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On Golden Pond

On Golden Pond

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 29, 2001

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

User Score

90%

Original Title

On Golden Pond

Production Companies

Craig Anderson Productions, CBS Productions

Director

Ernest Thompson

Description

Character-driven story about an elderly man coming to terms with his age, and the nearing of death; a middle-aged woman attempting to enter into a father-daughter relationship with her dad, whom she has never known closely; and a young teenager dealing with parental divorce. Ethel and Norman Thayer are an old couple living "On Golden Pond". Their daughter, Chelsea, is 42 years old, and has never been married. She is dating a 45 year old dentist, and brings him up to Golden Pond to meet her parents. Her boyfriend, Bill, has a 14 year old son named Billy, who comes along. Young Billy has been virtually raised by his mother, who is newly divorced from his father. The troubled child is left with the elderly Thayers for some time, as his father and Chelsea take off for a tour of Europe.