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Cocoon
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
1985 · Directed by Ron Howard · 117 min · Comedy · Science Fiction · Mystery · Drama · 9 frames
Tagline
It is everything you've dreamed of. It is nothing you expect.
Crew
- Screenplay: Tom Benedek
- Cinematography: Donald Peterman
- Edited by: Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
- Music: James Horner
- Production design: Jack T. Collis
- Produced by: Lili Fini Zanuck, David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck
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
- Maureen Stapleton as Mary Luckett
- Jack Gilford as Bernie Lefkowitz
- Jessica Tandy as Alma Finley
- Clint Howard as John Dexter
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: SLM Production Group, The Zanuck/Brown Company, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $17,500,000
- Box office: $85,300,000
- Themes: florida, swimming pool, alien, mahjong, boat trouble, cocoon, senior citizen, retirement community, giving away money, retirement home
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