On Golden Pond [videorecording]/

Resource Information

The work On Golden Pond [videorecording]/ represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

On Golden Pond [videorecording]/

Statement of responsibility

Lord Grade presents an ITC Films/IPC Films production ; a Mark Rydell film ; screenplay by Ernest Thompson ; produced by Bruce Gilbert ; directed by Mark Rydell

Creator

• On Golden Pond (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Grusin, Dave
• Garity, Troy
• trueHepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003
• Jeakins, Dorothy
• trueFonda, Jane, 1937-
• Lanteau, William, 1922-1993
• trueFonda, Henry, 1905-1982
• McKeon, Doug, 1966-
• Rydell, Christopher, 1963-
• Coleman, Dabney, 1932-
• Rydell, Mark, 1934-
• Wolfe, Robert L., 1928-1981
• trueSweeney, Matthew
• ITC Films (Firm)
• Thompson, Ernest, 1949-
• IPC Films (Firm)
• Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Williams, Billy, 1929-
• Grimes, Stephen
• Gilbert, Bruce, 1947-

Actor

• Lanteau, William, 1922-1993
• Garity, Troy
• trueHepburn, Katharine, 1907-2003
• trueFonda, Jane, 1937-
• Rydell, Christopher, 1963-
• Coleman, Dabney, 1932-
• trueFonda, Henry, 1905-1982
• McKeon, Doug, 1966-

Screenwriter

• Thompson, Ernest, 1949-

Author

• Thompson, Ernest, 1949-

Composer

• Grusin, Dave

Cinematographer

• Williams, Billy, 1929-

Director

• Rydell, Mark, 1934-

Film editor

• Wolfe, Robert L., 1928-1981

Producer

• Gilbert, Bruce, 1947-

Subject

• Drama
• Families
• Families -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• Intergenerational relations
• Intergenerational relations -- Drama
• Older people -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videodiscs
• Videos -- DVD
• Older people
• Aging
• Aging -- Drama
• Drama

Genre

• Film adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videodiscs
• Videos
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• trueDrama

Language

eng

Summary

Shows the conflicts between three generations of the Thayers. The 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 son, while the 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

Awards note

Academy Awards, USA, 1981: Best Actress (Katharine Hepburn); Best Actor (Henry Fonda); Best Screenplay (Ernest Thompson).

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Billy Williams ; editor, Robert L. Wolfe ; music, Dave Grusin ; costume designer, Dorothy Jeakins ; production designer, Stephen Grimes ; special effects supervisor, Matthew Sweeney

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG

Language note

Closed-captioned in English; optional English subtitles

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.O67 2003

PerformerNote

Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman, William Lanteau, Christopher Rydell, Troy Garity

Runtime

109

Technique

live action