On Golden Pond

On Golden Pond (1981)

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Norman: You like that word, don't you? Bullshit.
Billy Ray: Yeah.
Norman: It's a good word.

Bill Ray: Well, how does it feel to turn eighty?
Norman: Twice as bad as it did turning forty.

Ethel: That son of a bitch happens to be my husband.

Norman: "Ethel Thayer." It sounds like I'm lisping, doesn't it?

Ethel: Come here, Norman. Hurry up. The loons! The loons! They're welcoming us back.

Ethel: You know, Norman, you really are the sweetest man in the world, but I'm the only one who knows it.

Norman: There's someone at the door.
Ethel: It's me, you old poop.

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.

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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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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