Revealing mistake: When Norman and Billy crash the boat, the side panel rips off of it before they hit the rock.
On Golden Pond (1981)
1 revealing mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Mark Rydell
Starring: Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Doug McKeon
Visible crew/equipment: When the boy takes the boat out for a ride by himself and is riding it around in circles, you can clearly see the helicopter's shadow in the center of the circle.
Bill Ray: Well, how does it feel to turn eighty?
Norman: Twice as bad as it did turning forty.
Trivia: Henry Fonda won the Best Actor Academy Award for his role of Norman Thayer. At the age of 76, Fonda became the oldest winner in the Best Actor category in Academy history (his record was broken in 2021 by Anthony Hopkins, who won at 83).
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