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Everything is in it's proper place... Except the past.
Donald Sutherland plays Calvin Jarrett
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Film facts for the 1980 Drama movie starring Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch
M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth McGovern, Dinah Manoff, Fredric Lehne, James Sikking, Basil Hoffman, Scott Doebler, Quinn K. Redeker, Mariclare Costello, Meg Mundy, Elizabeth Hubbard, Adam Baldwin, Richard Whiting Update Cast
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Timothy Hutton won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role and New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male. Mary Tyler Moore won one for Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama.Thanks to David Brown
The play that Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore watch is "Same Time Next Year", which was made into a movie starring Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn.Rewind Archive
The film has 2 taglines: 1.) "Some films you watch, others you feel." 2.)"Everything is in its proper place... Except the past."Thanks to James
This film is currently Robert Redford's only Oscar win (Best Director; Best Picture). Despite a number of critically acclaimed roles, the closest he has come to winning an Oscar for acting was a nomination for "The Sting" in 1974.Rewind Archive
Donald Sutherland was nominated for a Golden Globe for the film for Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama. So were Judd Hirsch for Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role & Alvin Sargent for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture.Rewind Archive
Alvin Sargent won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium. He also won an Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.Rewind Archive
Judd Hirsch was nominated for an Oscar for the film for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. So was Mary Tyler Moore for Best Actress in a Leading Role.Thanks to Shann Maddox
To date, Timothy Hutton is the youngest male actor to win an Academy Award and the youngest to win in the Supporting Actor category. He was 19 when he won for "Ordinary People".Thanks to Ginger
Adam Baldwin who played the bully 'Stillman' that picked on Conrad, played a very depressed, suicidal teen, Ricky Linderman, guilty over the death of his brother in the movie, "My Bodyguard". It was his first role that came out the same year, 1980.Rewind Archive
Timothy Hutton's father, actor Jim Hutton, passed away prior to filming. Timothy Hutton said that he didn't use his mourning as a basis for Conrad's depression.Rewind Archive
In a cruel irony, Mary Tyler-Moore's only child, Ritchie Moore, was killed in a tragic accident by a defective gun prior to making this film.Thanks to Stephanie
Elizabeth McGovern dated Sean Penn in the early '80s and at one point, they were even engaged!Bogus Trivia
There's often fake stuff floating round, y'know? -Like the 'ghost boy' that can allegedly be seen in "Three Men And A Baby".
But, nothing bogus that we know yet for "Ordinary People".
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