The Stepford Children

"Not everyone's perfect... yet."

1987 1h 36m EN

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5.1

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★5.0TMDB · 15★5.1IMDB · 443

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Synopsis

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Steven and Laura Harding, along with their kids David and Mary, have moved to the quiet community of Stepford. Steven joins the men's club, which is still assimilating their wives into robots. This time, they have begun to turn their out of control teens into robots as well. Once they are assimilated, they are obedient, homework loving, big band dancing droids. Laura, David, and Mary stumble onto this mystery, and they must avoid Steven's plans to turn them into robots.

“Not everyone's perfect... yet.”

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Cast

Barbara Eden
Laura Harding
Don Murray
Steven Harding
Tammy Lauren
Mary Harding
Pat Corley
Sheriff Weston
Ken Swofford
Frank Gregson
Richard Anderson
Lawrence Danton
Sharon Spelman
Sandy Gregson
James Staley
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alan J. Levi
Writers: William Bleich
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Stepford Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alan J. Levi, shot by Steven Shaw. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Joseph Conlan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Barbara Eden and Don Murray and Tammy Lauren carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Not everyone's perfect... yet.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0094036 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 15 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Alan J. Levi directs. Steven Shaw behind the camera. Joseph Conlan scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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139 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Stepford Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Alan J. Levi, shot by Steven Shaw. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Joseph Conlan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Barbara Eden and Don Murray and Tammy Lauren carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Not everyone's perfect... yet.".
7IMDB entry: tt0094036 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 15 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 23 themes, including "mind control", "high school", "fire", "corruption".

The technical file

Cinematography: Steven Shaw
Original score: Joseph Conlan
Stunt coordinator: Steve Kelso
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: The Stepford Children (1987)
IMDB rating: 5.1/10 · 443 votes

Part of

Stepford Collection

The Stepford Wives is a 1975 American sci-fi horror thriller film based on the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name. It was directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman, and stars Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman, and Tina Louise. While the film was a moderate success at the time of release, it has grown in stature as a cult film over the years. Building upon the reputation of Levin's novel, the term "Stepford" or "Stepford Wife" has become a popular science fiction concept and several sequels were shot: Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980), starring Don Johnson, Sharon Gless, and Julie Kavner. The Stepford Children (1987), starring Barbara Eden. The Stepford Husbands (1996), starring Donna Mills and Michael Ontkean.