Cinematic background from On Golden Pond 1981 - For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man and a boy standing in front of a house; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A young man with long hair and a plaid shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – Two people are sitting in a boat on the water; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man wearing a hat and glasses; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older woman looking off into the distance with trees in the background; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – Two young men leaning against a metal box; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man wearing a hat and glasses; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older woman holding an umbrella while sitting in a boat; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man sitting on a boat on the water; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man and a younger woman touching each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man and a woman standing on a dock; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A woman sitting on a wooden gazebo on the shore of a lake; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A group of people sitting at a table playing a board game; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – The sun is setting over a body of water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older woman wearing a hat looking up at the sky; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man sitting on the back of a boat with a woman; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man and a boy in a living room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man and a woman fishing on a boat; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A group of people sitting on a boat in the water; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man sitting on a boat with a young boy; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man and a woman standing on a boat in the water holding an umbrella; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – Two women embracing each other in front of a tree; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man and a woman sitting in a boat on the water; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man and woman in a boat on the water; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man and a woman standing on a pier; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older woman wearing a brown hat and a trench coat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – Two people are in a canoe on a lake; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A woman standing on a dock next to a canoe; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man and a woman sitting on a boat under an umbrella; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man and woman looking through binoculars; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A group of people sitting around a table with a cake; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man and a woman standing next to a child; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A young woman with long brown curly hair posing for the camera; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man and a woman on a boat in the water; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A boy sitting on a couch in a living room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A young man standing in front of some trees; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man standing on a board in the middle of a lake; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A woman looking through binoculars while wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A woman in a red bathing suit standing next to a body of water; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man and a younger woman in a row boat; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man and a woman sitting in a boat on a lake; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A young man with blonde hair and a checkered shirt; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A person wearing a blue jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man sitting in a chair reading a book; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A motorboat speeds across a body of water near a dock; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – Two men are in a boat on the water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man in a straw hat rides in a boat on a lake; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older woman sitting on a boat holding an umbrella; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older woman is hugging a younger woman; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – Two women are talking to each other in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older woman wearing a white sweater and a blue jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man standing in front of a mirror in front of a woman; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A small boat in the middle of a lake; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man in a plaid shirt and a black tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A woman and a man hugging in a wooded area; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man and a woman are in a boat on the water; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man and a woman riding a boat on a lake; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A woman sitting in the driver's seat of a red car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man wearing glasses and a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A group of people sitting around a table; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man with a gray beard wearing a tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man and a woman sitting on a wooden boat; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older woman smiling for the camera in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man kissing a woman's cheek outside; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man and a young boy in front of a fireplace; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A group of people sitting around a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – Two people sitting on a bed holding boxes; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A person in a boat on a body of water at night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A person on a boat in the middle of a lake; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older woman is sitting in front of a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man wearing a hat and clapping hands; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A man standing on a dock in the middle of a lake; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A woman in a boat waving at the camera; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man holding a fishing pole in his hands; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – An older man sitting in a chair in front of a lamp; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “On Golden Pond” (1981), directed by Mark Rydell – A group of people standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle