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Before I typed the words On, Golden, and Pond into the search function, I would have bet the farm that there would be no matches...and I would have been a wealthy man, too.
This movie from 1981 was adapted from a play of the same name. What happened is that Jane Fonda received the advice from an usher at an event to check out this play on Broadway. She did, and immediately bought the movie rights. The only problem was who to get with it.
Katherine Hepburn was interested, but the hard part was getting Jane's father, Henry Fonda. Her and her father never had the greatest of relationships through the years (as did anyone except for Ted Turner with Jane), and she wanted to finally do a film with her father before his health took a major downward spiral. Ironically enough, part of the film focuses on Henry and Jane's character's difficult relationship as father and daughter, so much of the emotion and feeling is real life.
Henry Fonda had never won an Oscar to that point, and Hepburn and Fonda had won 3 and 2, respectively. Turns out Henry and Katherine each got the Acting Oscars for On Golden Pond, while Jane (who's really not in it much) was snubbed.
Henry Fonda's character (Norman) is far more intriguing and just flat-out humorous than Hepburn's character (Ethel). Henry does an excellent job of acting and was very well-deserving of any accolades he received as a result of this role. I thought Hepburn's character was forced and over-dramatic. Also, I heard that she started out as somewhat of a b*** when she first arrived on the set. Her being the legend and all. Nevermind the fact that Henry and Jane had put in 7 decades of film work between them.
I realize I told nothing about the movie except for the relationship between father and daughter - there's also a fiesty kid and Jane Fonda's boyfriend, that's about it for characters - but the story behind the story is what's really worth learning about. It makes the movie that much better.
This movie from 1981 was adapted from a play of the same name. What happened is that Jane Fonda received the advice from an usher at an event to check out this play on Broadway. She did, and immediately bought the movie rights. The only problem was who to get with it.
Katherine Hepburn was interested, but the hard part was getting Jane's father, Henry Fonda. Her and her father never had the greatest of relationships through the years (as did anyone except for Ted Turner with Jane), and she wanted to finally do a film with her father before his health took a major downward spiral. Ironically enough, part of the film focuses on Henry and Jane's character's difficult relationship as father and daughter, so much of the emotion and feeling is real life.
Henry Fonda had never won an Oscar to that point, and Hepburn and Fonda had won 3 and 2, respectively. Turns out Henry and Katherine each got the Acting Oscars for On Golden Pond, while Jane (who's really not in it much) was snubbed.
Henry Fonda's character (Norman) is far more intriguing and just flat-out humorous than Hepburn's character (Ethel). Henry does an excellent job of acting and was very well-deserving of any accolades he received as a result of this role. I thought Hepburn's character was forced and over-dramatic. Also, I heard that she started out as somewhat of a b*** when she first arrived on the set. Her being the legend and all. Nevermind the fact that Henry and Jane had put in 7 decades of film work between them.
I realize I told nothing about the movie except for the relationship between father and daughter - there's also a fiesty kid and Jane Fonda's boyfriend, that's about it for characters - but the story behind the story is what's really worth learning about. It makes the movie that much better.