Ordinary people [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures presents a Wildwood Enterprises production ; produced by Ronald L. Schwary ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; directed by Robert Redford.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 08964 | Paramount PicturesLanguage: English Summary language: French Original language: English Series: Widescreen DVD collectionPublication details: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, c2001.Description: 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0792171608
- 0792171616
- Ordinary people (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, John Bailey ; art directors, Phillip Bennett, John Michael Riva ; editor, Jeff Kanew ; music, Marvin Hamlisch ; costume designer, Bernie Pollack.
- Academy Award, Best Picture, 1980.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Robert Redford's directorial debut ended up the 1980 Oscar winner for Best Picture. It is a simple but painfully emotional story of the disintegration of a "perfect" family. Teenager Conrad (Timothy Hutton) lives under a cloud of guilt after his brother drowns after their boat capsizes in Lake Michigan. Despite intensive therapy sessions with his psychiatrist (Judd Hirsch), Conrad can't shake the belief that he should have died instead of his brother; nor do his preoccupied parents (Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore) offer much in the way of solace. The boy is brought out of his doldrums through his romance with Jeannine (Elizabeth McGovern). A winner in every respect, Ordinary People (adapted from the novel by Judith Guest) scores highest in the scenes with Mary Tyler Moore, who superbly and perceptively portrays a blinkered, ever-smiling suburban wife and mother for whom outward appearance is all that matters. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the novel by Judith Guest.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1980.
Special features: theatrical trailer.
Director of photography, John Bailey ; art directors, Phillip Bennett, John Michael Riva ; editor, Jeff Kanew ; music, Marvin Hamlisch ; costume designer, Bernie Pollack.
Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton, Elizabeth McGovern with M. Emmet Walsh, Adam Baldwin, James B. Sikking.
The "ordinary" existence of an upper middle class family is shattered with the death of the older son and the struggle of the younger son against guilt and suicide.
MPAA rating: R; Canadian Home Video rating 14A.
DVD; Dolby Digital.
Dialogue in English with optional French soundtrack, and with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Academy Award, Best Picture, 1980.