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Cocoon
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6.6When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Cast
- Steve Guttenberg as Jack Bonner
- Tahnee Welch as Kitty
- Brian Dennehy as Walter
- Don Ameche as Arthur Selwyn
- Wilford Brimley as Benjamin Luckett
- Hume Cronyn as Joseph Finley
Themes
- florida
- swimming pool
- alien
- mahjong
- boat trouble
- cocoon
- senior citizen
- retirement community
- giving away money
- retirement home
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ron Howard
- Screenplay by
- Tom Benedek
- Story by
- David Saperstein
- Produced by
- David Brown Richard D. Zanuck Lili Fini Zanuck
- Starring
- Don Ameche Wilford Brimley Hume Cronyn Brian Dennehy Jack Gilford Steve Guttenberg Maureen Stapleton Jessica Tandy Gwen Verdon Herta Ware Tahnee Welch
- Cinematography
- Donald Peterman
- Edited by
- Daniel P. Hanley Mike Hill
- Music by
- James Horner
- Production company
- Zanuck/Brown Company
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- June 21, 1985 ( 1985-06-21 )
- Running time
- 117 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $17.5 million
- Box office
- $85,313,124
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 548179
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- publication date
- 1985-10-24
- title
- Cocoon
- review score
- 65/100
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Cocoon is a 1985 American science fiction comedy drama film directed by Ron Howard and written by Tom Benedek from a story by David Saperstein. The film stars Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware, Tahnee Welch, and Linda Harrison, and follows a group of elderly people rejuvenated by aliens.
The film was shot in and around St. Petersburg, Florida, with locations including the St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club, Suncoast Manor Retirement Community, the Coliseum, and Snell Arcade buildings. The film earned Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Don Ameche) and Best Visual Effects, and was followed by the sequel Cocoon: The Return in 1988, in which almost all of the original cast returned.