"terms with their new family situation. ""Ordinary People"" garnered three big Oscars for 1980, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. The picture was Robert Redford's debut at directing, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director, and Alvin Sargent won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Timothy Hutton won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in his first film role (he had previously appeared on television). The film marked Mary Tyler Moore's career breakout from the personality of her other two famous roles as Laura Petrie on ""The Dick Van Dyke Show"" and Mary Richards"
"as one of the rare times their profession is shown in a positive light in film. Hirsch was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor, losing out to co-star Hutton. Additionally, ""Ordinary People"" launched the career of Elizabeth McGovern who played Hutton's character's love interest, and who received special permission to film while attending Juilliard. The year 1980 was also a break-out one for Adam Baldwin, who had a small role in ""Ordinary People"" while starring in ""My Bodyguard"" the same year. ""Ordinary People"" received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 90%, based on 42"
"Ordinary Heroes (1986 film) Ordinary Heroes is a 1986 television drama film directed by Peter H. Cooper. It premiered on ABC on October 19, 1986. The film is a remake of the 1945 film ""Pride of the Marines"", but set in the Vietnam War instead of World War II. In 1971, Tony (Richard Dean Anderson) fell in love with Maria (Valerie Bertinelli), but their future was abruptly put on hold when Tony was drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. When he returned to the country two years later, she was still waiting for him, but he was no longer"
"Moore – ""Ordinary People""<br> 3. Goldie Hawn – ""Private Benjamin"" 1. Joe Pesci – ""Raging Bull""<br> 2. Timothy Hutton – ""Ordinary People""<br> 3. Jason Robards – ""Melvin and Howard"" 1. Mary Steenburgen – ""Melvin and Howard""<br> 2. Debra Winger – ""Urban Cowboy""<br> 3. Cathy Moriarty – ""Raging Bull"" 1. Bo Goldman – ""Melvin and Howard""<br> 2. John Sayles – ""Return of the Secaucus 7""<br> 3. Jean Gruault – ""Mon Oncle d'Amérique"" 1. Michael Chapman – ""Raging Bull""<br> 2. Freddie Francis – ""The Elephant Man""<br> 3. Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth – ""Tess"" 1980 National Society of Film Critics Awards The"
"Award winner, ""Ordinary People"". Upon leaving Paramount in 1979, Picker partnered with comedian Steve Martin to produce that year's ""The Jerk"", ""Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid"" in 1982, and ""The Man With Two Brains"" in 1983. In the mid 1980s, Picker took over as President of Feature Films at Lorimar Productions. As president, he developed and supervised the films ""S.O.B."", ""Being There"", and ""Escape to Victory"". Columbia Pictures named David V. Picker as president in the 1980s. While at Columbia, Picker greenlit ""Hope and Glory"", ""School Daze"", ""Vice Versa"", ""Punchline"", and ""True Believer"". By the mid 1980s, Picker was independently"
"Uncommon Women and Others (film) Uncommon Women and Others is a 1978 made-for-television film (based upon the play of the same name. Wendy Wasserstein wrote both the original play as well as the teleplay for the televised production. It was shown in May, 1978 as part of the Great Performances series on PBS. It was directed by Steven Robman and included all of the original cast from the 1977 Off-Broadway debut (with the exception of Glenn Close who was replaced by Meryl Streep). Alumnae of Mount Holyoke College (Wasserstein's alma mater) meet for lunch one day in 1978 and talk"
"Ordinary Heroes (1999 film) Ordinary Heroes is a 1999 Hong Kong drama film directed and produced by Ann Hui. Based on real-life prototypes, the film focused on social activists in the 1970s and 1980s who fought defiantly against the British Colonial government for the rights of the Yau Ma Tei boat people and their mainland wives. Mostly leftists and Communist sympathisers, their despair after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre is also highlighted. The Chinese title refers to a popular Teresa Teng song which played during the film. ""Ordinary Heroes"" was critically acclaimed, winning Best Picture at the 19th Hong Kong"
"not appear in another theatrical movie until ""Ordinary People"" in 1980. Moore and Edward Asner, who also appears in the film, would go on to star in ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"", one of the most popular television shows in the 1970s. Dr. John Carpenter is a physician in a ghetto clinic who falls for a co-worker, Michelle Gallagher, unaware that she is a nun. Elvis stars as a professional man for the first and only time in his career. Dr. Carpenter heads a clinic serving an underprivileged community in a major metropolis. He is surprised to be offered assistance"
"Ordinary Person Ordinary Person () is a 2017 South Korean crime-action drama film directed by Kim Bong-han, starring Son Hyun-joo and Jang Hyuk. It was released on 23 March 2017. In the spring of 1987, Kang Sung-jin (Son Hyun-joo) was an uprighteous police officer with a wife (Ra Mi-ran) and a son. Their only wish was to lead a simple life and they worked hard towards their dream of owning a two-storey house. One day Sung-jin got involved in a conspiracy led by National Security Planning chief, Choi Gyu-nam (Jang Hyuk) after he arrested a suspected murderer (Jo Dal-hwan) by"
"Normal People (film) Normal People is an upcoming British-Irish drama romance film, directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn, from a screenplay by Owen McCafferty. It stars Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville. In April 2018, it was announced Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville had joined the cast of the film, with Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leburn directing from a screenplay by Owen McCafferty. Brian J. Falconer, David Holmes, Piers Tempest, will produce the film under their Out of Orbit, Canderblinks Films, and Tempo Productions, banners respectively. In October 2018, it was announced David Wilmot and Amit Shah had"
"Ordinary People (novel) Ordinary People is Judith Guest's first novel. Published in 1976, it tells the story of a year in the life of the Jarretts, an affluent suburban family trying to cope with the aftermath of two traumatic events. Although it won critical praise and awards upon its release, it is best remembered today as the basis for the 1980 film version, which won four Academy Awards including Best Picture. It is also assigned in many American secondary school English classes. The novel begins as life is seemingly returning to normal for the Jarretts of Lake Forest, Illinois, in"
"drama ""Brubaker"" (1980), playing a prison warden attempting to reform the system, and the baseball drama ""The Natural"" (1984). Redford continued his involvement in mainstream Hollywood movies, though with a newfound focus on directing. The first film he directed, ""Ordinary People"", which followed the disintegration of an upper-class American family after the death of a son, was one of the most critically and publicly acclaimed films of the decade, winning four Oscars, including Best Director for Redford himself, and Best Picture. His follow-up directorial project, ""The Milagro Beanfield War"" (1987), failed to generate the same level of attention. Sydney Pollack's"
"Angus Buchan's Ordinary People Angus Buchan's Ordinary People is a 2012 South African drama film that tells the story of South African preacher Angus Buchan and the intertwining stories of three men en route to one of Buchan's Mighty Men's Conferences. It is not a sequel to the film ""Faith Like Potatoes,"" also based on the life story of Angus Buchan. The film was directed by FC Hamman and stars Anton Dekker, Jaco Muller, Lucky Koza, David James, Kate Normington, Robin Smith and Norman Anstey. Buchan makes a brief appearance as himself. The film opens with Angus Buchan's story as"
"played Maeve Stoddard's imperious mother Julia on ""Guiding Light"". She later played the role of Dimitri Marrick's wealthy aunt, Eugenia von Voynavitch on ""All My Children"". Her film credits included roles in ""Eyes of Laura Mars"" (1978), ""Oliver's Story"" (1978), ""The Bell Jar"" (1979), and as the mother of Mary Tyler Moore's character in ""Ordinary People"" (1980), which won the Academy Award as Best Picture Of The Year. She appeared in the 1983 Walter Matthau-Robin Williams film ""The Survivors"", the 1987 films ""Fatal Attraction"" and ""Someone to Watch Over Me"", and in two episodes of ""Law & Order"" in the"
"talent, and recommended she take acting lessons. McGovern studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and graduated from The Juilliard School in New York City, a member of Group 12, 1979–1981 In 1980, while studying at Juilliard, McGovern was offered a part in what became her first film, ""Ordinary People"", in which she played the girlfriend of troubled teenager Conrad Jarrett (Timothy Hutton). The following year she completed her acting education at the American Conservatory Theatre and Juilliard, and began to appear in plays, first Off-Broadway and later in famous theaters. In 1981 she earned an Academy Award"
"Ordinary World (film) Ordinary World is a 2016 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Lee Kirk. The film stars Billie Joe Armstrong in his first leading role, as well as Judy Greer, Selma Blair, Dallas Roberts, Chris Messina, Fred Armisen, Brian Baumgartner, and Kevin Corrigan. Filming began late 2014 in New York City. The film was originally screened at the Tribeca as ""Geezer"", before its title was changed to ""Ordinary World"", named after a song heard in the film. It is also the closing track on Green Day's 2016 album ""Revolution Radio"", which was released a week earlier. In"
"a role as pot-smoking Professor Dave Jennings in ""National Lampoon's Animal House"" in 1978, making himself known to younger fans as a result of the movie's popularity. When cast, he was offered either $40,000 up front or two percent of the movie's gross earnings. Thinking the movie would certainly not be a big success, he chose the 40K upfront payment. The movie eventually grossed $141.6 million. He won acclaim for his performance in the Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci's 1976 epic film ""1900"" and as the conflicted father in the Academy Award-winning family drama ""Ordinary People"" (1980), alongside Mary Tyler Moore"
"The Normal Heart (film) The Normal Heart is a 2014 American television drama film directed by Ryan Murphy and written by Larry Kramer, based on his 1985 play of same name. The film stars Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Alfred Molina, Joe Mantello, Jonathan Groff, and Julia Roberts. The film depicts the rise of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks (Ruffalo), the founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group. Weeks prefers public confrontations to the calmer, more private strategies favored by his associates,"
"Jeff Kanew Jeffrey Roger Kanew (born December 16, 1944) is a Jewish American film director, screenwriter, film producer and film editor who early in his career made, with his brother Gary Kanew and director Howard Deutch, trailers for many films of the 1970s and is probably best known for directing the film ""Revenge of the Nerds"" (1984) and for editing ""Ordinary People"". Kanew directed ""Gotcha!"" (1985) and ""Tough Guys"" (1986), the final film pairing actors Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster, having initially directed Douglas in 1983's ""Eddie Macon's Run"". His other directorial efforts include""Troop Beverly Hills"" starring Shelley Long, ""V.I."
"the same. Parts of the film were shot in Salt Lake City and Magna, Utah. Ordinary Heroes (1986 film) Ordinary Heroes is a 1986 television drama film directed by Peter H. Cooper. It premiered on ABC on October 19, 1986. The film is a remake of the 1945 film ""Pride of the Marines"", but set in the Vietnam War instead of World War II. In 1971, Tony (Richard Dean Anderson) fell in love with Maria (Valerie Bertinelli), but their future was abruptly put on hold when Tony was drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. When he returned to the"
"stock production of ""Harvey"". In 1970, he married Lynni Solomon, and they had daughter Punch Hutton (former deputy fashion editor of ""Vanity Fair""). Hutton also had an intermittent 15-year relationship with actress and model Yvette Vickers. On June 2, 1979, Hutton died of liver cancer, just two days after his 45th birthday. He died four weeks and one day after being diagnosed. Two years later, Hutton's son Timothy dedicated his 1981 Academy Award, which he had won for his role for the film ""Ordinary People"", to his father. Jim Hutton Dana James Hutton (May 31, 1934 – June 2, 1979)"
"chance. Gyu-nam, being a cold-blooded and manipulative man, made use of Sung-jin's weakness to strike a deal with him. Despite newspaper reporter Chu Jae-jin (Kim Sang-ho)'s advice to quit from the operation, Sung-jin discovered that he did not have a choice as he had already scheduled an operation to treat his son's legs. Ordinary Person Ordinary Person () is a 2017 South Korean crime-action drama film directed by Kim Bong-han, starring Son Hyun-joo and Jang Hyuk. It was released on 23 March 2017. In the spring of 1987, Kang Sung-jin (Son Hyun-joo) was an uprighteous police officer with a wife"
"joined the cast of the film. In December 2018, Bleecker Street acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film. Normal People (film) Normal People is an upcoming British-Irish drama romance film, directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn, from a screenplay by Owen McCafferty. It stars Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville. In April 2018, it was announced Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville had joined the cast of the film, with Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leburn directing from a screenplay by Owen McCafferty. Brian J. Falconer, David Holmes, Piers Tempest, will produce the film under their Out of Orbit, Canderblinks"
"The Ordinary Radicals The Ordinary Radicals is a 2008 documentary film directed by Philadelphia filmmaker Jamie Moffett. The film follows authors Chris Haw and Shane Claiborne, co-founder of the Potter Street Community (formerly The Simple Way) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on their ""Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals"" book tour. Claiborne and Haw began their 23 city, 11,000 mile journey in June 2008 on a refurbished school bus fueled by used vegetable oil. Before starting the book tour the crew attended the P.A.P.A (People Against Poverty and Apathy) Festival in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is a gathering of Christian community"
"An Ordinary Miracle (1978 film) An Ordinary Miracle () is a Soviet 1978 romantic fantasy musical film directed by Mark Zakharov and based on a play by Yevgeni Shvarts. This is the second adaptation of the play; the first one was filmed in 1964 by Erast Garin. Leonid Serebrennikov performed the main theme in the film (""""Nelepo, smeshno, bezrassudno, bezumno, volshebno..""""). Music by Gennadi Gladkov. Lyrics by Yuli Kim. The protagonist of the film, the Wizard (Oleg Yankovsky), invents a fairy tale to amuse himself and his wife (Irina Kupchenko). The tale's characters come to life, come to his house"
"7th District in the 2018 Midterm Election. Jeff Kanew Jeffrey Roger Kanew (born December 16, 1944) is a Jewish American film director, screenwriter, film producer and film editor who early in his career made, with his brother Gary Kanew and director Howard Deutch, trailers for many films of the 1970s and is probably best known for directing the film ""Revenge of the Nerds"" (1984) and for editing ""Ordinary People"". Kanew directed ""Gotcha!"" (1985) and ""Tough Guys"" (1986), the final film pairing actors Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster, having initially directed Douglas in 1983's ""Eddie Macon's Run"". His other directorial efforts"
"The Usual Suspects The Usual Suspects is a 1995 neo-noir mystery film directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie. It stars Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, and Kevin Spacey. The plot follows the interrogation of Roger ""Verbal"" Kint, a small-time con man, who is one of only two survivors of a massacre and fire on a ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles. Through flashback and narration, Kint tells an interrogator a convoluted story of events that led him and his criminal companions to the boat, and of a"
"The Right of the People The Right of the People is a 1986 made-for-TV crime drama movie starring Michael Ontkean, Billy Dee Williams, Jane Kaczmarek, Jamie Smith Jackson and Lisa Jakub, with special guest John Randolph. It debuted on ABC on January 13, 1986. The movie, originally intended as a feature film, was written and directed by Jeffrey Bloom. He wrote the script in outrage over the mass murder during the robbery of a Los Angeles Bob's Big Boy restaurant in 1980. At the network's request, Bloom revised his original script to increase anti-gun viewpoints in the story. Christopher Wells"
"in Steinem's view that women owe it to themselves to have a career. In February 1981, Moore was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the drama film ""Ordinary People"" but lost to Sissy Spacek for her role in ""Coal Miner's Daughter"". In 1981 she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama for that role. Moore received a total of seven Emmy Awards. On Broadway, Moore received a special Tony Award for her performance in ""Whose Life Is It Anyway?"" in 1980, and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as"
"prostitute in another of Scorsese's famous films, ""Taxi Driver"". Out of fear of being attacked, Scorsese went to the ceremony with FBI bodyguards disguised as guests who escorted him out before the announcement of the Academy Award for Best Picture was made (the winner being Robert Redford's ""Ordinary People""). The Los Angeles Film Critics Association voted ""Raging Bull"" the best film of 1980 and De Niro best actor. The National Board of Review also voted De Niro best actor and Pesci best supporting actor. The Golden Globes awarded another Best Actor award to De Niro and the National Society of"
"Mean Streets Mean Streets is a 1973 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and co-written by Scorsese and Mardik Martin. The film stars Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. It was released by Warner Bros. on October 2, 1973. De Niro won the National Society of Film Critics award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as ""Johnny Boy"" Civello. In 1997, ""Mean Streets"" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". Charlie is a young Italian-American man in New York City. He is"
"An Ordinary Man An Ordinary Man is a 2017 American drama film directed, produced and written by Brad Silberling. It stars Ben Kingsley, Hera Hilmar and Peter Serafinowicz. Filmed in Belgrade, Serbia in 2015, it was screened at the Bari International Film Festival in April 2017, later picked up by Saban Films in February 2018, who released it direct-to-video in June 2018. A war criminal in hiding begins to form a relationship with his newly-hired maid (Hera Hilmar) after he expresses loneliness to his handler. He first abuses her, but gradually forms an awkward friendship with her. As the search"
"Ordinary (film) Ordinary is a 2012 Indian Malayalam comedy thriller film directed by Sugeeth and written by Nishad K. Koya and Manu Prasad. The film stars Kunchacko Boban, Biju Menon, Asif Ali, Jishnu Raghavan, Ann Augustine, and Shritha Sivadas. The music was composed by Vidyasagar. The film follows the life of a driver and conductor of a K. S. R. T. C. bus that travels from Pathanamthitta to the village of Gavi via Angamoozhy. The film was released in India on 17 March 2012, and received positive response from audience. The film was a blockbuster at the box office.The film"