Ordinary People Page #9

Synopsis: Tormented by guilt following the death of his older brother, Buck, in a sailing accident, alienated teenager Conrad Jarrett (Timothy Hutton) attempts suicide. Returning home following an extended stay in a psychiatric hospital, Conrad tries to deal with his mental anguish and also reconnect with his mother, Beth (Mary Tyler Moore), who has grown cold and angry, and his emotionally wounded father, Calvin (Donald Sutherland), with the help of his psychiatrist, Dr. Berger (Judd Hirsch).
Genre: Drama
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Won 4 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
87
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
1980
124 min
1,166 Views


getting enough sleep?

CONRAD:

Yeah.

COACH SALAN:

Well, are you having fun out there?

CONRAD:

Fun?

(CONTINUED)

27.

37 CONTINUED:
37

COACH SALAN:

There's no point if you're not

having fun. Right?

CONRAD:

Yeah. I guess so.

COACH SALAN:

You guess so...? Are you on

medication, Jarrett? Tranquilizers?

Anything?

CONRAD:

No. No, sir.

COACH SALAN:

Did I ask you if they gave you

shock out there?

CONRAD:

Yeah.

COACH SALAN:

Yeah what?

CONRAD:

Yeah. You asked me. Yeah, they did.

COACH SALAN:

Don't look at us, Lazenby! Get your

ass in the water! Look at the

bottom of the pool! You know, I'm

no doctor, Jarrett. I would never

have let them put electricity in my

head.

38 EXT. SWIMMING POOL CORRIDOR ­ DAY 38

Students coming out of the pool. Lazenby and Dickie, followed

by Conrad and Stillman

DICKIE VAN BUREN

God that Salan! He's such a picky

bastard! He drives me nuts!

STILLMAN:

Everybody drives you nuts.

STILLMAN (cont'd)

Don and Fenetch look good, don't

you think, Jarrett?

CONRAD:

They look very good.

(CONTINUED)

28.

38 CONTINUED:
38

DICKIE VAN BUREN

Hey, Con, is he giving you a hard

time?

LAZENBY:

He gives everybody a hard time,

Dickie.

JEANNINE'S FRIEND

You guys don't want a clarinet, do

you?

STILLMAN:

Yeah, Van Buren wants a clarinet.

DICKIE VAN BUREN

I don't need a clarinet. Who's

selling it?

JEANNINE'S FRIEND

My brother. He needs a motorcycle.

DICKIE VAN BUREN

Uh, uh... I need a new pair of

shoes.

STILLMAN:

You need a new personality.

Dickie Van Buren and Stillman leave. Conrad and Lazenby stand

in front of Jeannine and her friend.

JEANNINE:

(points at Jarrett)

You, you stand behind me in the

choir.

CONRAD:

Oh? I do? You do? Is that you?

JEANNINE:

You have a lot of energy.

CONRAD:

I do?

JEANNINE:

Yeah. I mean, That's good. My

name's Jeannine Pratt.

CONRAD:

Nice. Hi!

JEANNINE'S FRIEND

You're Conrad Jarrett, remember?

(CONTINUED)

29.

38 CONTINUED:
38

CONRAD:

Right. Hum. Yeah. Um. Bye.

JEANNINE:

Bye-bye.

LAZENBY:

"You've got a lot of energy."

39 INT. JARRETT'S HOUSE, ENTRANCE - NIGHT 39

Halloween :
Beth opens door with a plate of candied apples

ready. Outside, five kids screaming.

CHILDREN (OS)

Trick or treat!

BETH:

You're the scariest ghost I've ever

seen! And the tiger and the witch...

You all look just wonderful. Take

an apple.

CHILDREN:

Thank you.

BETH:

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Alvin Sargent

Alvin Sargent (born April 12, 1927) is an American screenwriter. He has won two Academy Awards in 1978 and 1981 for his screenplays of Julia and Ordinary People. His most popular contribution has been being involved in the writing of most of the films in Sony's Spider-Man film series (The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the first exception to this). more…

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