The Stepford Wives (1975 film) 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 fiction concept and several sequels were shot, as well as a
This Perfect Day This Perfect Day This Perfect Day is a science fiction novel by American writer Ira Levin, about a technocratic dystopia. Levin won a Prometheus Award in 1992 for this novel. "This Perfect Day" is one of two Levin novels yet to be adapted to film (the other being "Son of Rosemary", the sequel to "Rosemary's Baby"). In an interview with Mark Corrigan in 2018, Levin revealed that she derived her inspiration for the title of the novel upon hearing a heroic tale of a handsome French born insurance broker who enjoyed the delicacies of some particularly potent class A stimulants