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On Golden Pond
Family tensions explode for a loving couple, Ethel and Norman Thayer (Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda in Academy Award winning performance) at their New England summer cabin on Golden Pond. Their daughter Chelsea (Jane Fonda) has come to visit with her new lover Bill (Dabney Coleman) and his tough young son, Billy (Doug McKeon).
The three generations collide. But what begins as a stubborn battle of wills between Norman and Billy slowly turns into a relationship that Chelsea always wanted with her father and Norman discovers how much he has missed by denying his daughter's love.
African Queen
The boozing, smoking, cussing captain of a tramp steamer, Charlie Allnut, saves prim and proper Rose Sayer after her brother is killed by German soldiers at the beginning of World War I in Africa. Many quarrels later, the two set sail on the Ulonga-Bora in order to sabotage a German ship.
Based on the 1935 novel by C.S. Forester, the wonderful combination of Hepburn and Bogart makes this a thoroughly enjoyable blend of comedy and adventure.
The Iron Petticoat
A US Air Force captain forces down a Russian MIG, only to be confronted by a Russian fighter ace. The Captain is tasked with converting her to capitalism.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Truly magnificent,
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This review is from: Katharine Hepburn Collection - On Golden Pond/African Queen/Iron Petticoat/Clive James Interview [DVD] (DVD)
On golden pond (1982)
Norman and Ethel Thayer (Hank and Kate) are at the end of their lives (Great line: Ethel: "I met this nice middle age couple just like us." Norman: "Ethel we're not middle aged. Middle aged refers to the middle third of your life. You're old, I'm ancient."). They are spending their summer at their cabin. When their daughter Chelsea (Jane Fonda) arrives for a visit with her new boyfriend (Dabney Coleman), she springs a surprise on them. She wants Norman and Ethel to take care of Bill, jr. while she and Bill, sr. go to Europe. At first, things don't go well but Norman bonds with Billy and Billy gives Norman a new focus on life. When Chelsea returns, it's time for her and Norman to mend fences. This is a fine film that examines relationships at the end of life and mending the broken fences The African Queen (1952) At the start of World War 1, German imperial troops burn down Reverend Samuel Sayer's mission in Africa. He is overtaken with disappointment and passes away. Shortly after his well-educated, snooty sister Rose Sayer (Hepburn) buries her brother, she must leave on the only available transport, a tired river steamboat The African Queen manned by the ill-mannered bachelor, Charlie Allnut (Bogart). Together they embark on a long difficult journey, without any comfort. Rose grows determined to assist in the British war effort and presses Charlie until he finally agrees and together they steam up the Ulana encountering an enemy fort, raging rapids, bloodthirsty parasites and endlessly branching stream which always seem to lead them to what appear to be impenetrable swamps. Despite opposing personalities, the two grow closer to each other and ultimately carry out their plan to take out a German warship. Iron Petticoat Captain Vinka Kovelenko (Kate Hepburn) defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Major Chuck Lockwood (Bob Hope) gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, they fall in love, but there's still the KGB, which doesn't like the idea of having a defected Russian officer running around in London. A wonderful boxset, a gem in everyone's collection!
5 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
katharine hepburn collection,
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This review is from: Katharine Hepburn Collection - On Golden Pond/African Queen/Iron Petticoat/Clive James Interview [DVD] (DVD)
three well known films great classics from the past .what a great pleasure of seeing real acting at its best not to be mist
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