On Golden Pond
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Published
[Santa Monica, Calif.] : Artisan Home Entertainment, [2003].
Edition
Special ed.
Language
English
UPC
012236147817

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1981.
General Note
Based on the play by Ernest Thompson.
General Note
Region 1; widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
General Note
Special features include: Reflections on Golden Pond (documentary); commentary tracks by the writer and the director; Katherine Hepburn tribute documentary.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Billy Williams ; editor, Robert L. Wolfe ; music, David Grusin ; costume designer, Dorothy Jeakins ; production designer, Stephen Grimes ; special effects supervisor, Matthew Sweeney.
Participants/Performers
Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman, William Lanteau, Christopher Rydell, Troy Garity.
Description
Shows the conflicts between three generations as the Thayers, a crotchety old professor and his wife, spend their summer together on a lake in New England. The couple agrees to mind their estranged daughter's boyfriend's child, while daughter and boyfriend go on a trip. The boy bonds with the old man in a way his daughter never did. Shows the terrors and graces of aging.
System Details
DVD format.
Language
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. In English with optional English subtitles.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA, 1981: Best Actress (Katharine Hepburn); Best Actor (Henry Fonda); Best Screenplay (Ernest Thompson).