Cocoon is a 1985 science fiction film about a group of elderly humans who were rejuvenated by aliens. Starred Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware and Tahnee Welch. This article is about the year. ... Poster for The Day the Earth Stood Still, an archetypal science fiction film Science fiction has been a film genre since the earliest days of cinema. ... Dominic Felix Ameche (May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor. ... Wilford Brimley as Noa in Ewoks: The Battle for Endor. ... Hume Blake Cronyn, OC (July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a stage and film actor. ... Brian Dennehy in Death of a Salesman Brian Dennehy parodied in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Brian Dennehy (born July 9, 1938 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA) is an Irish-American actor who has appeared in movies, television shows, and stage productions. ... Jack Gilford Jack Gilford (July 25, 1908 – June 2, 1990) was an American actor with a long and successful career on the Broadway stage, films and television. ... Steve Guttenberg (August 24, 1958), sometimes credited as Steven Guttenberg, is an American actor. ... Lois Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006) was an Academy Award-winning American actress in film, theater and television who also won an Emmy Award, two Tony Awards and was elected to the American Theatre Hall of Fame. ... Jessica Tandy, christened Jessie Alice Tandy (June 7, 1909 – September 11, 1994) was a noted Academy Award-winning British-American theatre, film and TV actress. ... Gwen Evelyn Verdon (January 13, 1925 in Culver City, California – October 18, 2000 in Woodstock, Vermont) was an acclaimed Tony Award winning American dancer and actress. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Tahnee Welch is the daughter of legendary sex symbol Raquel Welch. ...

The movie was filmed in and around St. Petersburg, Florida: locations included the St Petersburg Shuffleboard Club, The Coliseum, and Snell Arcade buildings. Aerial photograph of St. ...

It spawned a sequel film, Cocoon: The Return. 1988 sequel to the feature film, Cocoon. ...

About 10,000 years ago, a group of peaceful alien lifeforms, called Antereans, had an outpost on the planet Earth. This outpost sank due to an earthquake, and in order for them to leave, 20 members remained behind so that the rest would have enough lifeforce to return to their home planet.

In 1985, four Antereans return to pick them up. They disguise themselves as humans, rent a house with a pool, and charge this pool with lifeforce. They proceed to rent a boat to retrieve the cocoons in which the 20 remain on the bottom of the ocean in life support cocoons.

Meanwhile, some local residents from a retirement home go to swim in the pool secretly and take in some of the lifeforce. They are caught, but are eventually given permission to use the pool. One of the elderly people, knowing of the nature of the aliens refuses the use the healing power and accidentally spills the secret, resulting in all of the elderly residents using the pool. All the life force is drained, and they cannot take along the cocoons anymore. With the help of the three friends and their wives they return the cocoons to the ruins of Atlantis. A retirement home is a place of residence intended for the elderly. ...

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Don Ameche in 1985
• Academy Award for Visual Effects in 1985

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Dominic Felix Ameche (May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor. ... The Academy Award for Visual Effects is an Oscar given to one film each year that shows highest achievement in visual effects. ...

External links

• Cocoon at The Internet Movie Database