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Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland, and Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary People (1980)

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Ordinary People

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Edited into

    • Give Me Your Answer True (1987)

Featured in

    • "Sneak Previews" Divine Madness/Willie & Phil/The Great Santini/Ordinary People/Middle Age Crazy (TV Episode 1980)

      Clips shown

    • The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special 1981)

      clips

    • "Sneak Previews" Sunday Lovers/Falling In Love Again/My Bloody Valentine/The Last Metro (TV Episode 1981)

      Brief mention after Oscar nominations announcement. Clip shown

    • The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special 1981)

    • Precious Images (Short 1986)

Referenced in

    • "Saturday Night Live" Bill Murray/Delbert McClinton (TV Episode 1981)

      Title on Bill Murray's Annual Oscar Predictions board.

    • Anybody's Woman (Short 1981)

      Spaulding Gray admits that porn acting isn't as good as the acting in Ordinary People.

    • "Mork & Mindy" Pajama Game II (TV Episode 1982)

      Mork says he saw the film twice.

    • The State of Things (1982)

      Movie poster can be seen.

    • "The Powers of Matthew Star" Daredevil (TV Episode 1982)

      Pam says Trenton's next film will be called "Ordinary Mole People."

References

    • The Waltons (TV Series 1972–1981)

      Conrad says he kept thinking that John Boy from this would have said something (about his brother's death).

    • I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)

      Dr. Berger (Judd Hirsch) mentions the title and sings the song briefly

    • Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

      Dr. Berger tells Conrad when he first came in he thought he looked like something out of this, so he doesn't think he needs to be on tranquillizers.

Spoofed in

    • "Saturday Night Live" Robert Hays/14 Karat Soul/Joe 'King' Carrasco & The Crowns (TV Episode 1981)

      Spoofed as 'Ordinary Elephant People'.

    • Bob Hope's Spring Fling (TV Special 1981)

      A comedy skit is entitled Not So Ordinary People.

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