Ordinary people / 
Paramount Pictures presents, a Wildwood Enterprises production, a Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Alvin Sargent ; produced by Ronald L. Schwary ; directed by Robert Redford ; based on the novel by Judith Guest. 
 - Widescreen version. 
 - 1 videodisc (124 min.) :  sound, colour ;  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/> Originally produced as motion picture in 1980. 
<br/><br/>Edited by Jeff Kanew ; director of photography, John Bailey ; music adapted by Marvin Hamlisch ; costumes designed by Bernie Pollack ; art directors, Brook Simons (as Phillip Bennett), J. Michael Riva.  Edited by Jeff Kanew ; director of photography, John Bailey ; music adapted by Marvin Hamlisch ; costumes designed by Bernie Pollack ; art directors, Brook Simons (as Phillip Bennett), J. Michael Riva. 
<br/><br/>Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth McGovern, Dinah Manoff, Fredric Lehne, James B. Sikking, Basil Hoffman, Quinn Redeker, Mariclare Costello, Meg Mundy, Elizabeth Hubbard, Adam Baldwin [and others]. 
<br/><br/> "Ordinary People is an intense examination of a family being torn apart by tension and tragedy ... the upper-middle-class couple whose 'ordinary' existence is irrevocably shattered by the death of their oldest son in a boating accident ..."--Container. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD; presented in "Widescreen" format, widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs; Dolby digital 2.0 (English and French). 
<br/><br/><br/>In English and French with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); Closed-captioned. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Guest, Judith--Film adaptations.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sons--Death--Psychological aspects--Drama.<br/>Suicide--Drama.<br/>Bereavement--Psychological aspects--Drama.<br/>Brothers--Death--Psychological aspects--Drama.<br/>Grief--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.4372  / ORD 2017