Cocoon

Name: Cocoon
Director: Ron Howard
Released: 1985-06-21

1985 film directed by Ron Howard

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Released: June 21, 1985
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, October 24, 1985
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Director: Ron Howard
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4.ofdb.de/film/6213,CocoonRetrieved 2016-04-08
5.filmaffinity.com/es/film548179.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-08
6.bbfc.co.uk/releases/cocoon-filmRetrieved 2016-04-08
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Screenwriter: Tom Benedek
, David Saperstein
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck
, David Brown
, Lili Fini Zanuck
Cast: Don Ameche
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5.bbfc.co.uk/releases/cocoon-filmRetrieved 2016-04-08
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, Wilford Brimley
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1.stopklatka.pl/film/kokon-1985Retrieved 2016-04-08
2.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=45561.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-08
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4.imdb.com/title/tt0088933/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-08
5.bbfc.co.uk/releases/cocoon-filmRetrieved 2016-04-08
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, Hume Cronyn
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1.stopklatka.pl/film/kokon-1985Retrieved 2016-04-08
2.ofdb.de/film/6213,CocoonRetrieved 2016-04-08
3.imdb.com/title/tt0088933/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-08
4.bbfc.co.uk/releases/cocoon-filmRetrieved 2016-04-08
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, Brian Dennehy
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1.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=45561.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-08
2.ofdb.de/film/6213,CocoonRetrieved 2016-04-08
3.imdb.com/title/tt0088933/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-08
4.bbfc.co.uk/releases/cocoon-filmRetrieved 2016-04-08
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Runtime: 112 min
, 116 min
Genre: science fiction film
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3.filmaffinity.com/en/film548179.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-08
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, fantasy film
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, drama film
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Country of origin: United States

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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. 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.

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Director of photography: Donald Peterman
Main subject: old age
flying saucer
Narrative location: Florida
Filming location: The Bahamas
Florida
Film editor: Daniel P. Hanley
Mike Hill
Title: Cocoon
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor(February 4, 1986) statement is subject of: 58th Academy Awards · nominee: Don Ameche
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects(February 4, 1986) nominee: Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie · statement is subject of: 58th Academy Awards
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation(1986)
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay(1986)
Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film(1985)
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy(1985)
Color: color
Followed by: Cocoon: The Return
FSK film rating: FSK 6
Medierådet rating: Suitable for a general audience
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CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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Distribution format: video on demand
Set in environment: fictional country
fictional island
Review score: 65/100(October 27, 2025) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 18 critic review
82%(January 30, 2025) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 49 critic review
6.1/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Cocoon”Retrieved 2021-10-06
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Australian Classification: PG(since 1985) rating certificate id: 00205643676A · distribution format: 35 mm film
Soundtrack release: Cocoon
Kijkwijzer rating: 6 content descriptor: Fear, Coarse language
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/cocoon/Retrieved 2025-07-06
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Has characteristic: film based on a literary work

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