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Summary:
There's little that happens in On Golden Pond that isn't thoroughly predictable from the start, but the film is blessed with so much star power, charm and honest sentiment that everyone in the audience is willing to ignore the cliches and go the distance. In his last film, Henry Fonda plays Norman Thayer, a cranky 80-year-old retired professor, making his annual pilgrimage with his... Full Summary >>

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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)
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Review:
As America staggered out of its post-Vietnam Carter-era late-'70's numbness, films became one of the means to healing the country's psychic wounds. Consequently, 1981's On Golden Pond became one of a string of films anchored by the generational theme of parent-child rapprochement. One of the things that set this film apart from its contempora... Continue >>

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