On Golden Pond (1981)

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Directed by

Mark Rydell

Starring

Katharine Hepburn
Ethel Thayer

Henry Fonda
Norman Thayer Jr.

Jane Fonda
Chelsea Thayer Wayne

Doug McKeon
Billy Ray

Dabney Coleman
Bill Ray

William Lanteau
Charlie Martin

Christopher Rydell
Sumner Todd

Troy Garity
Young Boy on Jetty

Written by

Ernest Thompson
(screenplay)

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A very good movie

10 years, 11 months ago at Jun 4 9:22

johanlefourbe

2 votes

Like many movie buffs, I spend way too much time watching recent movies (just check Listal, the most movie activity concerns movies which have been released in the last 3 years). Anyway, as a results, I tend to neglect older movies and that’s a real shame. Indeed, recently, I became a huge fan of Henry Fonda but I have seen only 9 movies starring this legend only because I keep watching new movi... read more

My Knight In Shining Armour

9 years, 1 month ago at Mar 27 22:54

Michael M

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On Golden Pond deserves the title of “something you don’t see every day”. Movies which deal with old age don’t usually become box office hits in a world obsessed with being young, yet On Golden Pond became the 2nd highest grossing film of 1981. Plus it stars two elderly actors who hadn’t appeared in a major box office picture in over a decade. Despite their six decades in the industry... read more

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fernando

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(Dvd) Kate and Hank are really good and moving, specially when she believes he is dying. The boy catalyses well the drama of father stranged form his only daughter. The landscape, the pond, the sharp dialogues battles with some corny stuff...

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Description: Writer Ernest Thompson, who came up with the original stage play of On Golden Pond and adapted it for film, is lucky to have two giants of the screen give dignity and breadth to his sometimes trite dialogue. Henry Fonda, in his last role, plays a prickly English professor at the disagreeable age of 80. Visiting his summer house by a Maine lake with his wife (Katharine Hepburn), the old man forges an unlikely bond with a lonely boy, comes to terms with his daughter (Jane Fonda), and suffers disorienting effects of mild dementia. Even playing a tired old man, Fonda is an absolute lion of a movie star, and Hepburn brings her specia ... (more)

Release date: 12 February 1982
UPC: 012236047902

Tags: Drama (7), 1981 (3), Summer (3), Based On Play (3), Parenthood (3), Seniors (2), Cabin (2), Fishing (2), Maine (2), Self Discovery (2), Dysfunctional Family (2), Mother Daughter Relationship (2), Father Daughter Relationship (2), Reconciliation (2), 1980s (2), Marriage (2), Teen (2), Cottage (1), Family Tragedy (1), Father-daughter Relationship (1)

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