Cocoon (Film)
- Steve Guttenberg: Jack Bonner
- Tahnee Welch: Kitty
- Don Ameche: Arthur Selwyn
- Wilford Brimley: Benjamin Luckett
- Hume Cronyn: Joseph Finley
- Brian Dennehy: Walter
- Jack Gilford: Bernard Lefkowitz
- Maureen Stapleton: Marilyn Luckett
- Jessica Tandy: Alma Finley
- Gwen Verdon: Bess McCarthy
- Barret Oliver: David
- Linda Harrison: Susan
- Tyrone Power Jr.: Pillsbury
- Clint Howard: John Dexter
Cocoon is a sci - fi drama from director Ron Howard from the year 1985, the film was three years later with Cocoon II -. Continues The return.
Action
Discover the residents of a nursing home that the swimming pool of a neighboring villa is a veritable fountain of youth, but of the effect they are dependent as on a drug soon.
Unfortunately, the excessive greed of pensioners has exhausted the life-giving effect of the pool quickly. It was created by the aliens, to awaken her lying on the seabed since the sinking of Atlantis conspecifics back to life.
People's behavior is not condemned about in any way, but the leader of the aliens - even a friendly middle-aged man - offering them now to come back to his spaceship and henceforth to enjoy eternal life. They are torn between the lure and the people they love on earth.
Awards
- Oscar, Best Visual Effects for Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar and David Berry
- Oscar, Best Supporting Actor for Don Ameche
Reviews
The film received positive reviews. So counted the website RottenTomatoes 24 evaluated 19 professional reviews positive, corresponding to a value of 79%. However, the film by the general public was met with mixed reactions rather, because simultaneously evaluated 55 % of 61 142 users the film positive. This, in turn, will tend to be confirmed by the online film archive IMDb, another platform, can submit their film reviews on the normal users, because there gave the film 19 583 users average 6.6 out of 10 possible points. (Updated: July 19, 2011)
" The combination of a realistic and description of the existence of older people with a fantastic sci-fi theme of the movie appears unbalanced, but delivers over long distances comedic appealing and sympathetic conversation."
"Wonderful subtly woven tale"
Publication
The film was released on 21 June 1985 in the U.S. theaters and was able to import 7.9 million U.S. dollars of its 17.5 million U.S. dollar production costs in 1140 cinemas again on its opening weekend, making it Rambo II - The job number two and the Goonies could refer to third place at the box office. Overall, the film grossed a worldwide 85.3 million U.S. dollars. In West Germany the film opened on 24 October 1985. VHS was released on 1 July 1990, while the DVD release on 5 September 2002 was. Since ProSiebenSat.1 Media owns the television broadcast rights, the film in recent years has often shown on Kabel 1.