On Golden Pond

Continuity mistake: Watch kid drive Norman's power boat. He is at the steering wheel, and appears at the left and right side of the boat in the same scene.

Continuity mistake: When the boy is dropped off at the cabin, Ethel's sweater is zipped down. It goes to a close-up of her and the zipper is up. In the next shot, the zipper is down again.

Continuity mistake: When Norman is helping his wife uncover the furniture in the summer cabin, she hands him some sloppily rolled up sheets that drag the floor. The camera never leaves them, but for a few moments it zooms in and you don't see below their waists. When the camera zooms out again, the sheets in Norman's arms are all neatly rolled up.

Continuity mistake: When Norman and Billy have an accident with the boat, they cling to a rock in the water, waiting for help. At the beginning, Billy is to the left of Norman, but then Billy is on Norman's right, and then it goes back to the original.

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Visible crew/equipment: When the boy takes the boat out for a ride by himself and is riding it around in circles, you can clearly see the helicopter's shadow in the center of the circle.

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Billy Ray: So, I heard you turned 80 today.
Norman: Is that what you heard?
Billy Ray: Yeah. Man, that's really old.
Norman: You should meet my father.
Billy Ray: Your father's still alive?
Norman: No, but you should meet him.

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Trivia: Henry Fonda won the Best Actor Academy Award for his role of Norman Thayer. At the age of 76, Fonda became the oldest winner in the Best Actor category in Academy history (his record was broken in 2021 by Anthony Hopkins, who won at 83).

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