The Stepford wives [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks Pictures presents a Scott Rudin/DeLine Picture production, a Frank Oz film ; produced by Scott Rudnick, Donald DeLine, Edgar J. Scherick, Gabriel Grunfield ; screenplay by Paul Rudnick ; directed by Frank Oz.
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FilmPublisher number: 050384 | ParamountLanguage: English, French Summary language: English, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, c2004.Edition: [Special collector's ed. ; Full screen]Description: 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0792199456 :
- Stepford wives (Motion picture : 2004)
- Director of photography, Rob Hahn ; editor, Jay Rabinowitz ; music, David Arnold ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; production designer, Jackson Degovia.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| DVD | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | DVDs | New Movies | DVD STE | Available | 36748002492553 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Ira Levin's best-selling novel about a town where great wives aren't born but made gets a second screen adaptation in this darkly satirical comedy drama. Joanna Eberhart (Nicole Kidman) is a successful television executive until one day her career hits the glass ceiling and crashes to the ground. Looking to take some time off to start over, Joanna and her husband, Walter Kresby (Matthew Broderick), pull up stakes and move to the peaceful suburban community of Stepford. Walter takes to his new environment with real enthusiasm and joins the local men's organization, headed by one Mike Wellington. Joanna, on the other hand, finds that Stepford is just a bit too quiet and well-groomed for her taste, and is taken aback by the aggressively cheerful and servile attitude of Mike's wife, Claire (Glenn Close), and the other women of the community. A notable exception is Bobbi Markowitz (Bette Midler), a happily misanthropic writer who revels in her lack of enthusiasm for housework or exercise. Joanna and Bobbi become fast friends, but as they look closer at the all-too-perfect surfaces of Stepford and its female inhabitants, they slowly discover a terrible secret lurking beneath. Also featuring Faith Hill, Jon Lovitz, and Roger Bart, The Stepford Wives was previously adapted for the screen in 1975, with Katherine Ross in the lead; that version spawned three made-for-TV sequels. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Based upon the book by Ira Levin.
Special features: commentary by director Frank Oz; Stepford: a definition; Stepford: the architects; Stepford: the builders; Stepford wives and Stepford husbands; Stepford: deleted scenes introduced by director Frank Oz; Stepford: gag reel; theatrical trailer #1; theatrical trailer #2.
Director of photography, Rob Hahn ; editor, Jay Rabinowitz ; music, David Arnold ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; production designer, Jackson Degovia.
Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken, Roger Bart, Faith Hill, Jon Lovitz, Glenn Close.
After moving with her husband and children to the well-manicured community of Stepford, Connecticut, former New York television executive Joanna Eberhart is beginning to realize that Stepford is more than just the "perfect" place to live ... it's a little to perfect. All the wives in town are models who cater to their husband's every desire. What is going on behind the closed doors of the Stepford Men's Association and the Stepford Day Spa? Can Joanna figure out the problem before it's too late?
MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual content, thematic material and language.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, DTS.
English or dubbed French dialogue, Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.