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Cocoon

  • 19851985
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
63K
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POPULARITY
2,929
1,412
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Cocoon (1985)
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  • Comedy
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  • Sci-Fi

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.

IMDb RATING
6.7/10
63K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,929
1,412
  • Director
    • Ron Howard
  • Writers
    • Tom Benedek(screenplay)
    • David Saperstein(story)
  • Stars
    • Don Ameche
    • Wilford Brimley
    • Hume Cronyn
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ron Howard
  • Writers
    • Tom Benedek(screenplay)
    • David Saperstein(story)
  • Stars
    • Don Ameche
    • Wilford Brimley
    • Hume Cronyn
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 105User reviews
    • 62Critic reviews
    • 65Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 7 wins & 11 nominations total

    Videos3

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    COCOON Original Theatrical Trailer
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    COCOON Original Theatrical Trailer

    Photos108

    Hume Cronyn in Cocoon (1985)
    Wilford Brimley and Barret Oliver in Cocoon (1985)
    Ron Howard, Steve Guttenberg, Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Tahnee Welch, Mike Nomad, Tyrone Power Jr., Maureen Stapleton, and Gwen Verdon in Cocoon (1985)
    Steve Guttenberg and Tahnee Welch in Cocoon (1985)
    Steve Guttenberg in Cocoon (1985)
    Ron Howard and Richard D. Zanuck in Cocoon (1985)
    Steve Guttenberg and Tahnee Welch in Cocoon (1985)
    Cher and Barry King at an event for Cocoon (1985)
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    Top cast

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    Don Ameche
    Don Ameche
    • Art Selwynas Art Selwyn
    Wilford Brimley
    Wilford Brimley
    • Ben Luckettas Ben Luckett
    Hume Cronyn
    Hume Cronyn
    • Joe Finleyas Joe Finley
    Brian Dennehy
    Brian Dennehy
    • Walteras Walter
    Jack Gilford
    Jack Gilford
    • Bernie Lefkowitzas Bernie Lefkowitz
    Steve Guttenberg
    Steve Guttenberg
    • Jack Bonneras Jack Bonner
    Maureen Stapleton
    Maureen Stapleton
    • Mary Luckettas Mary Luckett
    Jessica Tandy
    Jessica Tandy
    • Alma Finleyas Alma Finley
    Gwen Verdon
    Gwen Verdon
    • Bess McCarthyas Bess McCarthy
    Herta Ware
    • Rose 'Rosie' Lefkowitzas Rose 'Rosie' Lefkowitz
    Tahnee Welch
    Tahnee Welch
    • Kittyas Kitty
    Barret Oliver
    Barret Oliver
    • Davidas David
    Linda Harrison
    Linda Harrison
    • Susanas Susan
    Tyrone Power Jr.
    • Pillsburyas Pillsbury
    Clint Howard
    Clint Howard
    • John Dexteras John Dexter
    Charles Lampkin
    Charles Lampkin
    • Popsas Pops
    Mike Nomad
    • Docas Doc
    Jorge Gil
    • Lou Pineas Lou Pine
    • Director
      • Ron Howard
    • Writers
      • Tom Benedek(screenplay)
      • David Saperstein(story)
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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    Storyline

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    A group of aliens return to earth to retrieve cocoons containing the people they'd left behind from an earlier trip. These cocoons had been resting at the bottom of the ocean. Once retrieved, they stored these recovered cocoons in the swimming pool of a house they'd rented in a small Florida town. Their mission is hampered by a number of elderly people from a nearby retirement community who had been secretly using the pool, and who discover unusual powers from within these cocoons. —Sami Al-Taher <staher2000@yahoo.com>
    • alien
    • swimming pool
    • bare chested male
    • peephole
    • shapeshifter
    • 138 more
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    • Taglines
      • Beyond the innocence of youth, and the wisdom of age, lies the wonder of... Cocoon
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Sci-Fi
    • Certificate
      • PG-13
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Hume Cronyn was a Golden Glove boxer and lost sight in one eye. In the scene where he hits the young orderly, without depth perception, he actually hit the young man and knocked him out.
    • Goofs
      Kitty massages Jack's right leg just after he bangs it. However, when they are talking, the leg left is the injured one.
    • Quotes

      Joseph Finley: [to Alma] They say if we go with them, we'll live forever. And that's good. It's probably going to take you an eternity to forgive me... Alma, I'm sorry. I guess I was being ridiculous. I'm sorry. I love you. You're my whole life. I wanna go. But if it's a choice of only six more months here with you or living forever all by myself, well I'll take the six more months here with you. I don't want to live forever if you're not going to be with me.

    • Alternate versions
      UK cinema and video versions were cut by 2 secs by the BBFC to remove one brief use of the word 'fucking' for a PG certificate. The Blu-ray is uncut, upgraded to a 12 rating.
    • Connections
      Edited into Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Gravity
      Performed by Michael Sembello

      Produced by Richard Rudolph (as Richard Rudolph) and Michael Sembello

      Courtesy of A&M Records

    User reviews105

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Sweet film that probably means more today
    1985's Cocoon, directed by Ron Howard, asks - would you give up the emotional, mental and physical pain of growing old if you could? Baby boomers today feel that death is optional and seek out whatever it takes to make them feel and look young - so if Cocoon came out in 2008, it would perhaps resonate even more.

    The story takes place in a rest home inhabited by a group of friends: Arthur (Don Ameche), Benjamin (Wilford Brimley) and his wife Marilyn (Maureen Stapleton), Joseph (Hume Cronyn) and his wife Alma (Jessica Tandy) and a perky red-head Bess (Gwen Verdon). The guys have taken to going to an abandoned pool house and swimming - without permission, of course. Then the building is rented by a man (Brian Dennehy). This same man also rents a boat from Jack Bonner (Steve Guttenberg), who is down on his luck and can use the money. He watches Jack, his beautiful assistant Kitty (Tahnee Welch) and some other people skindiving and bringing up huge silver packages. These packages are then dumped into the pool. After the men swim there one day, they find themselves suddenly rejuvenated and start having sex, staying up, nightclubbing and having more energy. Meantime, on the boat, Jack has gotten a look at Kitty getting ready for bed...and notices that she removes her skin as well as her clothes and glows in the dark.

    This movie has many poignant moments - Alma coming to grips with the fact that her husband has always cheated, and the saddest of all, when Bernard (Jack Gilford) who has been violently opposed to the whole idea of the pool as a fountain of youth, desperately brings his wife there.

    Howard cast this with an eye toward man's normal immortality - children - with Raquel Welch's daughter and Tyrone Power's son, Tyrone Power Jr. as Pillsbury - while telling the story of people who have a chance at a different kind of immortality. Both Power and Welch bear strong resemblance to their famous parents. The old-timers in the cast are among the greatest actors of their generation and sadly, we've lost nearly all of them now. Only Wilford Brimley remains. The film revived Don Ameche's career, and the cast returned for a sequel, "Cocoon: The Return." A wonderful film to see the old stars in a very touching story and to ask yourself - if you had the chance, would you take it?
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 21, 1985 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Кокон
    • Filming locations
      • St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Zanuck/Brown Productions
      • SLM Production Group
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $17,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $76,113,124
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,936,427
      • Jun 23, 1985
    • Gross worldwide
      • $85,313,124
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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