Directed by:
Mark RydellCinematography:
Billy WilliamsComposer:
Dave GrusinCast:
Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman, Troy Garity, Christian Pereira, Christopher Rydell, William LanteauPlots(1)
Based on the play by Ernest Thompson, ON GOLDEN POND tells the deceptively simple tale of one family's summer. The story centers 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. (official distributor synopsis)
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Henry Fonda in his last film role, shortly before his death, delivers a captivating performance as a senile and grumpy old man, just as shining as Katherine Hepburn, as a vital, energetic and optimistic elderly lady, who is the only one able to get along with her grumpy old man and rejoice in every moment and the small everyday beauties. Nothing can be found fault with this film, it was based on a play, so the dialogues are delightful and of course require high quality from both actors, which Fonda and Hepburn fulfill. The conclusion is very nice and touching.
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