Roger Vadim make a star of Cindy Pickett, with whom he became romantically involved. He directed a caper film in Canada, "The Hot Touch" (1981), starring Marie-France Pisier. Back in France he wrote and directed "Surprise Party" (1983). He directed episodes of "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1984) and "Deadly Nightmares" (1986). Vadim attempted to recapture his former success with a new version of "And God Created Woman" (1988), with Rebecca de Mornay. Very different from the original – it only really used the same title – it failed critically and commercially. His final years were spent working in TV, where he directed "Safari"
Rebecca De Mornay for several Academy Awards. That same year, she appeared with Starship's Mickey Thomas in the music video for the song "Sara". The song reached #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart on March 15, 1986. She also appeared in Roger Vadim's provocative 1988 remake of "And God Created Woman", and as the wife of Kurt Russell's character in Ron Howard's "Backdraft" (1991). One of De Mornay's most commercially successful films was the thriller "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle", released in 1992. She starred as a defense lawyer in Sidney Lumet's murder drama "Guilty as Sin" (1993) with Don Johnson.