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- The simple answer: Not entirely. While Rooney did co-write the first six episodes of the season, there are key differences between the show and the book. In a way, that's normal for most book-to-screen adaptations, but when you love a book so much, you want them to get the whole thing right.
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Ordinary People is a 1980 American drama film directed by Robert Redford in his feature directorial debut. The screenplay by Alvin Sargent is based on the 1976 novel by Judith Guest.
Adapted from Judith Guest's 1976 novel, Ordinary People is an elegantly restrained drama about the Jarrett family, shattered by tragedy after an accident leaves their elder son dead and their...
Ordinary People: Directed by Robert Redford. With Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton. The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son.
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Mar 25, 2022 · Nominated for six Academy Awards, Ordinary People marked RobertRedford’s directorial debut with its story centered on the accidental death of the oldest son in an affluent family. The 1980...
“Ordinary People” isn’t a docudrama; it’s the story of these people and their situation, and it shows them doing what’s most difficult to show in fiction, it shows them changing, learning, and growing.
Jan 26, 2014 · If only the filmmakers had realized that the most cataclysmic of wars required more than hackneyed TV drama. What we get is confounding—both silly and tragic, physically alive and morally obtuse.
Oct 20, 2020 · “Ordinary People,” based on Judith Guest’s novel, does big emotions with exquisite touch. As I watch now, I find my eye drifting away from Conrad (sorry dude) and toward his parents, Calvin ( Donald Sutherland ) and Beth (a revelatory Mary Tyler Moore).
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