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Timothy Hutton said that when he was first offered the part, Ann-Margret and Anthony Franciosa were [...] D
This film was made and released about four years after Judith Guest's source novel was published in [...] D
Author Judith Guest shared her feelings about the character Beth in a recent op-ed about the making [...] D
Kay Lenz was offered the role of Jeannine Pratt, but ultimately turned it down. D
Mary Tyler Moore's first leading role was on The Dick Van Dyke Show, which was created by Carl Reine [...] D
Elizabeth McGovern was a student at Juilliard during filming. The school permitted her to do the fil [...] D
In a recent article in Esquire Magazine (March 31st, 2013), Robert Redford claims that the reason fi [...] D
The play that Calvin and Beth attend at the beginning of the film is a community theater production [...] D
Richard Dreyfuss was originally considered for the role of the psychiatrist, but when Robert Redford [...] D
On both of her sitcoms, Mary Tyler Moore was famous for her ability to cry comically. Moore admitted [...] D
Body count: 1. D
In an Entertainment Weekly article, Timothy Hutton said Robert Redford deliberately told cast and cr [...] D
Routinely listed as one of the best movies about Chicago ever made. Other movies that always make th [...] D
Robert Redford said there's a lot of Beth in Mary Tyler Moore. D
Mary Tyler Moore called Ordinary People "the Holy Grail of my Career". D
The first draft of the screenplay took a year and a half to write, and the second took another year. [...] D
According to the Entertainment Weekly article on the making of this movie, Mary Tyler Moore was cold [...] D
Dinah Manoff's costume for her only day of filming was acquired when costume designer Bernie Pollack [...] D
Originally the studio wanted Redford himself to play Calvin, but he declined, stating that the role [...] D
Timothy Hutton's father, actor Jim Hutton, passed away prior to filming. However, Hutton stated he d [...] D
Donald Sutherland stutters slightly in a scene where he describes his son's death. That stutter was [...] D
Mary Tyler Moore's sister, Elizabeth, and her son, Richie, born just three months apart, both died d [...] D
In a recent Entertainment Weekly article about the making of the film, director Robert Redford said [...] D
The final scene in the dining room between Calvin and Beth was originally shot with both Donald Suth [...] D
Redford starred in Brubaker that same year; another highly regarded box office hit. This was the era [...] D
In the original screenplay both Conrad and Calvin narrated certain fantasy sequences and flashback s [...] D
Michael J. Fox auditioned for the role of Conrad Jarrett. D
Film debuts of both Timothy Hutton and Elizabeth McGovern D
Beth's maiden name is Butler. The Butlers are the other primary family in the book and movie; Ward, [...] D
The Bernard Slade play attended by Calvin and Beth was also made into the film Lo stesso giorno il p [...] D
In the book, Jeannine and Conrad have a sexual relationship; in the movie, they have not yet reached [...] D
Robert Redford decided to do the film because the story's family reminded him of his own in the way [...] D
The scenes at Dr. Berger's office were filmed with increasingly darker lighting, to recreate earlier [...] D
Despite numerous requests over the years for Judith Guest to write a sequel, she refused to do so, i [...] D
Mary Tyler Moore, the Best Actress nominee, has less screen time than Timothy Hutton, the Best Suppo [...] D
Paramount originally wanted Robert Redford to play the role of Calvin Jarrett. Actors Bruce Dern and [...] D
Pachelbel's Canon, the main theme played throughout the film, gained a good deal of new popularity a [...] D
Mary Tyler Moore and Judd Hirsch were both the leads on series co-created by James L. Brooks: Moore [...] D
In the book and the first draft of the screenplay Berger coaches Conrad through his sexual relations [...] D
Judith Guest has said that she embarked on the novel because depression fascinates her. As someone w [...] D
Robert Redford said he was drawn to filming the novel because it reminded him of the cultural inarti [...] D
Critics compared this to the works of Eugene O'Neill and Wayne Dyer. D
Judd Hirsch (Dr. Berger) appeared in Taxi (1978), directed by James Burrows. Burrows also directed M [...] D
Robert Redford approached Paramount, and both Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg hated the story [...] D
First film as a director for Robert Redford. Reportedly, Redford's salary for this film was scale, r [...] D
Ordinary People is on the list of the most banned books in school libraries. With a scene depicting [...] D
Mary Tyler Moore was shocked by Robert Redford's offer that she portray Beth, especially given her s [...] D
In "Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted", Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's book about Mary Tyler Moore Show ( [...] D
Gene Hackman was originally cast as Dr. Berger, but had to bow out, due to re-shoots on Superman II [...] D
The play the couples attended at the beginning of the film is Same Time, Next Year, which was made i [...] D
At age 20, Timothy Hutton became the youngest Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winner. D
In the book, and in the early drafts of the screenplay, Calvin is revealed to have a drinking proble [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...] D
James Sikking was cast in this film after previously working with Robert Redford in Il cavaliere ele [...] D
Emilio Estevez and Sean Penn were considered for the role of Conrad Jarrett. Rob Lowe recalled in hi [...] D
Natalie Wood campaigned for the starring role, but director Robert Redford ultimately cast Mary Tyle [...] D
Mary Tyler Moore admitted that she became annoyed with the would-be compliment, "Boy, you were a bit [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
Meg Mundy appears as Beth's mother. She also appeared in Fatal Attraction playing the mother of a wo [...] D
Jeanine called Conrad a tenor, but he is a baritone. D
As they were developing the book into a screenplay, screenwriter Alvin Sargent discussed the charact [...] D
Director Robert Redford and screenwriter Alvin Sargent were extraordinarily faithful to Judith Guest [...] D
Lee Remick and Ann-Margret were both suggested for the role of Beth, but Redford said in interviews [...] D
The title stems from the following line in Judith Guest's novel: "They are ordinary people, after al [...] D
If Elizabeth McGovern had turned down the role of Jeannine (which she almost did so she could go to [...] D

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Buck: Dad's gonna haul our asses when we get back! [...] D
Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Give her the Goddamned camer [...] D
Conrad "Con" Jarrett: [seeing Beth set the table] [...] D
Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: No don't do that to yourself [...] D
Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: [Inside his garage,Calvin Ja [...] D
Jeannine: Can you ever break the ball? Conrad "Co [...] D
Jeannine: Hey, you stand behind me in the choir, y [...] D
Jeannine: Conrad, I'm not a very good bowler, what [...] D
Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: Well, don't admire people to [...] D
Dr. Berger: Maybe you were stronger. Did it ever o [...] D
Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Anyway. Jeannine: Hm, what? [...] D
Dr. Berger: So you felt great. You brought home a [...] D
Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: He just wants to know that y [...] D
Conrad "Con" Jarrett: [Berger is pretending to be [...] D
Beth Jarrett: Calvin? Why are you crying? Can I, u [...] D
Karen: Conrad. Let's have a great Christmas. Let's [...] D
Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I made a 74 on a trig quiz. [...] D
Dr. Berger: Now you can live with that, can't you? [...] D
Beth Jarrett: [to her mother about the platter she [...] D
Conrad "Con" Jarrett: It's impossible after all th [...] D
Conrad "Con" Jarrett: [about Karen's suicide] I fe [...] D
Calvin "Cal" Jarrett: I should have gotten a handl [...] D
Dr. Berger: A little advice about feelings kiddo; [...] D
Jeannine: [In a McDonalds restaurant booth Conrad [...] D
Beth Jarrett: I want this to be a nice Christmas. [...] D
Dr. Berger: So what are you thinking now? Conrad [...] D
Beth Jarrett: It's really important to try and hur [...] D
Conrad "Con" Jarrett: [yelling at Calvin about B [...] D
Conrad "Con" Jarrett: When I let myself feel, all [...] D
Conrad "Con" Jarrett: You woulda visited Buck if h [...] D

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