

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Cinema Classics Seminar: ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 23 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Mon, 23 Feb, 2026 at 10:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Monday, February 23, 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm  
Instructor: Amy Corbin, Ph.D., Muhlenberg College

Robert Redford made his directing debut with ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980), a nuanced drama about a family torn apart by their son’s death. Best known for her roles in TV sitcoms, Mary Tyler Moore was cast against type and gives an extraordinary performance as a mother whose repressed grief isolates her from her husband and other son. Donald Sutherland, more often seen in thrillers and counterculture satires like M*A*S*H, plays an empathetic father trying to hold his family together. And, at twenty years old, Timothy Hutton became the youngest-ever Best Supporting Actor winner for his performance as their surviving son.  

At once a domestic drama and a portrait of upper middle-class suburbia, ORDINARY PEOPLE manages to question the family’s veneer of perfection without becoming glib satire. It uses subtly expressive cinematography to depict their home and community, revealing the fragility of a family who is doing fine until tragedy strikes. 

In the wake of Redford’s death, it is fitting to take a new look at the film that began the second phase of his career, when he stepped away from movie stardom to make thoughtful films about American society and families. ORDINARY PEOPLE demonstrates his originality, delivering a humanist, character-driven film, distinct from both the wild anti-establishment films of the 1970s and the feel-good family comedies of the 1980s.

Are you interested in “just” seeing this movie? Visit the public screening page here (https://brynmawrfilm.org/event/ordinary-people/)
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bryn-mawr/cinema-classics-seminar-ordinary-people-1980/200029507943203
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, workshops, art, theatre, performances, comedy
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://brynmawrfilm.org/event/cinema-classics-seminar-ordinary-people/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=bryn+mawr-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Bryn Mawr
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Bryn Mawr Film Institute
- **lat**: 40.021544857033
- **long**: -75.319098988988
- **full address**: Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W Lancaster Ave,Bryn Mawr,PA,United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Bryn Mawr Film Institute (https://allevents.in/org/bryn-mawr-film-institute/3001876)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 23 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W Lancaster Ave,Bryn Mawr,PA,United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Bryn Mawr Film Institute
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, workshops, art, theatre, performances, comedy
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Cinema Classics Seminar: ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980) ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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