Stepford wives / director, Frank Oz.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 10085249Language: English Original language: English Publication details: [California] : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 079219943X
- 9780792199434
- Director of photography, Rob Hahn ; editor, Jay Rabinowitz ; music, David Arnold ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; production designer, Jackson Degovia.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult DVD
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Main Library | DVD | COMEDY Stepford | Available | 33111009512290 |
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
DVD; NTSC, Dolby digital 5.1, Dolby digital 2.0.
English, French audio; English, Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Nicole Kidman, Jon Lovitz.
Director of photography, Rob Hahn ; editor, Jay Rabinowitz ; music, David Arnold ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; production designer, Jackson Degovia.
Wide screen (enhanced).
MPAA rating: PG-13.
When a couple moves into Stepford for a new start, they find that things are not as normal as they seem. All the wives in town are models who cater to their husband's every desire. Can the new neighbors figure out the problem before it's too late?
Bonus features: additional scenes; bloopers; gag reel; commentary; featurettes; trailers.