Ordinary people

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The work Ordinary people represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

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

• Sargent, Alvin
• Paramount Pictures Corporation
• Wildwood Enterprises
• Bailey, John, 1942 August 10-
• Baldwin, Adam, 1962-
• Bennett, Phil, (Art director)
• Costello, Mariclare
• trueGuest, Judith
• trueHamlisch, Marvin
• Hirsch, Judd
• trueHoffman, Basil
• Hubbard, Elizabeth, 1933-
• Hutton, Timothy, 1960-
• Kanew, Jefferey
• Lehne, Fredric
• Manoff, Dinah
• McGovern, Elizabeth, 1961-
• Moore, Mary Tyler, 1936-2017
• Mundy, Meg
• Pollack, Bernie
• Redeker, Quinn K.
• Redford, Robert
• Riva, J. Michael
• Schwary, Ronald L.
• Sikking, James, 1934-
• Sutherland, Donald, 1935-
• Walsh, M. Emmet, 1935-

Actor

• Manoff, Dinah
• Lehne, Fredric
• McGovern, Elizabeth, 1961-
• Moore, Mary Tyler, 1936-2017
• Mundy, Meg
• Baldwin, Adam, 1962-
• Walsh, M. Emmet, 1935-
• Redeker, Quinn K.
• Costello, Mariclare
• Sikking, James, 1934-
• Sutherland, Donald, 1935-
• Hirsch, Judd
• trueHoffman, Basil
• Hubbard, Elizabeth, 1933-
• Hutton, Timothy, 1960-

Arranger of music

• trueHamlisch, Marvin

Art director

• Riva, J. Michael
• Bennett, Phil, (Art director)

Costume designer

• Pollack, Bernie

Director of photography

• Bailey, John, 1942 August 10-

Editor of moving image work

• Kanew, Jefferey

Film director

• Redford, Robert

Film producer

• Schwary, Ronald L.

Presenter

• Paramount Pictures Corporation

Production company

• Wildwood Enterprises
• Paramount Pictures Corporation

Screenwriter

• Sargent, Alvin

Subject

• Suicide -- Drama
• Brothers -- Death | Psychological aspects -- Drama
• Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Bereavement -- Psychological aspects -- Drama
• Grief -- Drama
• Film adaptations
• Sons -- Death | Psychological aspects -- Drama

Genre

• Drama
• Film adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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

• Ordinary people (Motion picture)

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

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]

Runtime

124

Technique

live action