Talk:Ordinary People

message: There needs to be a separate article on the novel, so I'm creating it. Daniel Case 23:02, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Novel article

message: From this article:
However, all of the pool scenes were filmed on location at Libertyville High School, which was believed to have superior aquatic facilities.
From Lake Forest High School (Illinois):
The 1980 film Ordinary People is set at Lake Forest High School, and parts of the film were shot at LFHS, altough the swim team scenes were filmed at Lake Forest College.
We need an authoritative source on this one. Daniel Case 06:58, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See Talk: Lake Forest High School (Illinois)  The PKPerson 03:25, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Contradiction

message: The sentence:
"Libertyville High School was originally considered as the location for the school scenes, but it was decided that the LFHS campus was too beautiful with its lakeside setting to be believable[citation needed], and the decision was made to film at Lake Forest High School because it was more realistic and appropriate for the story."
doesn't make sense. If it were to say "..it was decided that the Libertyville HS was too beautiful with its lakeside setting..." that would make sense, I suppose.  The original author should review the sentence and ensure that it is saying clearly what the author intended.
Tony 15:12, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location for school scenes 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Ordinary99.jpg

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:OrdinaryPeople.jpg

message: Is this section relevant? RJFJR (talk) 18:25, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It adds interest to the article, of a fun, verifiable, and non-harmful kind, so yes. I might put it back in myself, but I've got another issue with this article to attend to myself.  Thanks for posting it to the Talk page;  some people just ax out whole sections and slip away without having the courage or courtesy to explain themselves.  --63.25.14.133 (talk) 11:32, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

text: Agreed. It is not part of Wikipedia's mission to add "fun" interest to articles, and it violates WP:Trivia. To discuss this sort of thing, go to www.nitcentral.com Nightscream (talk) 14:40, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Continuity 

message: I moved the following unsourced material here until it can be sourced:
:Robert Redford had the film rights to the novel. He chose to direct since he had wanted the opportunity to direct a feature for some time. While looking for a producer he began planning the various scenes. Eventually, Redford gave the project to producer Ronald L. Schawary, who also served as unit production manager.
:The film was shot in and around Lake Forest, Highland Park and Lake Bluff, and the school scenes were shot in Lake Forest High School. However, all of the pool scenes were filmed at Lake Forest College, because the pool at Lake Forest High School was not large enough to move the filming equipment into the balcony and bleachers.
:Conrad's lunch with Karen was filmed at the Original Pancake House in Wilmette, Illinois. A photograph of Redford, taken during production for the film, hangs above the cash register at the front entrance.  Cal and Beth's lunch scene was filmed at the Zodiac Restaurant in Neiman-Marcus' Northbrook Court location. Nightscream (talk) 14:07, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Production

message: Where it calls this film "the first, and so far, only, Best Picture winner without a Film Editing nomination (or win)" is incorrect. With early Best Picture winners like Grand Hotel winning its sole Best Picture nomination, I'm pretty positive that it's not the very first to win without a nomination in editing (though it's the only one to have won under such circumstances since then). It's certainly not the first or only one to win without WINNING editing either, as I can off the top of my head think of examples like No Country for Old Men, Million Dollar Baby and A Beautiful Mind off the top of my head from just the past decade. I'll edit it, more accurately, as "[i]t is the last Best Picture winner without a Film Editing nomination."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.8.199.253 (talk) 06:16, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Mention of its lack of Editing nomination

message: The logo for Paramount Pictures is shown at the start of the movie, but unlike most of its other movies, it is not shown after the end credits. Why? --E2e3v6 (talk) 23:33, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Paramount Pictures logo in Ordinary People 

message: The plot in this article is too long. I say, somebody should shorten it to three or four paragraphs. See you next time. Feedback please.--E2e3v6 (talk) 23:40, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot Alert 

message: Kind of difficult for the father to commute every day from Illinois to Manhattan, wouldn't you think?  ;)  Maybe he takes a Lear Jet.  Except - they show him taking the Long Island Rail Road.
The family lives in Lake Forest, QUEENS, in New York, which is an "upper-middle class" planned community set in the middle of Queens.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.196.248.241 (talk) 18:33, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure what you are on about. Both the book and the film are set in Illinois. From what I can find no scenes were filmed in NY but even if they were lots (some might say most) films are shot in cities other than the one that they are set in. Gone with the Wind wasn't filmed in Georgia and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem wasn't filmed within a 1000 miles of Gunnison. It looks as though there is nothing to change in the article at this time. MarnetteD | Talk 18:57, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Addendum six years later: It's too bad we don't have a production section for this article, because I have distinctly remembered that the movie uses a great deal of locations in Lake Forest, Illinois: Conrad's school is a nearby private school (or at least its pool), and the house is right around the corner from where Tom Cruise's family lives in Risky Business.Perhaps the train scenes did use the LIRR; Metra may not have given permission to the filmmakers, but as both they and the filmmakers knew, there are plenty of other commuter railroads that would have. Daniel Case (talk) 19:18, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location Wrong