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3 Classic Katherine Hepburn Films - The African Queen / On Golden Pond / Iron Petticoat (Box Set) (DVD, 2003)

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This DVD box set features three classic Katherine Hepburn films. The African Queen, On Golden Pond, and Iron Petticoat are all included in this collection. The movies were produced by Sam Spiegel, and directed by Mark Rydell, Ralph Thomas, and John Huston respectively.

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In 'The African Queen' a man makes his living carrying supplies to local villages in East Africa, on a wornout riverboat and is happy with his life. Rose is a prim Englishwoman who is staying in Africa with her preacher brother. 'On Golden Pond' finds an elderly couple living in the backwaters of New England, who suffer conflict when their only daughter brings her lover and her son to stay. In 'Iron Petticoat' a US Air Force captain forces down a Russian MIG, only to be confronted by a Russian fighter ace.

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ProducerSam Spiegel

EAN5037115056535

eBay Product ID (ePID)3959417

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Film/TV Title3 Classic Katherine Hepburn Films-The African Queen / on Golden Pond / Iron Petticoat (Box Set)

ActorTheodore Bikel, Robert Helpmann, Katharine Hepburn, Bob Hope, Humphrey Bogart, Doug Mckeon, Robert Morley, Dabney Coleman, Henry Fonda, David Kossoff, James Robertson Justice, Jane Fonda, Peter Bull, Alan Gifford

DirectorMark Rydell, Ralph Thomas, John Huston

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

Release Year2003

Run Time294 Mins

GenreDrama, General

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CertificatePG

Number of Discs3

Director of PhotographyBilly Williams

Additional InformationThree classic Katharine Hepburn movies:<BR>In John Huston's AFRICAN QUEEN, the boozing, smoking, cussing captain of a tramp steamer, Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart), saves prim and proper Rose Sayer (Katharine Hepburn) 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 Bogie (who won an Oscar for his role) makes this a thoroughly enjoyable blend of comedy and adventure. Later came the book (and Clint Eastwood film) WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART, which chronicled Peter Viertel's experiences observing Huston throughout the making of the picture.<BR>THE IRON PETTICOAT sees Ms Hepburn playing a soviet defecter named Vinka. She's shown the wondrous ways of the western world by Bob Hope's US Air force Major and ultimately they fall in love. Directed by Ralph Thomas who gave us the successful DOCTOR.. series with Dirk Bogarde and Leslie Phillips, THE IRON PETTICOAT also features Sid James and CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG's child-catcher Robert Helpmann.<BR>Based on the play by Ernest Thompson, ON GOLDEN POND tells the deceptively simple tale of one family's summer. The story centers around the bickering but loving relationship between Ethel and Norman Thayer (Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda), an elderly couple who are spending their 48th summer at their New England country home and celebrating Norman's 80th birthday. When their independent, insecure daughter, Chelsea (Jane Fonda), and her new boyfriend, Bill Ray (Dabney Coleman), come for Norman's birthday, they also end up asking the couple to look after Billy Ray (Doug McKeon), Bill's teenage son, while they travel to Europe. Over the summer, Norman becomes closer to Billy Ray than he has ever been to his daughter, sparking Chelsea's long-repressed resentment when she returns. In this beautifully filmed story, there are many things going on along the surface of Golden Pond, including the presence of the loons--who represent all things wonderful about their summer house and their life to Ethel. Director Mark Rydell elicits deeply touching performances from his cast (particularly Henry Fonda in his final screen appearance), and the dialogue of Thompson's script is equally graceful. The odds were against this decidedly quiet, small ensemble piece when it was released in 1981, but the timeless material and the confident direction triumphed.

Movie/TV Title3 Classic Katherine Hepburn Films - The African Queen / On Golden Pond / Iron Petticoat (Box Set)

ComposerAllan Gray