[Movie Script]Ordinary People

                                   ORDINARY PEOPLE





                                     Written by



                                    Alvin Sargent







                                  From the novel by



                                    Judith Guest



                      Full Film Transcript by Pierre Gautard







              [Main Credits]



          1   EXT. BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE, SMALL TOWN � DAY                  1



              Small beautiful country town in the fall, on the shore of a

great lake. Close in on school. [Music: Canon in D by

Pachelbel, and angel voices singing then: ]



                                     CHOIR

                               (OS: young male voices)

In the silence of our souls,

O Lord, we contemplate Thy peace



          2   INT. SCHOOL HALL, CHOIR � DAY                                 2


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