On Golden Pond

1981 109 min ★ 7.3 Drama, Romance

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.

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Cast

Katharine Hepburn

Ethel Thayer

Henry Fonda

Norman Thayer Jr.

Jane Fonda

Chelsea Thayer Wayne

Doug McKeon

Billy Ray

Dabney Coleman

Bill Ray

William Lanteau

Charlie Martin

Christopher Rydell

Sumner Todd

Troy Garity

Young Boy on Jetty (uncredited)

Details

Director

Mark Rydell

Screenplay

Ernest Thompson

Tagline

"When life is at its finest... when love is at its fullest..."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$119,285,432

Production

IPC Films, ITC Entertainment

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

January 25, 2025

★ 7/10

Can you just imagine how 15 year old Doug McKeon must have felt when he was cast in a movie with one Hepburn, two Fonda's and almost twenty Oscar nominations between them? Well nervous as he must have been, he acquits himself confidently as "Billy" arrives with his dad (Dabney Coleman) and his new girlfriend "Chelsea" (Jane Fonda) who just happens to be the daughter of the curmudgeonly old "Norman...