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22 January 1982 (USA)
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A TRIPLE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNER! more
Plot:
The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who...
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Won 3 Oscars.
Another 10 wins
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21 nominations
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Swank's 'Amelia' Performance Gets First Oscar Kiss
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(From Extra. 4 November 2009, 4:45 AM, PST)
Swank's 'Amelia' Performance Gets First Oscar Kiss
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Henry Fonda saves his best for last
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Katharine Hepburn | ... | Ethel Thayer |
 | Henry Fonda | ... | Norman Thayer Jr. |
 | Jane Fonda | ... | Chelsea Thayer Wayne |
 | Doug McKeon | ... | Billy Ray |
 | Dabney Coleman | ... | Bill Ray |
 | William Lanteau | ... | Charlie Martin |
| Christopher Rydell | ... | Sumner Todd (as Chris Rydell) |
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109 min
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Iceland:L |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:PG |
Finland:S |
Portugal:M/6 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
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Later produced as a live TV production - rare for TV theatrical presentations since the invention of videotape in the late 1950s. It starred Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer (who had previously co-starred in The Sound of Music (1965)) and was broadcast on CBS on April 29, 2001.
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Continuity: When Ethel and Norman first drive to Golden pond it's supposed to be early spring, but there is a close up of Queen Anne's lace, which is a flower that blooms in late summer.
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Featured in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-07-15)" (2008)
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Oh,the numerous memorable characters Henry Fonda brought to the screen over the years.His most memorable came in his final film,On Golden Pond. This film brought to light two important realizations for me.Family togetherness is one of the most important things we have in life,and we had better resolve our differences as a family and get along because we can't go back and correct the things we come to regret.Secondly,I came to realize that elderly couples are more than the stereotype we sometimes force upon them.They don't cease to be affectionate and sexual merely because they have gotten older.Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn made a delightful couple here and make you wish they had worked together more often through the years,but unfortunately,this was their first and only film together.Also,the pairing of Fonda with real life daughter Jane was indeed a delight to see.Their own troubled relationship made them naturals for their parts as a father and daughter coming together after years of tension.You could sense that at times, Henry and Jane were not acting at all when it came to their scenes with one another,making these scenes more realistic and effective.Henry Fonda received a well deserved Oscar for this film.I watched the night he received it,and recall his reaction from his home(he was too ill to attend the ceremony),and the tears streaming down his face.I couldn't help but shed a tear or two myself.I'm sure I was not the only one.Great film.