The film marked Mary Tyler Moore's career breakout from the personality of her other two famous roles as Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show and Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Timothy Hutton won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in his first film role (he had previously appeared on television). Alvin Sargent won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The picture, Robert Redford's debut at directing, won him the Academy Award for Best Director. Ordinary People garnered four Oscars for 1980, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Gene Hackman was originally cast as Calvin Jarrett but then later dropped out when he and the studio could not come to a financial agreement.
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