---
title: 'Ordinary People (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Redford'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 124
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ordinary-people-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081283/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ordinary People (1980)

1980 · R · 124 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Ordinary People is a 1980 American drama film directed by Robert Redford in his directorial debut. The screenplay by Alvin Sargent is based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Judith Guest. The film follows the disintegration of a wealthy family in Lake Forest, Illinois after one son dies in an accident and the other son attempts to die by suicide. It stars Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, and Timothy Hutton.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Redford](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-redford)
- **Screenplay:** [Alvin Sargent](https://cinepixo.com/people/alvin-sargent), [Judith Guest](https://cinepixo.com/people/judith-guest), [Nancy Dowd](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-dowd)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marvin Hamlisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/marvin-hamlisch)
- **Producer:** [Ronald L. Schwary](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-l-schwary)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Bailey](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bailey)
- **Editor:** [Jeff Kanew](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-kanew)

## Cast

- [Mary Tyler Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-tyler-moore)
- [Timothy Hutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/timothy-hutton)
- [Donald Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-sutherland)
- [Quinn Redeker](https://cinepixo.com/people/quinn-redeker)
- [Adam Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-baldwin)
- [James Sikking](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-sikking)
- [Elizabeth McGovern](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-mcgovern)
- [Judd Hirsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/judd-hirsch)
- [Fredric Lehne](https://cinepixo.com/people/fredric-lehne)
- [M. Emmet Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-emmet-walsh)
- [Basil Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-hoffman)
- [Dinah Manoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/dinah-manoff)

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