On Golden Pond

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.

Visible crew/equipment: In the last scene, as the camera pulls away, the helicopter's shadow is visible on the surface of the lake.

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

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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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