Ordinary People (1980)

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Wikidata Q503313, film, IMDb tt0081283, TMDB 16619: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Alvin Sargent as writer (‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan); 2 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Raging Bull: 2 lines industry ×2

  1. industry (Oscar upset): Ordinary People → Raging Bull. Raging Bull lost Best Picture to Ordinary People, which Bill still rates better than Out of Africa.
    “I think for when he lost Raging Bull, 2 ordinary people, when he lost the best film.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:01 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Friday the 13th: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Friday the 13th → Ordinary People. 1980 was also a big drowning year in the movies.
    “Big drowning year.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:30:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Robert Redford: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Robert Redford → Ordinary People. Redford won an Oscar for directing Ordinary People.
    “he won an Oscar for ordinary people as director”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:16:54 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

The Truman Show: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Ordinary People. Death-at-sea scenes: Ordinary People, Perfect Storm and Titanic are cited alongside Truman Show's.
    “Because ordinary people has a great one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:51:47 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

What About Bob?: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (shared writer): What About Bob? → Ordinary People. Alvin Sargent, who wrote Ordinary People, provided the story for What About Bob?, which signals respect for therapy.
    “the story for the movie comes from Alvin Sargent. Alvin Sargent was the writer of ordinary people.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:46:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Robert Redford → Ordinary People. Redford won an Oscar for directing Ordinary People.
    “he won an Oscar for ordinary people as director”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:16:54 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): The Truman Show → Ordinary People. Death-at-sea scenes: Ordinary People, Perfect Storm and Titanic are cited alongside Truman Show's.
    “Because ordinary people has a great one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:51:47 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (Oscar rival): Raging Bull → Ordinary People. Ordinary People won best picture over Raging Bull; it was a new kind of film that ended in catharsis, while Raging Bull was subversive and funny.
    “This is the ordinary people year, obviously.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:15:52 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (Oscar upset): Ordinary People → Raging Bull. Raging Bull lost Best Picture to Ordinary People, which Bill still rates better than Out of Africa.
    “I think for when he lost Raging Bull, 2 ordinary people, when he lost the best film.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:01 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (shared writer): What About Bob? → Ordinary People. Alvin Sargent, who wrote Ordinary People, provided the story for What About Bob?, which signals respect for therapy.
    “the story for the movie comes from Alvin Sargent. Alvin Sargent was the writer of ordinary people.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:46:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Friday the 13th → Ordinary People. 1980 was also a big drowning year in the movies.
    “Big drowning year.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:30:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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