Cocoon (film)

Cocoon
Cocoon
	Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
Directed by	Ron Howard
Screenplay by	Tom Benedek
Story by	David Saperstein
Produced by	David Brown; Richard D. Zanuck; Lili Fini Zanuck;
Starring	Don Ameche; Wilford Brimley; Hume Cronyn; Brian Dennehy; Jack Gilford; Steve Guttenberg; Maureen Stapleton; Jessica Tandy; Gwen Verdon; Herta Ware; Tahnee Welch;
Cinematography	Donald Peterman
Edited by	Daniel P. Hanley; Mike Hill;
Music by	James Horner
Production; company	Zanuck/Brown Company
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	June 21, 1985;
Running time	117 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$17.5 million
Box office	$85.3 million

Cocoon is a 1985 American science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard and written by Tom Benedek from a story by David Saperstein.^[6] The film stars Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware, Tahnee Welch, and Linda Harrison, and follows a group of elderly people rejuvenated by aliens.^[7]^[8]

The film was shot in and around St. Petersburg, Florida, with locations including the St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club, Suncoast Manor Retirement Community, the Coliseum, and Snell Arcade buildings. The film earned Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Don Ameche) and Best Visual Effects, and was followed by the sequel Cocoon: The Return in 1988, in which almost all of the original cast returned.^[9]

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