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BY DOUG BELL
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Reviewing On Golden si
Pond poses a problem: how A
could any thinking, feeling d
film lover find the gall to r<
write an uncomplimentary rr
remark about Henry Fonda b<
or Katharine Hepburn? tr
What's the use of nit-picking tt
in light of the dozen or so id
screen masterpieces Hank w
and Kate have given us? tr
Don't we owe them too ai
much? vi
As it turns out, there is no lo
reason to worry. Fonda and w
Hepburn are professionals
first and sentimental icons hf
later. They turn in in- th
telligent, full-bodied per- de
formances that imply craft so
rather than magic. w;
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Ethel (Katharine Hepbur
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Still, there are moments
hen Miss Hepburn, playing
hat is for her a humdrum
jpportive part, overdoes it.
nd some of Fonda's
eliciouslv
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smacks are delivered too
lechanically. I feel it is
etter to mention even these
ifling faults than to ignore
lem in favor of the blind
lolization that turns hardorking
actors and acesses
into celluloid gods
id goddesses who, by
irtue of their sheer
ngevity, are capable of no
rong.
And right on the other
md, cinema is a medium
at is innately inclined to
iify its photogenic pernalities.
It is impossible to
atch On Golden Pond and
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On Golden Pond's su
ject? the aging and ii
minent death of a man \
come to know and like
intensifies the sentiment
connection between us ai
two stars we have known ai
rooted for and trusted all oi
lives.
All of the movie's faul
can be traced to what Mi:
Hepburn's friend ar
teacher, George Cuko
unfailing calls "the text." C
Golden Pond, originally
stage play by Erne:
Thompson, is a coi
ventional, predictable stor
concerning an old on-th<
surface grouch, Norma
Thayer (Fonda), who
bitterly aware and afraid <
his advancing age. Whil
vacationing with his ei
during, encouraging wif
Ethel (Hepburn) on thei
idyllic summer lake home
he is joined by Chelsea (Jan
Fonda), his long estrange
daughter, for th
"celebration" of his 80t
birthday. Chelsea bring
along her current boyfrienc
Bill (Dabney Coleman),
divorced dentist, and his so
Billy (Doug McKeon).
Despite the speed boating
thf1 trmit f ichinrf
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the diving drills, the movi<
never shakes off it
staginess. The actioi
develops with a simplistt
ease that is largely ur
convincing: Norman an*
Chelsea reunite but are stil
unable to communicate
Chelsea and Bill leave littl
Billy with the old folks whil
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in they travel; little Billy, b>
's degrees and quite predic
tably, helps to soften up the
'e old man's disposition and is
indirectly responsible for the
e reconciliation of father and
>r daughter. Mark Ilydell
directs this cozy concoction
e with perfunctory
d proficiency.
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h What the plot lacks in
;s cleverness and subtlety,
1, however, is compensated for
a in good acting. Of course the
ii casting 01 Henry's real-life
daughter Jane as Norman's
film daughter Chelsea intensifies
the intimacy of the
i drama. Though there are a
e lot of tears in this movie, the
s emotion is never maudlin,
n On the contrary, the weeping
c seems very deeply felt and is
i- undeniably convincing. On
d Golden Pond is not Henry's
II or Katharine's or Jane's best
; film? not by a long shot, but
e it makes me feel closer to
e them than ever before.
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Organizations, Co-Spons<
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contact your South Can
Arts Coordinator at 758-34
Auditions for the Palm*
Jan. 31, Feb. 7, Feb. 14 ;
also being formed: the Ca
high team and the "Hoote
a show group.
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