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Ordinary People (1980) [R]

Release Date:
September 19, 1980

Original Title:
Ordinary People

Alternate Titles:
Gente corriente

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures
Wildwood Enterprises

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 12  DE: 12  ES: 16  FI: K-12  GB: 15  HU: 18  JP: G  NL: 6  PL: 18  SE: 11|15  US: R 

Runtime: 124

Everything is in its proper place... except the past.

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Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.

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Production

Additional Writing:
Nancy Dowd

Art Direction:
J. Michael Riva
Phillip Bennett

Assistant Accountant:
Dennis Park

Assistant Editor:
Carol Ann Jackson
Marilyn Madderom

Assistant Sound Editor:
Kathleen Korth

Boom Operator:
Kenneth Schwarz

Camera Operator:
James Glennon

Casting:
Penny Perry

Construction Coordinator:
Herman Lowers

Construction Foreman:
Chuck Stein

Costume Design:
Bernie Pollack

Director:
Robert Redford

Director of Photography:
John Bailey

Editor:
Jeff Kanew

First Assistant Camera:
Lou Noto

First Assistant Director:
Steve Perry

Gaffer:
Ronald W. McLeish
John Credidio

Greensman:
Richard Boris

Hairstylist:
Kathe Swanson
Joel Israel
Jean Burt Reilly

Head Carpenter:
Willie Marceau

Key Grip:
Robert McLain
Clyde Hart

Location Manager:
Patrick Markey

Makeup Artist:
Gary Liddiard

Music Editor:
Scott Grusin
Else Blangsted

Novel:
Judith Guest

Orchestrator:
Jack Hayes

Original Music Composer:
Marvin Hamlisch

Painter:
William Powley

Producer:
Ronald L. Schwary

Production Accountant:
Rusty Warren

Production Coordinator:
Mary Cay Hollander

Production Manager:
Ronald L. Schwary

Property Master:
Edward Aiona

Screenplay:
Alvin Sargent

Script Supervisor:
Julie Pitkanen

Second Assistant Camera:
Tommy Magglos

Second Assistant Director:
Michael Britton

Set Decoration:
Jerry Wunderlich
William B. Fosser

Sound Editor:
Victoria Sampson
Jerry Rosenthal

Sound Mixer:
Dan Wallin
Charles M. Wilborn

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Bill Varney
Steve Maslow
Gregg Landaker

Still Photographer:
Marcia Reed

Supervising Sound Editor:
Kay Rose

Title Designer:
Phill Norman

Unit Publicist:
Jack Hirshberg

Wardrobe Coordinator:
Rita Salazar
Robert M. Moore

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