On This Day March 31 1981 - Ordinary People Won Best Picture at the 53rd Annual Academy Awards

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On This Day: March 31 1981 Ordinary People Won Best Picture at the 53rd Annual Academy Awards.

On this day March 31 1981 Ordinary People took home the Oscar for Best Picture at the 53rd Annual Academy Awards held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The ceremony was hosted by Johnny Carson and broadcast on ABC.

Directed by Robert Redford in his directorial debut the emotional drama explored grief guilt and family breakdown following the death of a teenage son. The film starred Donald Sutherland Mary Tyler Moore Timothy Hutton and Judd Hirsch and was praised for its honest...
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