRovi
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