Coverart for item
The Resource Ordinary people, Paramount Pictures presents a Wildwood Enterprises production ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; produced by Ronald L. Schwary ; directed by Robert Redford

Ordinary people, Paramount Pictures presents a Wildwood Enterprises production ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; produced by Ronald L. Schwary ; directed by Robert Redford

Label
Ordinary people
Title
Ordinary people
Statement of responsibility
Paramount Pictures presents a Wildwood Enterprises production ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; produced by Ronald L. Schwary ; directed by Robert Redford
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Film producer
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
Summary
The "ordinary" existence of an upper middle class suburban Chicago family is shattered with the death of the older son and the struggle of the younger son against guilt and suicide
Member of
Awards note
  • Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture.
  • Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, (Hutton); Best Director (Redford); Best Picture (Schwary); Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from another Medium (Sargent), 1981
  • Academy Award, Best Picture, 1980.
Cataloging source
LVL
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Ordinary people (Motion picture)
Credits note
Director of photography, John Bailey ; edited by Jeff Kanew ; music adapted by Marvin Hamlisch
Intended audience
Rated R
Language note
English or French dialogue; with English subtitles; closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1935-
  • 1936-2017
  • 1960-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Sargent, Alvin
  • Redford, Robert
  • Sutherland, Donald
  • Moore, Mary Tyler
  • Hirsch, Judd
  • Hutton, Timothy
  • Schwary, Ronald L.
  • Guest, Judith
  • Wildwood Enterprises
  • Paramount Pictures Corporation
Runtime
124
Series statement
Widescreen DVD collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Teenage boys
  • Families
  • Brothers
  • Death
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Ordinary people, Paramount Pictures presents a Wildwood Enterprises production ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; produced by Ronald L. Schwary ; directed by Robert Redford
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Widescreen
  • Title from disc label
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1980
  • Based on the novel by Judith Guest
  • Wide screen
  • Special features: Interactive menus, scene selection, theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (124 min.)
Isbn
9780792171607
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 032429272119
  • 032429272119 (reissue: 2017)
  • 097360896442
  • 883929303236
  • 097360896428
  • 032429272119
Other physical details
sound, color
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
11852579
Publisher number
  • 08964
  • 11852579
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm47780088
  • (Sirsi) o47780088
  • (TMQ) o47780088
  • 1838160
  • 20282
  • 1849555
System details
DVD, widescreen; region 1; Dolby digital 2.0, mono
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Ordinary people, Paramount Pictures presents a Wildwood Enterprises production ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; produced by Ronald L. Schwary ; directed by Robert Redford
Publication
Note
  • Widescreen
  • Title from disc label
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1980
  • Based on the novel by Judith Guest
  • Wide screen
  • Special features: Interactive menus, scene selection, theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (124 min.)
Isbn
9780792171607
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 032429272119
  • 032429272119 (reissue: 2017)
  • 097360896442
  • 883929303236
  • 097360896428
  • 032429272119
Other physical details
sound, color
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
11852579
Publisher number
  • 08964
  • 11852579
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm47780088
  • (Sirsi) o47780088
  • (TMQ) o47780088
  • 1838160
  • 20282
  • 1849555
System details
DVD, widescreen; region 1; Dolby digital 2.0, mono
Video recording format
DVD

Library Locations

    • Evanston Public Library Chicago AveBorrow it
      900 Chicago Ave., Suite 102, Evanston, IL, 60202, US
      42.034188 -87.679606