The Stepford Wives

REVIEW
Starring:
Nicole Kidman ....
Joanna Eberhart
Matthew Broderick .... Walter Kresby
Bette Midler .... Bobbie Markowitz
Glenn Close .... Claire Wellington
Christopher Walken .... Mike Wellington
Roger Bart .... Roger Bannister
David Marshall Grant .... Jerry Harmon
Jon Lovitz .... Dave Markowitz
Dylan Hartigan .... Pete Kresby
Fallon Brooking .... Kimberly Kresby
Faith Hill .... Sarah Sunderson
Matt Malloy .... Herb Sunderson
Kate Shindle .... Beth Peters
Tom Riis Farrell .... Stan Peters
Lorri Bagley .... Charmaine Van Sant
Robert Stanton .... Ted Van Sant
Lisa Masters .... Carol Wainwright
Christopher Evan Welch .... Ed Wainwright
Colleen Dunn .... Marianne Stevens
Jason Kravits .... Vic Stevens
Emily Wing .... Additional Stepford Wife
C.S. Lee .... Additional Stepford Husband
Tony Torn .... Additional Stepford Husband
Mary Beth Peil .... Helen Devlin
Andrea Anders .... Heather
Mike White .... Hank
Carrie Preston .... Barbara
Billy Bush .... 'I Can Do Better' Host
Tyler McGuckin .... Adam Markowitz
Nick Reidy .... Ben Markowitz
Sebastian Rand .... Max Markowitz
Tanoai Reed .... Tonkiro
Blaise Corrigan .... Security Guard
George Aguilar .... Security Guard
Meredith Vieira .... 'Balance of Power' Host
Rick Holmes .... Bob
KaDee Strickland .... Tara
Larry King .... Himself
Munro M. Bonnell .... Stepford Guard
Michelle Durning .... Nurse (as Michele Durning)
Kenny Kosek .... Square Dance Musician
Will Woodard .... Square Dance Musician
Elizabeth Austin .... Dancer
Deanna Dys .... Dancer
Joanne DiMauro .... Dancer
Digene Farrar .... Dancer
Bernard Ferstenberg .... Dancer
James Peter Lynch .... Dancer
Shannon McGann .... Dancer (as Shannon McGain)
Cristin Mortenson .... Dancer
Elizabeth A. Patek .... Dancer
David Purves .... Dancer
Joseph Ricci .... Dancer
Mark Vaughn .... Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Jess Berry .... Stepford Daughter (uncredited)
Jennifer R. Blake .... Stepford Wife (uncredited)
Myriam Blanckaert .... Stepford Wife (uncredited)
Steven Brown .... Security Guard (uncredited)
Eddie Buffum .... Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Deanna Destito .... Network Affiliate (uncredited)
Kate Drenckhahn .... Stepford Wife (uncredited)
Jennifer Gayda .... Daughter of Stepford Wife (uncredited)
Ryan Gayda .... Son of Stepford Wife (uncredited)
Frank Hopf .... Stepford Husband (uncredited)
Janet Huege .... Stepford Wife (uncredited)
Lyn Kagen .... Business Woman (uncredited)
Christy Lee .... EBS Network Executive (uncredited)
Rich Lounello .... Delivery Man (uncredited)
Tim Miller .... Stepford Husband (uncredited)
Richard O'Rourke .... Stepford Husband (uncredited)
Stela Piskic .... Stepford Wife (uncredited)
Peter J. Rowan .... Stepford Husband (uncredited)
Colleen Sturtevant .... Scared Viewer (uncredited)
Jerome Vivona .... Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Tom Whitacre .... EBS Network Executive (uncredited)
Erika Woods .... Woman on Cell Phone (uncredited)
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Sci Fi
Studio: Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks SKG
Director: Frank Oz
Writer(s):
Ira Levin (book)
Paul Rudnick (screenplay)
Producer(s):
Ronald M. Bozman
.... executive producer
Leslie J. Converse .... co-producer
Donald De Line .... producer
Gabriel Grunfeld .... producer
Scott Rudin .... producer
Edgar J. Scherick .... producer
Keri Selig .... executive producer
Runtime: 93 minutes
Plot:
Joanna Eberhart, a wildly succesful president of a TV Network,
after a series of shocking events suffers a nervous breakdown and
is moved by her milquetoast of a husband, Walter, from Manhattan
to the chic, upper-class and very modern planned community of
Stepford, Connecticut. Once there, she makes good friends with
the ascerbic Bobbie Markowitz, a jewish writer who's also a
recovering alcoholic. Together they find out, much to their
growing stupor and-then horror, that all the housewives in town
are strangely blissful, and somehow... doomed. What is going on
behind the closed doors of the Stepford Men's Association and the
Stepford Day Spa? Why is everything perfect here? Will it be too
late for Joanna and Bobbie when they finally find out?
Rating .. 9 out of 10
Rated PG-13 for sexual content, thematic material and language.
Notes:
I really liked it. The ending also surprised me.
Funny and witty.
Bottom Line: RENT
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