Title:
On Golden Pond / an ITC Films/IPC Films production ; screenplay by Ernest Thompson ; produced by Bruce Gilbert ; directed by Mark Rydell.
Publication Information:
[Santa Monica, Calif.] : Artisan Home Entertainment, [2003]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1981.
Based on the play by Ernest Thompson.
Region 1; widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Special features include: Reflections on Golden Pond (documentary); commentary tracks by the writer and the director; Katherine Hepburn tribute documentary.
Special features and enhancements may vary by copy.
DVD, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround audio; digitally remastered.
Awards Note:
Academy Awards, USA, 1981: Best Actress (Katharine Hepburn); Best Actor (Henry Fonda); Best Screenplay (Ernest Thompson).
Summary:
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.
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Language Note:
Closed-captioned. In English with optional English subtitles.
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG.
Performer:
Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman, William Lanteau, Christopher Rydell, Troy Garity.
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.
OCLC Number:
ocm53465015
Availability:
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1