New movie risks wrath of powerful women

The makers of the new Nicole Kidman movie, the Stepford Wives, have risked incurring the wrath of two of America’s most powerful women.

A trailer for the film shows former First Lady Senator Hillary Clinton holding a cookie tray like an obedient housewife.

And in another short clip an image of National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice changes to make her appear topless, with her arms crossed over her chest.

Film company Paramount said it had not received any complaints about the images, being shown across the US ahead of the film’s release on June 11.

It was not clear whether Mrs Clinton or Ms Rice even knew that they appeared in the commercial.

The film is based on the original 1975 thriller by director Bryan Forbes, which itself was taken from the book by Ira Levin.

It is about a small town in the state of Connecticut where it emerges that the wives of the wealthy men who live there are “perfect” because they have been replaced by robots.