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On Golden Pond

Name: On Golden Pond
Director: Mark Rydell
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1981
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman

For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.

1981 · Directed by Mark Rydell · 109 min · Drama · Romance · 9 frames

Tagline

When life is at its finest... when love is at its fullest...

Crew

Screenplay: Ernest Thompson
Cinematography: Billy Williams
Edited by: Robert L. Wolfe
Music: Dave Grusin
Production design: Stephen B. Grimes
Produced by: Bruce Gilbert

Cast

Katharine Hepburn as Ethel Thayer
Henry Fonda as Norman Thayer Jr.
Jane Fonda as Chelsea Thayer Wayne
Doug McKeon as Billy Ray
Dabney Coleman as Bill Ray
William Lanteau as Charlie Martin
Christopher Rydell as Sumner Todd
Troy Garity as Young Boy on Jetty (uncredited)

Production

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Language: English
Studios: ITC Entertainment, IPC Films
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $119,285,432
Themes: daughter, lake, parent child relationship, son, based on play or musical, family relationships, family holiday, new england, family conflict, lake house

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