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).

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Aging--Drama.
Older people--Drama.
Intergenerational relations--Drama.
Family--Drama.


Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

CM DVD 00750

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