Redford To Re-Digitize Ordinary People, Improve Space Battle

HOLLYWOOD, CA—Robert Redford took time off from his Sundance Film Festival duties this week to oversee the final Industrial Light and Magic re-digitization of his Academy Award-winning 1980 drama Ordinary People. “I’ve always been bothered by a couple of the scenes, and I’ve really wanted to redo them using some of the new technology,” Redford said. “For instance, in the scene where the Timothy Hutton character first confronts his mother about the older son’s death, you can see certain imperfections in the space battle going on in the background.” ILM technicians are also adding a series of large, spectacular explosions to the second Judd Hirsch therapist scene, and the spaceship exhaust emanating from Donald Sutherland’s car will take on a more realistic, fiery appearance with the help of new special-effects technology. Five minutes of new footage edited out of the original will also be added, including Mary Tyler Moore’s secret meeting with an alien bounty hunter who for years has repressed his abusive childhood.