The Stepford Wives


1h 33m 2004

Brief Synopsis

Joanna Eberhart thinks she's made it to the top of her world. The youngest president in the history of the EBS television network, she also has an attentive husband and two beautiful children. On the surface, Joanna's life appears to be, well, perfect--until one catastrophic day when it all comes cr

Film Details

Also Known As
Stepford Wives
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Drama
Romantic Comedy
Release Date
2004
Production Company
Amblin Partners; De Line Pictures; Paramount Pictures; Scott Rudin Productions
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures; Myndform; Panasia; Paramount Home Media; Paramount Pictures; United International Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Location
New York City, New York, USA; Connecticut, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 33m

Synopsis

Joanna Eberhart thinks she's made it to the top of her world. The youngest president in the history of the EBS television network, she also has an attentive husband and two beautiful children. On the surface, Joanna's life appears to be, well, perfect--until one catastrophic day when it all comes crashing down around her. Fired from her job, her perfect marriage in trouble, unable to remember where her kids go to school, Joanna is starting to look like a candidate for electroshock therapy. Yes, there's nothing like a nervous breakdown to make Joanna and her husband Walter reexamine their priorities, pack up the family and make a fresh start in the idyllic suburban paradise of Stepford, Connecticut. But something strange is happening in the quaint little town of Stepford, and Joanna is suspicious. So is Bobbie Markowitz, who recently moved to town with her irascible frat-boyish husband Dave. And Roger Bannister, an architect who came to Stepford hoping to save his rocky relationship with his conservative partner Jerry, is wondering what is going on too. It's the wives. They're all like Claire Wellington--beautiful, happy and unusually creative with crafts. They can bake a cake, paint the house, mow the lawn, play with the kids and still greet their husbands in lacy lingerie at the end of a busy day. Disturbed by the stunning but subservient women she meets in Stepford, Joanna grows increasingly uneasy. On the other hand, Walter couldn't be happier. He's especially impressed by the Stepford Men's Association, a fortress-like mansion in the center of town. "The town, and the houses, and this place--it's like a dream," enthuses Walter. "Like the way life should be." Until Joanna Eberhart gets in the way.

Crew

Vicki Adams

Assistant

Walter Adee

On-Set Dresser

Gina R. Alfano

Adr Editor

Glenn Allen

Digital Effects Artist

Tom Allen

Property Master

J. Todd Anderson

Storyboard Artist

Rand Angelicola

Scenic Artist

Joe Aquino

Production Assistant

Giuseppe Ardizzone

Assistant

Tony Arnaud

Grip

David Arnold

Music

William Arnot

Camera Operator

William Arnot

Steadicam Operator

Mary Bailey

Script Supervisor

Marc Baird

Storyboard Artist

Jamie Baker

Foley Editor

Randall Balsmeyer

Visual Effects Designer

Christopher Bassett

Set Designer

Grady Bayersdorfer

Electrician

Kevin Bernard

Choreographer

Michael Berry

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Maria T. Bierniak

Location Manager

Patricia Birch

Choreographer

Michael Bird

Special Effects Technician

Matt Blades

Grip

Catherine Bloch

Dga Trainee

Leslie Bloome

Foley Artist

Ron Bochar

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ron Bochar

Sound Design

Ron Bochar

Sound Supervisor

Kathryn Bolt

Digital Effects Artist

David Bolton

Adr Mixer

Bob Bornstein

Music Coordinator

Alan Boucek

Digital Effects Artist

Ron Bozman

Executive Producer

Ron Bozman

Unit Director

James W Brown

Animator

Jill Brown

Stunts

David Brzozowski

Graphic Designer

Fred Buchholz

Props

Celia Bullwinkel

Digital Effects Artist

Susan Burig

Graphic Artist

Eileen Burke

Accounting Assistant

Kenneth J Burke

Rigging Grip

Ronald J. Burke

Dolly Grip

Wilfred Caban

Special Effects Technician

Maurice Cabrera

Production Assistant

Stephen Caldwell

Scenic Artist

Carmen Campolo

Special Effects Technician

Debbie Canfield

On-Set Dresser

Kelly Canfield

On-Set Dresser

Scott Canfield

On-Set Dresser

Des Carey

Visual Effects Editor

Mickey Carleton

Costume Supervisor

Brian Carmichael

Video

Marla Carter

Digital Effects Artist

Andrew Casey

Steadicam Operator

Andrew Casey

Camera Operator

Christopher Cenatiempo

Assistant Camera

Kam Chan

Foley

Emile Charlap

Music Contractor

Eric Cheripka

Assistant Property Master

Ellen Christiansen

Assistant Set Decorator

C Chi-yoon Chung

Apprentice Editor

Laura Civiello

Sound Editor

Raquel Coelho

Animator

Wendy Cohen

Rights & Clearances

Debra Coleman

Digital Effects Artist

Steve Comesky

Chief Lighting Technician

Doug Compton

Animator

Leslie J Converse

Co-Producer

J. John Corbett

Visual Effects Designer

Martial Corneville

Hair Stylist

Kathy Cossu

Medic

Marko Costanzo

Foley Artist

Mark Cotone

Assistant Director

Jared Cowan

Production Assistant

David D'agostino

Effects Assistant

Alan D'angerio

Hair Stylist

Betsy Davis

Production Assistant

Donald De Line

Producer

Jackson Degovia

Production Designer

Ruth A. Deleon

On-Set Dresser

Tom Delillo

On-Set Dresser

Sarah Dennis

Assistant Set Decorator

Rick Derby

Assistant Editor

Felice Diamond

Makeup Artist

Patricia Kerrigan Dicerto

Casting Associate

Lee Dichter

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Alex Digerlando

Production Assistant

Robert Digrigoli

Construction

Nicholas Dodd

Original Music

Nicholas Dodd

Music Conductor

Sally Douglass

Auditor

Kim Doyle

Visual Effects Producer

Lois Drabkin

Casting Assistant

David Dunlap

Director Of Photography

Ann Edgeworth

Props

Richard Edlund

Consultant

Nicole Edwards

Production Assistant

Jules Eggli

Assistant

Peggy Eisenhauer

Lighting Technician

Tom Elder-groebe

Effects Coordinator

Gene Engels

Chief Lighting Technician

Nancy Evans

Assistant

Robert Fernandez

Music Scoring Mixer

Robert Fernandez

Score Recording

Jennifer Fieber

Projectionist

Chris Fielder

Assistant Sound Editor

Daniel Fine

Accounting Assistant

David Fischer

Production Assistant

J Eric Fisher

Production Assistant

Jules Fisher

Lighting Technician

Kevin W. Flynn

Grip

Page Frakes

Digital Effects Artist

Alex Fratar

Assistant

Nathan Stinus Fredenburg

Cgi Artist

Richard Friedlander

Visual Effects Producer

Michael Gallart

Electrician

Christine Gatchalian

Background Artist

Chris Gelles

Compositing Supervisor

Gregory Gelles

Executive

Rhonda George

Assistant Production Coordinator

Charles Goodman

Construction

Judi Goodman

Hair Stylist

Mick Gormaley

Music Editor

Tracy Gossett

Assistant

Jonathan Graham

Construction

Charles Granich

Digital Effects Artist

Heather Gross

Assistant Sound Editor

Gabriel Grunfeld

Producer

Robert S Hahn

Director Of Photography

Melissa Haley

Costume Coordinator

Melanie Hansen

Assistant

James E Harrison

Apprentice Editor

Kali Rashad Harrison

Assistant Director

Joanna Hartell

Greensman

Jill Hattersley

Assistant

Crystal Hawkins

Production Auditor

Jason Heapy

Visual Effects Producer

Richard Hebrank

Construction

Harry Higgins

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John Steele Hill

Assistant Editor

Elizabeth Himelstein

Dialect Coach

Richard K Hoppe

On-Set Dresser

Gay Howard

Art Department Coordinator

Ben Howe

Assistant

Doug Huszti

Assistant Art Director

David Isyomin

Visual Effects Supervisor

Jason Ivey

Assistant Director

Kenton Jakub

Adr Editor

Sondra James

Voice Casting

Eric Jeffery

Character Animation

Deborah Jensen

Assistant Art Director

Jimmy Johnson

Assistant

Lynsey Jones

Assistant

Judie A Juracek

Scenic Artist

Abbi Jutkowitz

Production Assistant

Andy Kahn

Assistant

Mary A Kelly

Script Supervisor

Brian Kenyon

Production Assistant

Patricia Kerrigan

Casting Associate

Tina Khayat

Art Department Coordinator

Chris Kilduff

Grip

Andy Kim

Animator

Kristy King

Effects Coordinator

Claire L Kirk

Art Department Coordinator

Steve Kirshoff

Special Effects Coordinator

John Koester

Modelmaker

Marion Kolsby

Assistant Art Director

Peter Konig

Animator

Donald A Kozma

Makeup Artist

Gordon Krause

Foreman

Michael Kriston

Hair Stylist

Bryan Bomsok Ku

Background Artist

Victoria Lang

Production Assistant

George Lara

Foley

Mike Larocca

Assistant

Amy Lauritsen

Assistant Director

Christine Leiter

Makeup Artist

Chris Lemos

Assistant

Iris H. Lemos

Costumer

Angela Levin

Makeup Artist

Ira Levin

Source Material (From Novel: "The Stepford Wives")

Rich Lieu

2-D Artist

Ana Lombardo

Facilities Supervisor

Patrice Longo

On-Set Dresser

Miguel Lopez-castillo

Assistant Art Director

Martin Lowry

Construction

Fionnuala Lynch

Costumer

David Macallister

Construction

Bruce Maccallum

Camera Operator

Ian Macgregor

Assistant Location Manager

Todd Macnicholl

Construction

Lisa Marie Madden

Accounting Assistant

Francis Majorino

Production Assistant

Brendon Malone

Grip

Donna Maloney

Costume Supervisor

Bobby Mancuso

Assistant Camera

Anna Maniscalco

Extras Agent/Coordinator

Film Details

Also Known As
Stepford Wives
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Drama
Romantic Comedy
Release Date
2004
Production Company
Amblin Partners; De Line Pictures; Paramount Pictures; Scott Rudin Productions
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures; Myndform; Panasia; Paramount Home Media; Paramount Pictures; United International Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Location
New York City, New York, USA; Connecticut, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 33m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Summer June 11, 2004

Released in United States on Video November 9, 2004

Remake of the 1975 film, "The Stepford Wives" (USA), released by Columbia, adapted by William Goldman, directed by Bryan Forbes and starring Katherine Ross, Paula Prentiss, and Peter Masterson.

John Cusack was previously attached to star.

Project is the feature debut for country music star Faith Hill.

Released in United States Summer June 11, 2004

Released in United States on Video November 9, 2004