On Golden Pond (Special Edition)

Starring:Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman, William Lanteau, Christopher Rydell, Troy Garity
Director: Mark Rydell
Studio: Lions Gate
Product Type: DVD

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For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer On Golden Pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years. Norman must find his way through his anger and fear of growing old, while Chelsea struggles to rebuild their relationship. Ethel's consistent support of her "knight in shining armor" is inspirational in its simplicity. This is a movie to ponder and always keep in your heart.

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Starring: Dabney Coleman, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Katherine Hepburn, William Lanteau, and Doug McKeon.
Directed By: Mark Rydell.
Running Time: 105 Min., Color.
This film is presented in "Widescreen" format.
Copyright 2003 Artisan Entertainment.

Format: DVD MOVIE

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Writer Ernest Thompson, who came up with the original stage play of On Golden Pond and adapted it for film, is lucky to have two giants of the screen give dignity and breadth to his sometimes trite dialogue. Henry Fonda, in his last role, plays a prickly English professor at the disagreeable age of 80. Visiting his summer house by a Maine lake with his wife (Katharine Hepburn), the old man forges an unlikely bond with a lonely boy, comes to terms with his daughter (Jane Fonda), and suffers disorienting effects of mild dementia. Even playing a tired old man, Fonda is an absolute lion of a movie star, and Hepburn brings her special spirit to the part of his worried bride. The onscreen relationship between Henry and Jane Fonda naturally makes one think about their much-discussed difficulties offscreen, but that's a side benefit in a movie that is really just a celebration of simple human decency. Directed by Mark Rydell (Harry and Walter Go to New York). --Tom Keogh

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On Golden Pond Video.......2007-05-13

The video was perfect...actually improved visually from original movie. Product arrived as promised...Met expectations.

On Golden Pond (Special Edition).......2007-04-11

A keeper. Buy it. Make your kids and grandchildren watch it.

One film too many for Fonda.......2007-02-17

As I near 70 years of age, I did not like to see Henry
Fonda do this role. I prefer to remember Fonda as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, The Ox-Bow Incident, Twelve Angry Men, Fort Apache or any of his marrvelous performances. Yes, we all grow old and die.The one redeeming feature of this film is that Jane Fonda at that time still had a great body. As for Hepburn, she was all right. Unfortunately, she nagged Spencer Tracy to also appear in his last movie, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? At the time that movie came out, Mort Sahl made the comment, "What would have happened if she asked Stokley Carmichael to dinner?" Sorry for getting onto the wrong film, but while I am at it, I thought the latest Titanic, with its multimillion dollar budget was bested by a 1950's version made in England with a budget of about $52. The love story between Leonardo and his twist could have taken place on a bait boat in San Pedro.

Golden Years/Golden Pond.......2007-01-10

My parents are in their 80's and asked for a copy of this. They're both facing life threatening illnesses, and they loved seeing a movie about people who had been together as long as they had. It's a wonderful portrayal of love and the ravages of age.

Digital viewing of a great movie.......2007-01-03

Digital viewing of a great movie was added to my library.

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On Golden Pond
Starring: Katharine Hepburn , Henry Fonda , Jane Fonda , Doug McKeon , and Dabney Coleman
Director: Mark Rydell
Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
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On Golden Pond/Sophie's Choice
Starring: Meryl Streep , Kevin Kline , Peter MacNicol , Rita Karin , and Stephen D. Newman
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Release Date: 2001-10-23

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On Golden Pond
Writer Ernest Thompson, who came up with the original stage play of On Golden Pond and adapted it for film, is lucky to have two giants of the screen give dignity and breadth to his sometimes trite dialogue. Henry Fonda, in his last role, plays a prickly English professor at the disagreeable age of 80. Visiting his summer house by a Maine lake with his wife (Katharine Hepburn), the old man forges an unlikely bond with a lonely boy, comes to terms with his daughter (Jane Fonda), and suffers disorienting effects of mild dementia. Even playing a tired old man, Fonda is an absolute lion of a movie star, and Hepburn brings her special spirit to the part of his worried bride. The onscreen relationship between Henry and Jane Fonda naturally makes one think about their much-discussed difficulties offscreen, but that's a side benefit in a movie that is really just a celebration of simple human decency. --Tom Keogh

Sophie's Choice
The sunny streets of Brooklyn, just after World War II. A young would-be writer named Stingo (Peter MacNicol) shares a boarding house with beautiful Polish immigrant Sophie (Meryl Streep) and her tempestuous lover, Nathan (Kevin Kline); their friendship changes his life. This adaptation of the bestselling novel by William Styron is faithful to the point of being reverential, which is not always the right way to make a film come to life. But director Alan J. Pakula (All the President's Men) provides a steady, intelligent path into the harrowing story of Sophie, whose flashback memories of the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp form the backbone of the movie. Streep's exceptional performance--flawless Polish accent and all--won her an Oscar, and effectively raised the standard for American actresses of her generation. No less impressive is Kevin Kline, in his movie debut, capturing the mercurial moods of the dangerously attractive Nathan. The two worlds of Sophie's Choice, nostalgic Brooklyn and monstrous Europe, are beautifully captured by the gifted cinematographer Néstor Almendros, whose work was Oscar-nominated but didn't win. It should have. --Robert Horton

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ON GOLDED POND: For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer ON GOLDEN POND is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea (JANE FONDA) arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years. Norman (HENRY FONDA) must find his way through his anger and fear of growing old, while Chelsea struggles to rebuild their relationship. Ethel's (KATHERINE HEPBURN) consistent support of her "knight in shining armor" is inspirational in its simplicity. This is a movie to ponder and always keep in your heart. SOPHIE'S CHOICE: Screen-favorite Meryl Streep received an Academy Award ® for her portrayal of Sophie Zawistowska in this penetrating drama set in 1947 post-World War II Brooklyn. Kevin Kline plays her all-consuming lover, Nathan. The story revolves around Sophie's struggle as a Polish-Catholic immigrant in the United States who had survived a Nazi concentration camp. The lovers' drama unfolds through the observations of a friend and would-be writer, Stingo (Peter MacNicol). As the trio grows closer, Stingo discovers the hidden truths that they each harbor, resulting in a narrative that is both captivating and moving.

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Starring: Katharine Hepburn , Henry Fonda , Jane Fonda , Doug McKeon , and Dabney Coleman
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Limited Issue Of ALL Of Four Oscar Winning Performances Of The Legendary Katherine Hepburn.

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