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Ordinary People (1980), Directed by Robert Redford
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Ordinary People (1980), Directed by Robert Redford

By Joseph Kellard

Dec 04, 2020
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Screenwriting by Alvin Sargent (based on a novel by Judith Guest)

Starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton

Production Company: Paramount Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises

Rated R for language

Running time 124 minutes

Author’s note: This review contains spoilers.

Robert Redford’s Ordinary People portrays a teenager wrestling with—…

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