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Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture 1981 · Nominated
Academy Award Writing (Screenplay - Based on Material From Another Medium) 1981 · Winner
Academy Award Best Picture 1981 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama 1981 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama 1981 · Winner
Academy Award Actor in a Supporting Role 1981 · Nominated
Academy Award Directing 1981 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture 1981 · Winner
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Actress 1981 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama 1981 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Roles 1981 · Nominated
Academy Award Actress in a Leading Role 1981 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 1981 · Nominated
Ordinary People. Jump to. 21 wins & 14 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1981 Winner Oscar. Best Picture. Ronald L. Schwary. 1981 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Leading Role. Mary Tyler Moore. 1981 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Timothy Hutton. 1981 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Judd Hirsch. 1981 Winner Oscar.
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In addition, the film won five awards at the 38th Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Actress (Moore), Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor (Hutton). Plot. The Jarretts are an upper-middle-class family in Lake Forest, a wealthy suburb north of Chicago.
Speaking of the acting, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch and Timothy Hutton were all recognized with Academy Award nominations (Hutton won) for their work in this film, all deservedly. Moore especially is memorable in her portrayal of a brittle power mom who must constantly hide behind a veneer of icy aloofness for fear that one tiny crack in her ...
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- Robert Redford
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Ordinary People was released on Sept. 19, 1980, and went on to earn $55 million. Heading into the Oscars, it had six nominations, including nods for Hutton, Moore, Hirsch, and Redford, as well...
Jan 22, 2014 · Ronald L. Schwary accepts the Oscar for Best Picture for Ordinary People at the 53rd Academy Awards. Presented by Lillian Gish and hosted by Johnny Carson.
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- Oscars
Aug 25, 2010 · Jack Lemmon and Mary Tyler Moore present Timothy Hutton the Oscar for Supporting Actor for Ordinary People at the 53rd Academy Awards.
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Apr 1, 1981 · ''Ordinary People,'' the story of a family shattered by a catastrophe, was named the best picture of 1980 tonight at an Academy Award ceremony delayed for 24 hours by the assassination...