Katharine Hepburn
Ethel Thayer
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A family drama film starring Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda as an aging couple spending their summer on a lake. The film was based on a play by Ernest Thompson, who also wrote the screenplay, and won three Oscars, including Best Actor and Actress.
On Golden Pond: Directed by Mark Rydell. With Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon. Norman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea.
- (35K)
- Drama
- Mark Rydell
- 1982-02-12
The story of “On Golden Pond” begins with the arrival of an old, long-married couple (Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn) at the lakeside cottage where they have summered for many years. They know each other very well.
Cantankerous retiree Norman Thayer and his conciliatory wife, Ethel, spend summers at their New England vacation home on the shores of idyllic Golden Pond. This year, their adult daughter, Chelsea, visits with her new fiancée and his teenage son, Billy on their way to Europe.
On Golden Pond. BAFTA FILM AWARD® winner. In his final role, Henry Fonda plays Norman Thayer, a prickly retired professor who visits his Maine summer home with his loving wife Ethel (Hepburn). Soon, they are joined by their daughter Chelsea (Jane Fonda), her fiancé Bill, and his son Billy.
Cantankerous retiree Norman Thayer (Henry Fonda) and his conciliatory wife, Ethel (Katharine Hepburn), spend summers at their New England vacation home on the shores of idyllic...
- (44)
- Comedy, Drama
- PG
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The legendary Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn star in one of the 1980s' most honored and cherished films, On Golden Pond.
