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Cocoon (DVD, 2004, Academy Awards Collection) 
Cocoon (DVD, 2004, Academy Awards Collection)

 
Cocoon (DVD, 2004, Academy Awards Collection)

Director: Ron Howard
Rating: Rated PG-13
Release Date: Jun 2004
Format: DVD
Additional Info: Academy Awards Collection
UPC: 024543115878
Product ID: EPID30545425
Description: A group of senior citizens residing in a rest home find their lives turned upside down after they are offered the gift of eternal youth by benevolent aliens in Ron Howard's wonderful tribute to the human spirit. Brian Dennehy is Walter, ...
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Movie Description
A group of senior citizens residing in a rest home find their lives turned upside down after they are offered the gift of eternal youth by benevolent aliens in Ron Howard's wonderful tribute to the human spirit. Brian Dennehy is Walter, an alien who returns to earth to rescue 20 of his friends now hibernating in cocoons off the coast of Florida. With the help of a charter boat captain (Steve Guttenberg), the cocoons are stored in a deserted swimming pool. When three men from a nearby retirement village (the charming Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, and Hume Cronyn) sneak into the pool for a swim, they discover what seem to be oversized oystershells in the water. Suddenly they feel physically and spiritually rejuvenated, believing they've found the long elusive Fountain of Youth. The men's frisky behavior causes something of a controversy in the retirement village as residents are forced to choose between a second youth or accepting the more natural aging process. The ensemble cast of experienced actors, including Ameche, Brimley, and Cronyn as well as Cronyn's real-life wife, Jessica Tandy; Maureen Stapleton; Gwen Verdon; and the skeptical Jack Gilford all bring a dignity to the film's youthful, spirited theme. COCOON, one of the best films of the 1980s, is a heartwarming story that should be treasured for generations.

Credits
Producer:David Brown
Cast:Hume Cronyn, Maureen Stapleton, Steve Guttenberg, Tahnee Welch, Tyrone Power Jr.

Details
Edition:Academy Awards Collection

Notes
DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Dual Side

Side One:
Widescreen
Additional Release Material:
   Audio Commentary - 1. Ron Howard - Director
   Featurettes - 1. "Behind-the-Scenes"
    2. "Ron Howard Profile"
    3. "Underwater Training"
    4. "Creating Antareans"
   Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
    2. Theatrical Teaser
    3. TV Spot #1
    4. TV Spot #3
    5. TV Spot #4
    6. COCOON: THE RETURN Teaser

Side Two:
Full-Screen - 1.33
Additional Release Material:
   Audio Commentary - 1. Ron Howard, Feature film debut for producer Lili Fini Zanuck.

Gwen Verdon served as the special music and dance coordinator on the film.

Shot on location in Pinellas County, Florida, Nassau, and Chicago, Illinois. Film had an estimated budget of $18 million.

Ron Howard replaced Robert Zemekis as director of this project before shooting started. It was Howard's second feature film, following SPLASH in 1984. The film marked the debut of two actors of famous parentage, Tahnee Welch, daughter of actress/model Raquel Welch, and Tyrone Power Jr., son of leading actor Tyrone Power.

In 1988, Daniel Petrie directed a sequel to this film entitled COCOON: THE RETURN.

Editorial Reviews
"...Howard brings a real sweetness to his subject, as does the film's fine cast of veteran stars....[The] season's reigning fairy tale..."
New York Times - p.C5 - Janet Maslin

"...A fountain of youth fable which imaginatively melds galaxy fantasy with the lives of aging mortals....COCOON weaves a mesmerizing tale..."
Variety - Loyn.

Awards
1985Academy AwardsBest Supporting ActorDon Ameche, 1985Academy AwardsBest Visual Effects

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      The fountain of Youth Discovered!
    Review created: 03/02/07
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    8 of 8 people found this review helpful.

    Four strangers charter Jack Bonner’s boat and hire him to take them diving off the coast of Florida. They retrieve what they say are giant sea pods out of the ocean. But Jack soon discovers that his mysterious employers are really aliens, beings of light energy encased in flesh-like skins. They have come from an Alien planet to rescue several of their people left behind when the city of Atlantis sank. These aliens have rented a house and use the bathhouse pool there to store the cocoons. When several people in the twilight of their years from the neighboring retirement homes sneak in to use the pool, they suddenly find themselves in the fountain of youth a side effect of the cocoons being in there.

    This is a very heart felt movie that will be sure to touch the hearts of young & old.


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