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Cocoon
Release Date	June 21, 1985
Genre	Sci Fi
Director	Ron Howard
Screenwriter	Tom Benedek (screenplay) David Saperstein (story)
Stars	Don Ameche Wilford Brimley Hume Cronyn Brian Dennehy Jack Gilford Steve Guttenberg Maureen Stapleton Jessica Tandy Gwen Verdon Herta Ware Tahnee Welch Barret Oliver Linda Harrison Tyrone Power Jr. Clint Howard
Studio	20th Century Fox

Cocoon is a 1985 film directed by Ron Howard with the story provided by David Saperstein and the script by Tom Benedek. The film was produced by 20th Century Fox and filmed in Florida and The Bahamas. It opened in US theaters on June 21, 1985. Don Ameche won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Arthur Selwyn and the film won the award for Visual Effects. The film spawned a sequel, Cocoon: The Return.

Plot

10'000 years ago Aliens from the planet Anterea visited Earth and inhabited the island of Atlantis. When the island sank they were forced to leave behind twenty of their people inside cocoons. In the twentieth century, four Antereans, disguised as humans, return to recover the cocoons and rent a house with a pool to store them.

Several residents of a nearby retirement home discover the pool and its unusual energy and begin to use its healing powers to restore their vitality. When the aliens discover their use of the pool, they allow them to continue. But when one of the humans reveals the nature of the pool to other residents, the pool becomes crowded with the retirement community's residents resulting in a complete drain of the pool's energy. The aliens decide to return home and offer the retirees the opportunity to join them in exchange for their help returning the cocoons home.

Cast

• Don Ameche as Arthur Selwyn
• Wilford Brimley as Benjamin Luckett
• Hume Cronyn as Joseph Finley
• Brian Dennehy as Walter
• Jack Gilford as Bernard Lefkowitz
• Steve Guttenberg as Jack Bonner
• Maureen Stapleton as Marilyn Luckett
• Jessica Tandy as Alma Finley
• Gwen Verdon as Bess McCarthy
• Herta Ware as Rosie Lefkowitz
• Tahnee Welch as Kitty
• Barret Oliver as David
• Linda Harrison as Susan
• Tyrone Power Jr. as Pillsbury
• Clint Howard as John Dexter