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Ordinary People

on BBC One London

Family drama that won four Oscars, including best picture and best director, starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore

The Jarrett family is affluent and seemingly in control, except for Conrad. The death of his brother in a boating accident has left scars on the family that no amount of money or love can remove. For all of them, the future is far from ordinary.
(1980, 15)
See Films: pages 50-55 ****

Followed by Weather

Contributors

Director:
Robert Redford
Calvin:
Donald Sutherland
Beth:
Mary Tyler Moore
Berger:
Judd Hirsch
Conrad:
Timothy Hutton
Swimming coach:
M. Emmet Walsh
Jeannine:
Elizabeth McGovern
Karen:
Dinah Manoff

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