On Golden Pond
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On Golden Pond is a 1981 film directed by Mark Rydell. The movie is an adaptation of Ernest Thompson's play and focuses on the joys and pains of aging. It stars Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn as a long-married couple, with Jane Fonda playing their daughter. Both Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn received Academy Awards for their performances in the film, which was a significant critical and commercial success.12
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Henry FondaLater workâŠin his last feature film, On Golden Pond, playing a cantankerous husband and father during what may be his final summer. The dramedy costarred Katharine Hepburn and Jane Fonda and was a critical and commercial success. For the role, Henry finally won an Academy Award as best actor. Also inâŠ
Read MoreâŠin his last feature film, On Golden Pond, playing a cantankerous husband and father during what may be his final summer. The dramedy costarred Katharine Hepburn and Jane Fonda and was a critical and commercial success. For the role, Henry finally won an Academy Award as best actor. Also inâŠ
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Jane FondaâŠKatharine Hepburn in the film On Golden Pond. Fondaâs other movies in the 1980s included Agnes of God (1985) and The Morning After (1986).
Read MoreâŠKatharine Hepburn in the film On Golden Pond. Fondaâs other movies in the 1980s included Agnes of God (1985) and The Morning After (1986).
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Katharine HepburnLater films and TV rolesâŠan unprecedented fourth Oscar for On Golden Pond (1981), about long-married New Englanders (Hepburn and Henry Fonda). Her 12 Academy Award nominations also set a record, which stood until 2003, when it was broken by Meryl Streep.
Read MoreâŠan unprecedented fourth Oscar for On Golden Pond (1981), about long-married New Englanders (Hepburn and Henry Fonda). Her 12 Academy Award nominations also set a record, which stood until 2003, when it was broken by Meryl Streep.
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