Cocoon (1985)

Directed by

Ron Howard

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, comedy film, science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 1,423 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of elderly friends discover a pool that restores their youth. They learn the water comes from alien pods stored nearby.

gentlewarmnostalgicleisurelyhopefulhumorousheartfeltlow-key

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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