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The Stepford wives - Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick, Frank Oz

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Movie propaganda

The wives of Stepford have a secret.

Joanna Eberhart (Nicole Kidman) and her husband (Matthew Broderick) move to the beautiful upper-class suburb of Stepford, where she soon starts to suspect something is strange and artificial about her new female neighbours. The wives living in the houses around them all seem to be too perfect, with bland, character-less personalities. As Joanna investigates her neighbours further, she discovers that there is indeed something artificial about them, something... robotic. Will Joanna be the next one replaced by a perfect robotic clone?

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film comedy remake marriage robot utopia

Persons of interest

Nicole Kidman .... Joanna Eberhart
Bette Midler .... Bobbie Markowe
Matthew Broderick .... Walter Eberhart
Christopher Walken .... Dale Coba
Faith Hill .... Sarah Sunderson
Glenn Close .... Doctor Emily Francher
Roger Bart .... Roger Bannister
Jon Lovitz .... Dave Markowe
Lorri Bagley .... Charmaine Van Sant
Kate Drenckhahn .... Stepford Wife
Colleen Dunn .... Marianne Stevens
Tom Riis Farrell .... Stan Peters
David Marshall Grant .... Jerry
Ira Levin .... Author
Paul Rudnick .... Screenwriter
Frank Oz .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

The Stepford wives official site
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Paramount Pictures

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

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The Stepford wives is, on the one hand, a film about the evils of gender/sexual stereotyping under patriarchy (which makes it a feminist text) and, on the other hand, a Hollywood remake with hot young stars of a minor 70s film (which makes it a capitalist text). Make of that what you will, but silk purses and porcine pinna come to mind.

This version for the new millennium is very retro but has been updated to include a funny gay character.

Our Nicole™ is really skinny.