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On Golden Pond
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786308371776
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6308371777
Label: Live / Artisan
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Live / Artisan
Release Date: June 16, 1993
Running Time: 109 minutes
Studio: Live / Artisan
Theatrical Release Date: January 22, 1982
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Editorial Review:
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 special spirit to the part of his worried bride. The onscreen relationship between Henry and Jane Fonda naturally makes one think about their much-discussed difficulties offscreen, but that's a side benefit in a movie that is really just a celebration of simple human decency. Directed by Mark Rydell (Harry and Walter Go to New York). The DVD release has widescreen presentation, director's commentary, documentary footage on the making of the film, theatrical trailer, notes and information about the production, and optional Spanish subtitles. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - "GET IT IN GEAR,TURKEY"
FOR NORMAN AND ETHEL THAYER,THIS SUMMER
ON GOLDEN POND IS FILLED WITH CONFLICT
AND RESOLUTION.
WHEN THEIR DAUGHTER ARRIVES,
THE FAMILY IS FORCED TO RENEW THE BONDS
OF LOVE AND OVERCOME THE GENERATIONAL
FRICTION THAT HAS EXISTED FOR YEARS.
NORMAN MUST FIND A WAY TO OVERCOME
HIS FEAR OF DYING.WHILE CHELSEA TRYS
TO BOND WITH HER FATHER TO REBUILD
THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
THIS IS A MUST OWN FILM.
Rating:  - A family divided.
On Golden Pond is a sentimental favorite for me. Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda are just heartbreaking together, you could feel the tension and sadness in their peformances. Katharine Hepburn is a gem as well, I really like her in this film, her vulnerable side is her ace in the hole. This film won best picture and Henry Fonda received his first Oscar shortly before he passed away. On Golden Pond shall move you to tears, get the tissues ready!
Rating: - wonderfull
Now this movie was well worth buying not only was it funny but sent a very warm message to any mothers heart.
Rating: - wonderful
One of the best movies of all times. Everyone needs to see, its great and so realistic.
Rating: - Superb acting by Fonda and Hepburn
Fonda and Hepburn won Oscars for this movie. This film gave Fonda his only Best Actor Oscar. It is a great story about an old couple who are take care of a teenager while their daughter goes on vacation with the boy's father. The acting is phenomenal, superb, excellent and every other synonym. One should play close attention to the relationship on camera between the characters of Jane (who plays the daughter) and Henry Fonda. Jane Fonda actually bought the rights of the movie so that her father could ... Read More
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