Today’s movie is a drama with a scene that happens on March 13. Watch t
tonight and enjoy.
ORDINARY PEOPLE
Conrad Jarett
returns home from a psychiatric hospital after a suicide attempt. He begins
seeing a psychiatrist, Dr. Berger.
Conrad’s idolized older brother, Buck died in a sailing accident and
Conrad now has Survivor’s guilt and PTSD. While Conrad’s father, Calvin tries
to connect with him; Conrad’s mother Beth is now cold towards him. She tries to
maintain a fantasy of perfection and normality in the family. . Conrad starts
dating Jeannine, but cannot get close to anyone. Beth is more interested in
appearing “normal” more than helping Conrad recover. Calvin tries to referee,
but things blow up when at Christmas, Beth refuses to take a picture with
Conrad. They fight with Beth impliedly admitting she liked Buck better than
Conrad. On March 13, 1981 [1:30:17 to 1:30:36] the Calvin and Beth leave on a
trip to play golf with her brother, who criticizes her attitude towards Conrad.
Conrad has a setback when he learns a friend of his from the hospital has
killed herself. Dr. Berger helps Conrad break free by absolving himself of his
self-imposed guilt over Buck’s death and acceptance of his Mother’s attitude.
However, after Calvin finally confronts Beth over her inability to love, she
leaves.
Ordinary People by Judith Guest (The Viking Press,
New York, 1976) at page 138 gives this as the date
Director - Robert Redford
Producer - Ronald L. Schwary
Screenplay - Alvin Sargent
Awards – The film won the Best
Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director Oscars. Timothy Hutton won
the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Mary Tyler Moore was nominated for Best
Actress and Judd Hirsch was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar at
the 53rd Academy Awards.
Released – September 19, 1980
Runtime – 2 hours 4 minutes
Starring –
Donald Sutherland as Calvin
Jarrett
Mary Tyler Moore as Beth Jarrett
Timothy Hutton as Conrad Jarrett
Judd Hirsch as Dr. Tyrone C.
Berger
Elizabeth McGovern as Jeannine
Pratt
M. Emmet Walsh as Coach Salan
Dinah Manoff as Karen Aldrich
Fredric Lehne as Joe Lazenby
James Sikking as Ray Hanley
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015
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