The Stepford Wives (1975 film) the women's movement." Three television film sequels have been produced, including: The Stepford Wives (1975 film) The Stepford Wives is a 1975 American science-fiction horror 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, and Peter Masterson. 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
Jenifer Levin both fall in love with her. The "New York Times" noted that Levin involved her readers successfully in "an odd world", but criticized the characters' depth and the lack of resolution to their difficulties. Levin is Jewish. Her third novel, "Shimoni's Lover", was set in Israel. In 1993 she produced "The Sea of Light", which the "Dallas Morning News" called "beautiful and probing." "The Sea of Light" was voted 8th in a Bywater Books (a lesbian publisher) poll of the ten most important lesbian novels of the 20th century. Her fifth published book, "Love and Death and Other Disasters", collected