The Resource Ordinary people, Paramount Pictures presents, a Wildwood Enterprises production, a Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; produced by Ronald L. Schwary ; directed by Robert Redford ; based on the novel by Judith Guest, (videorecording Blu-ray)

Ordinary people, Paramount Pictures presents, a Wildwood Enterprises production, a Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; produced by Ronald L. Schwary ; directed by Robert Redford ; based on the novel by Judith Guest, (videorecording Blu-ray)

Label
Ordinary people
Title
Ordinary people
Statement of responsibility
Paramount Pictures presents, a Wildwood Enterprises production, a Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; produced by Ronald L. Schwary ; directed by Robert Redford ; based on the novel by Judith Guest
Contributor
Actor
Arranger of music
Art director
Costume designer
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film producer
Presenter
Production company
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
Summary
"Ordinary People is an intense examination of a family being torn apart by tension and tragedy ... the upper-middle-class couple whose 'ordinary' existence is irrevocably shattered by the death of their oldest son in a boating accident ..."--Container
Member of
Awards note
Academy Award winner, 1980: Best Picture (Ronald L. Schwary) ; Best Director (Robert Redford) ; Best Supporting Actor (Timothy Hutton) ; Best Screenplay, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Alvin Sargent)
Characteristic
videorecording
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Ordinary people (Motion picture)
Credits note
Edited by Jeff Kanew ; director of photography, John Bailey ; music adapted by Marvin Hamlisch ; costumes designed by Bernie Pollack ; art directors, Brook Simons (as Phillip Bennett), J. Michael Riva
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; CAN rating: 14A
Language note
In English and French with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); Closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth McGovern, Dinah Manoff, Fredric Lehne, James B. Sikking, Basil Hoffman, Quinn Redeker, Mariclare Costello, Meg Mundy, Elizabeth Hubbard, Adam Baldwin [and others]
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1935-
  • 1936-2017
  • 1960-
  • 1935-
  • 1961-
  • 1934-
  • 1933-
  • 1962-
  • 1942 August 10-
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  • Sargent, Alvin
  • Schwary, Ronald L.
  • Redford, Robert
  • Sutherland, Donald
  • Moore, Mary Tyler
  • Hirsch, Judd
  • Hutton, Timothy
  • Walsh, M. Emmet
  • McGovern, Elizabeth
  • Manoff, Dinah
  • Lehne, Fredric
  • Sikking, James
  • Hoffman, Basil
  • Redeker, Quinn K.
  • Costello, Mariclare
  • Mundy, Meg
  • Hubbard, Elizabeth
  • Baldwin, Adam
  • Kanew, Jefferey
  • Bailey, John
  • Hamlisch, Marvin
  • Pollack, Bernie
  • Bennett, Phil
  • Riva, J. Michael
  • Guest, Judith
  • Paramount Pictures Corporation
  • Wildwood Enterprises
Runtime
124
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  • Sons
  • Bereavement
  • Brothers
  • Grief
  • Suicide
Technique
live action
Label
Ordinary people, Paramount Pictures presents, a Wildwood Enterprises production, a Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; produced by Ronald L. Schwary ; directed by Robert Redford ; based on the novel by Judith Guest, (videorecording Blu-ray)
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Originally produced as motion picture in 1980
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen version.
Extent
1 videodisc (124 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
191329216101
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
  • metal
  • plastic
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
Blu-ray; presented in "Widescreen" format, widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs; Dolby Audio
Terms governing use
For private home use only.
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc
Label
Ordinary people, Paramount Pictures presents, a Wildwood Enterprises production, a Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; produced by Ronald L. Schwary ; directed by Robert Redford ; based on the novel by Judith Guest, (videorecording Blu-ray)
Publication
Copyright
Note
Originally produced as motion picture in 1980
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Widescreen version.
Extent
1 videodisc (124 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
191329216101
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
  • metal
  • plastic
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
Blu-ray; presented in "Widescreen" format, widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs; Dolby Audio
Terms governing use
For private home use only.
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc

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