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Opening Weekend: $89,213 (0.1% of total gross) Legs: 14.59 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) Domestic Share: 100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
- PG
- January 20th, 2015 by Shout Factory
- 109 minutes
- It’S Adapted from A 1979 Play
- Jane Fonda Optioned The Film Specifically For Her Father
- It Was The First Time Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn Had Ever Met
- Katharine Hepburn Performed All of Her Own Stunts
- The Hat Worn by Henry Fonda Once Belonged to Spencer Tracy
- The Water in The Lake Was Actually only Knee-Deep
- It Won Three Academy Awards from Ten Nominations
- It Ranks Among The AFI’s Top 100 Movie Quotes
On Golden Pond was written by Ernest Thompson, who adapted his own 1979 play of the same name to Oscar-winning effect – he even has a cameo in the film as speedboat driver. Thompson’s play ran for nearly 400 shows and saw Frances Sternhagen win a Tony for her performance as Ethel Thayer, the role Hepburn plays in the film. [rtk_adunit_top]
On Golden Pond of course stars Hollywood legend Henry Fonda in his last-ever acting performance, right alongside his real-life daughter Jane. Jane Fonda purchased the rights to Ernest Thompson’s play because she thought her father perfectly fit the role of Norman Thayer. She’s since claimed that the father-daughter relationship in the play is extre...
Both Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn had long and successful careers in Hollywood, starring in such legendary films as 12 Angry Men and Once Upon a Time in the West (for Fonda), and The Philadelphia Story and The African Queen (for Hepburn). But despite this – and despite sharing a number of friends, colleagues and acquaintances – the pair had ne...
Despite being 74 years old at the time of the film’s shoot, Katharine Hepburn performed all of her own stunts. While the movie isn’t exactly Mission: Impossible – Fallout, that really is a septuagenarian Hepburn diving into the pond! [rtk_adunit_top]
The hat worn by Henry Fonda in the film used to belong to Spencer Tracy, to whom Katharine Hepburn was married from 1941 until his death in 1967. The hat was given to Fonda by Hepburn as a present on the first day of shooting, and he was said to have been overwhelmed by the gift. [rtk_adunit_middle]
On Golden Pond was filmed at Squam lake in Holderness, New Hampshire, and filming the scene where Chelsea and Billy Ray are supposedly clinging onto rocks for dear life proved to be difficult. That’s because the water level in the lake was so low it only reached the actors’ knees! [rtk_adunit_bottom]
As well as being popular with critics and eventually becoming the second highest grossing film of 1981, On Golden Pond was also nominated for an impressive ten Academy Awards. It is one of the few films in history to be nominated for all ‘big five’ Oscars, and it eventually went home with three: Best Actor for Henry Fonda (making him the oldest eve...
Can you guess which of On Golden Pond’s lines made it on to American Film Institute’s ‘100 Years… 100 Movie Quotes’ list? It’s the touching moment when Ethel tells her troubled husband Norman: “Listen to me, mister, you’re my knight in shining armour. Don’t you forget it. You’re going to get back on that horse and I’m going to be right behind you, ...
Budget. $15 million [1] Box office. $119.3 million [2] On Golden Pond is a 1981 family drama film directed by Mark Rydell from a screenplay written by Ernest Thompson, adapted from his 1979 play of the same name. It stars Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda (in his final theatrical film), Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman and William Lanteau.
On Golden Pond (1981) On Golden Pond. (1981) Norman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy ...
Oct 5, 2023 · The main themes of On Golden Pond include family dynamics, aging, personal growth, and the power of love and forgiveness. On Golden Pond's enduring legacy continues inspiring generations, reminding us life's joys are ageless. Embrace the wisdom gained from aging gracefully, cherish family bonds that stand the test of time, and celebrate ...
Jan 15, 2024 · That is, until 1981 when, at the age of 76, starring in the last movie he made, he had a poignant performance that earned him his first and only Oscar, cementing his place as one of Hollywood's ...
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Jan 13, 2020 · On Golden Pond – 1981’s Unconventional Blockbuster. Since the first films crossed the $100 million mark in 1975, studios have had their hearts set on so-called blockbusters pad their bottom line. In 1981, after epics like Rocky and Star Wars continued to raise the bar, a very unusual blockbuster reached the mark with a story studios couldn ...
