On Golden Pond
Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn play an aging married couple, Norman and Ethel Thayer, spending a dramatic summer in the woods. Their estranged daughter (Jane Fonda) drops by to wish her father a happy birthday then disappears leaving her fiance's son for them to watch. Henry Fonda's last film garnered three Oscars; Best Actor for him, Best Actress for Hepburn and Best Screenplay Adaptation.
Year: 1981
Genre: Drama, Alice's Playhouse, Golden Globe - Drama, Dysfunctional Families
Country: USA
Director: Mark Rydell
Starring: Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman
Duration: 105 Minutes
Rating: PG - Contains coarse language.
7.7/10
Location in store: Drama
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