Product Information
Dramatic story of an elderly couple living in the backwaters of New England, and the conflicts between three generations when their only daughter brings her lover and her son to stay.Product Identifiers
EAN5030370905839
eBay Product ID (ePID)168180759
Product Key Features
ActorKatharine Hepburn, Doug Mckeon, Jane Fonda, Dabney Coleman, Henry Fonda
Film/TV TitleOn Golden Pond
DirectorMark Rydell
LanguageEnglish
Run Time104 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen
Release Year2005
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, Interactive Menus\Scene Access, Closed Caption
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
AwardsBest Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published 1982 - Ernest Thompson, Best Actress In A Leading Role 1981 - Katharine Hepburn, Best Actress 1982 - Katharine Hepburn, Best Actor In A Leading Role 1981 - Henry Fonda
Additional InformationBased on the play by Ernest Thompson, ON GOLDEN POND tells the deceptively simple tale of one family's summer. The story centres around the bickering but loving relationship between Ethel and Norman Thayer (Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda), an elderly couple who are spending their 48th summer at their New England country home and celebrating Norman's 80th birthday. When their independent, insecure daughter, Chelsea (Jane Fonda), and her new boyfriend, Bill Ray (Dabney Coleman), come for Norman's birthday, they also end up asking the couple to look after Billy Ray (Doug McKeon), Bill's teenage son, while they travel to Europe. Over the summer, Norman becomes closer to Billy Ray than he has ever been to his daughter, sparking Chelsea's long-repressed resentment when she returns. In this beautifully filmed story, there are many things going on along the surface of Golden Pond, including the presence of the loons--who represent all things wonderful about their summer house and their life to Ethel. Director Mark Rydell elicits deeply touching performances from his cast (particularly Henry Fonda in his final screen appearance), and the dialogue of Thompson's script is equally graceful. The odds were against this decidedly quiet, small ensemble piece when it was released in 1981, but the timeless material and the confident direction triumphed.
ScreenwriterErnest Thompson
Format DescriptionDVD 5
Sound sourceDolby Digital Mono
Movie/TV TitleOn Golden Pond