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“On Golden Pond” Movie Trailer

Starring Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda. Directed by Mark Rydell. The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who have had a summer cottage there since early in their marriage. This summer their daughter Chelsea — whom they haven’t seen for

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And the Oscar Goes To…

Jerzy Kosiński presenting Ernest Thompson with the Oscar® for Best Adapted Screenplay for “On Golden Pond” at the 54th Academy Awards in 1982.  

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“Star 80” Movie Trailer

Starring Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, and Cliff Robertson. Based on the 1981 Pulitzer Prize-winning Village Voice article “Death of a Playmate” by Teresa Carpenter and directed by Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award winner Bob Fosse (“Cabaret,” “All That Jazz”), this is the gripping true story of Dorothy Stratten, a rising young star and Playboy Playmate of

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“Sweet Hearts Dance” Movie Clip

Starring Susan Sarandon, Don Johnson, Jeff Daniels and Elizabeth Perkins. Directed by Robert Greenwald. It’s Halloween, and New England contractor Wiley Boon, married to his high school sweetheart Sandra and the father of three children, feels smothered after fifteen years of the same routine and is facing a midlife crisis. His

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“1969” Movie Trailer

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Winona Ryder, Kiefer Sutherland, and Bruce Dern. Directed by Ernest Thompson. Two friends, Ralph and Scott live in a small-minded town at the onset of wide public dissatisfaction with the Vietnam war. While Scott’s brother enlists, he and Ralph are outspoken in their opposition to the war.

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“The Lies Boys Tell” Movie Trailer

Starring Kirk Douglas and Craig T. Nelson. Directed by Tom McGloughlin. Ed Reece (Kirk Douglas) is an old man with only a short time left to live, but while his family thinks he should stay in bed and go peacefully, Ed has very different ideas about how to spend his

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“The West Side Waltz” Movie Trailer

Starring Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, Kathy Bates, and Jennifer Grey. Directed by Ernest Thompson. Margaret keeps her neighbors at a distance and avoids contact except with Cara. She enjoys her company just for making music since Cara plays the violin accompanying Margaret at the piano. Because of her arthritis she accepts

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“Next Stop Wonderland” Movie Trailer

Starring Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Holland Davis and Alan Gelfant. Directed by Brad Anderson. The critically acclaimed romantic comedy of the year, NEXT STOP WONDERLAND is a lighthearted story about a man and a woman who seem destined to be together…and the hilarious chain of accidents that seem determined to keep

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Community Filmmaking

DIRECTOR FINDS NEW HAMPSHIRE IS PERFECT SPOT FOR MAKING MOVIE, TEACHING AND FILMMAKING by George Pelletier ~ There are few erudite men who couldn’t be less intrigued by the Hollywood propaganda machine than award-winning writer and director Ernest Thompson.   Huddled in New Hampton with a roster of Boston actors,

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Films and Plays, Oh, My

PLAYWRIGHT ERNEST THOMPSON PREMIERES NEW FILM by Leigh Sharps ~ NEW HAMPTON — Playwright Ernest Thompson’s name seems to be everywhere this summer, with his Oscar-winning play (and movie) “On Golden Pond” shining brightly on the stage in Laconia. Thompson, for the first time, is playing the mailman, ‘Charlie,’ in

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A Hollywood Filmmaker

HEAVENLY ANGLE by Ernest Thompson ~ People often ask where stories come from and I don’t always know but in the case of HEAVENLY ANGLE, I do: Twenty years ago, I moved to New Hampshire, where we shot my movie ON GOLDEN POND. I raised my kids here and, with

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Two Films, Two Festivals

TOO MAGICAL TO MENTION by Ernest Thompson ~ If you made the drive this summer from the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, where my movie ON GOLDEN POND was shot, across to Waterville, Maine, then down to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, you’d be tracing the mythical journey Whitebridge Farm Productions has

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Festival Centerpiece

MAINE FILM FESTIVAL TO RUN GAMUT FROM HOLLYWOOD TO HOMEGROWN by Amy Calder ~ WATERVILLE — The Maine International Film Festival, which starts July 12, draws a flurry of excitement during its 10-day run as thousands of film enthusiasts from all over the world gather at both Railroad Square Cinema

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What’s on Tap?

WHAT’S ON TAP AT THIS YEAR’S WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL by Loren King ~   New England is well represented, on the screen and behind the camera, in the 22d annual Woods Hole Film Festival. Running this Saturday through Aug. 3, the oldest film festival on Cape Cod, which has

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A Valentine to New Hampshire

ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING WRITER ERNEST THOMPSON Interview with Rob Caldwell ~ Anchor Rob Caldwell talks Academy Award winner Ernest Thompson, author of “On Golden Pond,” about his latest movie TIME AND CHARGES, premiering at the Maine International Film Festival on July 16. Thompson will also offer a workshop on adapting life into

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Writing Workshop

SCREENWRITER OF ‘ON GOLDEN POND’ LEADS TALK AT WATERVILLE WORKSHOP by Jesse Scardina ~ WATERVILLE — Academy Award winner Ernest Thompson is no stranger to stars. At 32 years old, Thompson worked with Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda. He has directed Robert Downey Jr. and acted alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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A Great Film

WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL: GREAT FILMS COMING TO TOWN by Mindy Todd ~ The Woods Hole Film Festival starts this week. Mindy Todd talks about some of the films being screened at the event with guests on The Point: Tim Miller, features editor at the Cape Cod Times; and Rebecca

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Woods Hole Film Festival

WORLD PREMIERE Don’t miss your chance to see the World Premiere of Ernest Thompson’s new film, HEAVENLY ANGLE, this Thursday, August 1 at 7:00 pm, followed by a Q&A with Ernest. Ernest will also be teaching a writing workshop on Friday, August 2 at 11:00 am and at 7:00 pm he

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Film Premiere

MIFF WEAVES FESTIVAL WITH THREADS OF REFLECTION, RESTORATION AND THE FRESHEST MATERIALS TO BE FOUND by Carol Patton ~ This year once again the Maine International Film Festival created a giant interwoven puzzle to be enjoyed piece by piece by everyone who made the trek to Waterville. For ten days

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Open Auditions/Interviews

WHITEBRIDGE FARM’S SECRET PROJECT IS…a secret (shhh) You have secrets, too, and we want to hear them. SUNDAY, MAY 19 from 1:30 – 4:30 pm 83 Hanover Street, 3rd floor, Manchester, NH The subject is LOVE and DATING. Whatever your age, marital status, sexual persuasion and level of optimism, cynicism,

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