On Golden Pond (Special Edition) |  | Director: Mark Rydell
Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  108 reviews
Sales Rank: 1137
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 012236147817
UPC: 012236147817
EAN: 0012236147817
ASIN: B0000JBALO
Theatrical Release Date: January 22, 1982
Release Date: December 16, 2003
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Old folks make peace with their daughter in Maine.
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Writer Ernest Thompson, who came up with the original stage play of On Golden Pond and adapted it for film, is lucky to have two giants of the screen give dignity and breadth to his sometimes trite dialogue. Henry Fonda, in his last role, plays a prickly English professor at the disagreeable age of 80. Visiting his summer house by a Maine lake with his wife (Katharine Hepburn), the old man forges an unlikely bond with a lonely boy, comes to terms with his daughter (Jane Fonda), and suffers disorienting effects of mild dementia. Even playing a tired old man, Fonda is an absolute lion of a movie star, and Hepburn brings her special spirit to the part of his worried bride. The onscreen relationship between Henry and Jane Fonda naturally makes one think about their much-discussed difficulties offscreen, but that's a side benefit in a movie that is really just a celebration of simple human decency. Directed by Mark Rydell (Harry and Walter Go to New York). --Tom Keogh
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Writer Ernest Thompson, who came up with the original stageplay of On Golden Pond and adapted it for film, is lucky to have two giants of the screen give dignity and breadth to his sometimes trite dialogue. Henry Fonda, in his last role, plays a prickly English professor at the disagreeable age of 80. Visiting his summer house by a Maine lake with his wife (Katharine Hepburn), the old man forges an unlikely bond with a lonely boy, comes to terms with his daughter (Jane Fonda), and suffers disorienting effects of mild dementia. Even playing a tired old man, Fonda is an absolute lion of a movie star, and Hepburn brings her special spirit to the part of his worried bride. The onscreen relationship between Henry and Jane Fonda naturally makes one think about their much-discussed difficulties offscreen, but that's a side benefit in a movie that is really just a celebration of simple human decency. Directed by Mark Rydell (Harry and Walter Go to New York). --Tom Keogh
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 On Golden Pond May 13, 2010
Louise Kane
Good delivery service. Excellent merchandise, as described.
Thank you, Louise Kane
"Come here, Norman. Hurry up. The loons! The loons! They're welcoming us back." April 28, 2010
Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In the early '70s, Henry Fonda and daughter Jane hoped to appear together with Jane's brother Peter in a Revolutionary War drama, but that project never came to fruition. ON GOLDEN POND was in hindsight a final chance for two members of this talented family to make a picture together, and what a film it is!
Kate Hepburn, who clearly manifests the Essential Tremor (not Parkinson's) that had afflicted her for many years, won a fourth and final Best Actress Oscar here, and Henry matched her with his first (and only) Best Actor statuette. (NOTE: neither were at the Awards ceremonies that night.)
Jane was nominated as well, for a limited supporting role that she is quite good in. Her crucial final scenes with dad get emotional and the viewer feels these two aren't acting as much as truly relating to each other. It's a rare privilege to share such an intimate moment with two superlative performers who just happen to be blood relations.
Hepburn, like the younger Fonda, is somewhat peripheral to a male-bonding story of her "old poop" and the 12-year-old son of Jane's fiancé (Dabney Coleman). The role of Billy Ray Jr. surely is Doug McKeon's best work. Billy and the naturally aloof Norman Thayer (Fonda) spar at first but find common ground (both are 'junior's and they favor a certain 8 letter word for cow manure). Ultimately these two become the closest of friends in a quest to land the lake's legendary "whopper" fish. There's genuine drama here when a boating accident occurs and both are violently thrown from their wrecked craft.
ON GOLDEN POND is in the end about resolution and acceptance: of the elderly for an uncertain future, of a long-married couple who love each other more than they openly express, of a father and daughter who've been estranged for far too long, and of an alienated boy who comes to grips with a new "mom" in his life (one that at age 43 is a knockout in a bikini!), and who finds in that woman's father a kind and accepting friend.
Quality movies like this are so very rare. Don't miss it!
 Poor picture quality March 13, 2010
Mark Thomas (Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of these poor quality picture transfers to DVD. For excellent quality purchase the European Region 2 version.
On Golden Pond February 11, 2010
Mary Leighton
I got exactly what I ordered. It was delivered in days. No problems!
On Golden Pond January 6, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Old curmudgeon, Norman Thayer and his wife Ethel have spent their summers at their cottage on Golden Pond for many years. But this summer their daughter, whom they haven't seen in years feels that she must be there for what may be Norman's last birthday. On Golden Pond is an excellent movie about family and growing older. Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn give Oscar-calibur performances. The chemistry and dynamics between the characters make this movie unforgettable. I would definately recommend this movie to anyone.
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