Cocoon

– When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves en..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 57 Minutes
Release Year:
1985
Cocoon (1985)

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

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Producing Country:
USA
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Cocoon (1985) - Trailer

Release Date:

21 Jun 1985

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Ron Howard

Writer:

Tom Benedek (screenplay), David Saperstein (story)

Main Actors:

Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy

Plot:

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.

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations.

Production:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
Metacritic:
65%