On Golden Pond [videorecording] /
an ITC Films/IPC Films production ; screenplay by Ernest Thompson ; produced by Bruce Gilbert ; directed by Mark Rydell.
- Special ed.
- [Santa Monica, Calif.] : Artisan Home Entertainment, [2003]
- 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
DVD release of the 1981 motion picture. Based on the play by Ernest Thompson. Region 1; widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. Special features include: Reflections on Golden Pond (documentary); commentary tracks by the writer and the director; Katherine Hepburn tribute documentary.
Director of photography, Billy Williams ; editor, Robert L. Wolfe ; music, David Grusin ; costume designer, Dorothy Jeakins ; production designer, Stephen Grimes ; special effects supervisor, Matthew Sweeney. Director of photography, Billy Williams ; editor, Robert L. Wolfe ; music, David Grusin ; costume designer, Dorothy Jeakins ; production designer, Stephen Grimes ; special effects supervisor, Matthew Sweeney.
Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman, William Lanteau, Christopher Rydell, Troy Garity.
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.
MPAA rating: PG.
DVD.
Closed-captioned. In English with optional English subtitles.
Academy Awards, USA, 1981: Best Actress (Katharine Hepburn); Best Actor (Henry Fonda); Best Screenplay (Ernest Thompson).