Ordinary People
An intense examination of a family being torn apart by tragedy and tension, 'Ordinary People' won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Director. Featuring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore and Timothy Hutton.
Year: 1980
Genre: Alice's 500 Greatest Films, Drama, Academy Award - Best Picture, NYFCC Awards - Best Film, Best of the 1980s, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die), Golden Globe - Drama, Dysfunctional Families
Country: USA
Director: Robert Redford
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Judd Hirsch, Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton
Duration: 123 Minutes
Rating: R16 - Contains offensive language.
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