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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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Ernest Thompson Receiving Academy Awards

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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A Live TV Event

JULIE ANDREWS AND CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER REUNITE FOR TV’S ‘ON GOLDEN POND,’ LIVE, APRIL 29 by Kenneth Jones ~ When the beloved play, On Golden Pond, gets a live CBS television presentation with “The Sound of Music” alums Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer April 29, executive producer Craig Anderson promises the senior couple

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Andrews and Plummer Together Again

by Barbara Vancheri, Post-Gazette Staff Writer ~ When someone proposed that Christopher Plummer reunite with Julie Andrews in a production of “On Golden Pond,” he was adamant: Thanks, but no thanks. He had not seen a script but he remembered the sentimental 1981 movie starring Oscar winners Henry Fonda and

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In ‘Golden’ Times

COVER STORY by Susan King, Times staff writer ~ There is a genuine warmth, affection and playfulness between Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer as they relax in Plummer’s dressing room at CBS Television City in Los Angeles. The two have just completed a long day’s rehearsal for a new production

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On Golden Pond Live CBS Interview with Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer

On Golden Pond CBS Early Show Interview

This 2001 television adaptation of the play ON GOLDEN POND, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, originally aired on April 29, 2001 and was promoted as a live television event. Directed by the Academy Award-winning writer Ernest Thompson and filmed on a sound stage in Los Angeles, CA, Julie Andrews and

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All-Black Broadway “On Golden Pond”

Broadway.com meets the cast and creators of the 2005 Broadway revival of “On Golden Pond” which played the Cort Theatre. Interviews with James Earl Jones (“Norman Thaylor, Jr.”), Leslie Uggams (“Ethel Thaylor”), Linda Powell (“Chelsea Thaylor Wayne”), Peter Francis James (“Bill Ray”), playwright Ernest Thompson and director Leonard Foglia.  

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James Earl Jones and Leslie Uggams on ‘Golden Pond’

The 2005 Tony Awards will air Sunday. James Earl Jones has been nominated for best actor for his role in the Broadway play On Golden Pond. His leading lady is acting veteran Leslie Uggams. The two portray an elderly couple who visit their summer home in Maine and deal with a

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Carly Simon Dances On Golden Pond

When Ernest Thompson wrote The Father Daughter Dance for the first ever time that he directed his own play, On Golden Pond, he wanted the song to have a ‘Carly Simon sound.’  Whom better to ask, he thought, than the rock goddess herself?  Ernest sent the lyric; Carly sent back

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On a Day in the Spring

NATALIE MACMASTER JOINS JOE DELEAULT AND PLAYWRIGHT ERNEST THOMPSON ON GOLDEN POND ‘On a day in the spring,’ this song starts. ‘When the wind blows strong, you might feel it again, that ageless bond that keeps drawing you home where your heart belongs, in the life that you’d known On

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Back Where It All Began

“ON GOLDEN POND” RETURNS TO SQUAM LAKE by Sam Evans-Brown ~ Even though it’s been thirty years since the film was released, businesses and residents around Squam Lake haven’t forgotten about On Golden Pond. And the screenplay’s writer, Ernest Thompson, hasn’t forgotten about Squam Lake. As NHPR correspondent Sam Evans-Brown

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A Personal Invitation

ERNEST THOMPSON: BACK WHERE IT ALL BEGAN by Liberty Independent Media Project ~ Playwright Ernest Thompson talks about the latest production of his play “On Golden Pond,” being performed on stage in Laconia, NH — and he takes on the role of Charlie the Mailman. A personal invitation to see

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Theatre On Golden Pond

ERNEST THOMPSON DISCUSSES “ON GOLDEN POND” by Doug “VB” Goudie ~ Ernest Thompson stopped by the Beacon Hill Studio to discuss his play “On Golden Pond.”       Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston

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Author Plays the Mailman

PLAYWRIGHT HAS ROLE IN LOCAL ‘ON GOLDEN POND’ PRODUCTION by Paula Tracy ~ Ernest Thompson of New Hampton, who wrote the award-winning American classic “On Golden Pond,” is playing Charlie the Mailman and directing a production of his play, which opened Tuesday night in Laconia. Thompson, whose internationally known play

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Perfect Travel Plan

ROAD TRIP – ON GOLDEN POND by The South Coast Insider|South Coast Prime Times ~ Laconia, NH is about a 2½ hour trip from most points on the South Coast area. My wife and I made the trip on Saturday to a place called Pitman’s Freight Room in downtown Laconia.

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Author Takes the Stage

ACADEMY-AWARD WINNER PLAYWRIGHT TAKES THE STAGE by the Associated Press ~ CONCORD, N.H.—New Hampshire playwright Ernest Thompson, who took an Oscar for the screen adaptation of “On Golden Pond” three decades ago, is playing a character in his award-winning creation for the first time. Thompson plays Charlie the mailman in

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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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On Golden Pond Music

LICENSING AVAILABLE Now theatres have an opportunity to heighten the emotional experience with music written by Ernest, along with the legendary Carly Simon, world-renowned fiddler Natalie MacMaster, and internationally-acclaimed composer Joe Deleault. Ernest is forever gratified to have theatres give his American classic “On Golden Pond” a home and hopes your

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En el Estanque Dorado

SPANISH TOUR Opening for the first time in Spain in Madrid on December 28, 2013, this production of EN EL ESTANQUE DORADO (ON GOLDEN POND) will tour into 2015. Directed by Magüi Look and starring Lola Herrera and Hector Alterio on stage together for the first time, along with Light Valdenebro, Camilo Rodriguez and Mariano

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On Golden Pond ~ Thru June 2014

DUTCH PRODUCTION Touring through June 2014, this nationwide sensation stars Bram van der Vlugt and Jenny Arean, on stage for the first time together, with Saskia Temmink and Has Drijver. Translation by Paul van Vliet. Presented by Niehe Van Lambaart Theaterproducties. For more information about this productions, click here.      

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