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All the books by Judith Guest adapted to cinema and television
Judith Guest is known for being the author of the book Ordinary People, first published in 1976, which was adapted to cinema by Robert Redford in 1980.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Ordinary People
Judith Guest, 1976
movie vs book
Robert Redford, 1980
The Jarretts are an upper-middle-class family in suburban Chicago trying to return to normal life after the accidental death of their older teenage son, Buck, and the attempted suicide of their younger and surviving son, Conrad. Conrad, however, still struggles to communicate and re-establish a normal relationship with his parents and schoolmates, including Stillman, with whom he gets into a fistfight.