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    Ordinary People

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    1980     Drama    
    USA
    2h 4min
    R
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.

    A quietly formidable portrait of how the quality of attention one pays can mean the difference between love and the end thereof, Ordinary People sees death as a site of unraveling. A son dies in an accident; his mother, father, and brother are thrown into dysfunctionality when their own tensions erupt in his wake. Shot with a simplicity that reinforces the drama emerging from characters' internal states,

    Directed byRobert Redford
    Written byJudith Guest, Alvin Sargent
    CompanyParamount PicturesParamount PicturesParamount Pictures

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    Starring

    Donald Sutherland
    Mary Tyler Moore
    Judd Hirsch
    Timothy Hutton
    M. Emmet Walsh
    Elizabeth McGovern
    Basil Hoffman
    Adam Baldwin
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