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On Golden Pond / an ITC Films, Inc. production ; screenplay by Ernest Thompson ; produced by Bruce Gilbert ; directed by Mark Rydell.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionSpecial ed.
Publication Info[Santa Monica, Calif.] : Artisan Home Entertainment, [2003]
Description1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
DVD-Video discs.
Aging--Drama.
Older people--Drama.
Intergenerational relations--Drama.
Families--Drama.
Other author/creatorThompson, Ernest, 1949-
Other author/creatorGilbert, Bruce, 1947-
Other author/creatorRydell, Mark, 1934-
Other author/creatorHepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003.
Other author/creatorFonda, Henry, 1905-1982.
Other author/creatorFonda, Jane, 1937-
Other author/creatorMcKeon, Doug, 1966-
Other author/creatorColeman, Dabney, 1932-
Other author/creatorLanteau, William, 1922-1993.
Other author/creatorRydell, Christopher.
Other author/creatorGarity, Troy.
Other author/creatorWilliams, Billy, 1929-
Other author/creatorWolfe, Robert L.
Other author/creatorGrusin, Dave.
Other author/creatorJeakins, Dorothy.
Other author/creatorGrimes, Stephen.
Other author/creatorSweeney, Matthew.
Other author/creatorITC Films (Firm)
Other author/creatorIPC Films (Firm)
Other author/creatorArtisan Home Entertainment (Firm)
Uniform titleOn Golden Pond (Motion picture)
Abstract 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.
General noteDVD release of the 1981 motion picture.
General noteBased on the play by Ernest Thompson.
General noteDolby Digital 5.1 surround.
General noteSpecial features include: Reflections on Golden Pond (documentary); commentary tracks by the writer and the director; Katherine Hepburn tribute documentary.
CreditsDirector of photography, Billy Williams ; editor, Robert L. Wolfe ; music, David Grusin ; costume designer, Dorothy Jeakins ; production designer, Stephen Grimes ; special effects supervisor, Matthew Sweeney.
Cast Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman, William Lanteau, Christopher Rydell, Troy Garity.
Audience MPAA rating: PG.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageClosed-captioned. In English with optional English subtitles.
Awards noteAcademy Awards, USA, 1981: Best Actress (Katharine Hepburn); Best Actor (Henry Fonda); Best Screenplay (Ernest Thompson).
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formVideo recordings for the hearing impaired.
Publisher number13783 Artisan Home Entertainment

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