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Ordinary People Director: Robert Redford Cast: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton

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  • DVD Release Date: 08/14/2001
  • Original Release: 1980
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 5,976

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Features

Widescreen version enhanced for 16x9 TVs; Dolby Digital: English mono; French mono; English subtitles; Interactive menus; Scene selection; Theatrical trailer

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Scene Selection
1. "Canon In D" [:12]
2. Passing Thoughts [3:28]
3. In Control [:05]
4. Friends [8:05]
5. Holding Back [3:20]
6. Mother & Son [4:35]
7. That Which Matters [8:10]
8. Vacancy And The Dead [7:31]
9. What To Do Without Love [:31]
10. Credits [4:47]

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Editorial Reviews

There's nothing ordinary about Ordinary People, Robert Redford's powerful, Oscar-winning adaptation of Judith Guest's novel about the deterioration of an upper-middle-class family. For his first directorial effort, Redford chose a piece with sharply delineated characters, brought to life impeccably by a gifted cast. Timothy Hutton won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of a guilt-ridden teenager who attempts suicide after failing to save his brother from drowning. Erstwhile sitcom star Mary Tyler Moore has never equaled her performance as the stern, embittered mother who withholds love from her surviving son following the death of her firstborn. Also superb are Donald Sutherland, playing Hutton's sympathetic but ineffectual father, and "Taxi" star Judd Hirsch as the charismatic psychiatrist who attempts to rouse Hutton from his melancholia. Named 1980's Best Picture, Ordinary People hasn't dated a bit: 20 years later, it remains a compelling, emotionally powerful viewing experience. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble

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Amazingby uns33n_H3R0

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February 19, 2009: There are few things that unlock something deep down inside of me and this movie was definitely one of them. I wish I had more to say but it's really up to the viewer what you get out of it.

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An Extraordinary Film about Ordinary Peopleby Anonymous

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September 10, 2006: I pride myself on not crying in movies, but in this one if you don't, then it would be hard to call yourself human. Robert Redford's great and sympathetic look at a family detoriating because of a crisis after a death in the family. Calvin Jarrett (Donald Sutherland) is the father who is desperately trying to keep the family together. Beth (Mary Tyler Moore) is the cold-hearted wife and mother who seems intent only on her own social standing and herself and her self-serving memories. Conrad is the tortured, intelligent and depressed survivor of a boat accident in which his brother Buck died and he lived. He tries suicide and his mother hates him. As the family corrodes from within, the death is the harbringer of all things bad between him and his mother, as his sympathetic father tries to keep the family in tatters. As he is introduced to the psychiatrist, things only get worst between Conrad and his mother. Conrad sees the egomaniacal ways of his mothe r and comes to the realization that his mother does not care about him and vice versa. The end is phenomenal, with the nervous breakdown and the fight with Sutherland and Moore. Also the aftermath where Sutherland tells Moore that he does not love her was a terjerker (yes, men you can cry). I love Pachelbel's Canon as it brings a peaceful end to a life of strife.


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About Ordinary People

Parents need to know that this drama has some tense and sad scenes, and deals with the loss of a family member and attempted suicide.

Families Can Talk About

Families can talk about whether they know of someone who has attempted suicide, or who has been successful. This movie provides an opportunity to discuss what led Conrad and Karen to consider it, how the perspective of a person about his own worth is very different from that of those around him, and what the other options are for people who are deeply depressed. Why is control so important to Conrad? Is it important to Beth and Calvin, too? What do you think of Berger's advice about starting from the outside? How does Berger help Conrad? How does Jeannine help him? Why does he quit the swim team? Why doesn't he tell his parents? How do you feel about Beth? Do you dislike her or feel sorry for her or both? Why is it so hard for her to give her husband and son what they feel they need?