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Ordinary people  Cover Image Video Video

Ordinary people / Paramount Pictures presents a Wildwood Enterprises production ; produced by Ronald L. Schwary ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; directed by Robert Redford.

Bailey, John, 1942- (Added Author). Baldwin, Adam, 1962- (Added Author). Bennett, Phillip. (Added Author). Guest, Judith. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Ordinary people. (Added Author). Hamlisch, Marvin. (Added Author). Hirsch, Judd. (Added Author). Hutton, Timothy, 1960- (Added Author). Kanew, Jefferey. (Added Author). McGovern, Elizabeth, 1961- (Added Author). Moore, Mary Tyler, 1936- (Added Author). Pollack, Bernie. (Added Author). Redford, Robert. (Added Author). Sargent, Alvin. (Added Author). Schwary, Ronald L. (Added Author). Sikking, James, 1934- (Added Author). Sutherland, Donald, 1935- (Added Author). Walsh, M. Emmet, 1935- (Added Author). Paramount Pictures Corporation, (production company.). Wildwood Enterprises. (Added Author). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton, Elizabeth McGovern with M. Emmet Walsh, Adam Baldwin, James B. Sikking. (Cast).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (124 min.) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, [2013]
  • Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel by Judith Guest.
Originally released as a motion picture by Paramount Pictures, 1980.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, John Bailey ; art directors, Phillip Bennett, John Michael Riva ; editor, Jeff Kanew ; music, Marvin Hamlisch ; costume designer, Bernie Pollack.
Participant or Performer Note:
Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton, Elizabeth McGovern with M. Emmet Walsh, Adam Baldwin, James B. Sikking.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:
Content available as a streaming video.
Awards Note:
Academy Award, Best Picture, 1980
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed January 23, 2015).
Subject: Bereavement > Psychological aspects > Drama.
Brothers > Death > Psychological aspects > Drama.
Feature films.
Sons > Death > Psychological aspects > Drama.
Genre: Streaming video.


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