Cocoon

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comedy-drama film film science fiction film

Cocoon is a 1985 science fiction comedy-drama film about a group of elderly people who regain youth and vitality after encountering alien life, directed by Ron Howard.

Aliases (2)

Cocoon: The Return ×5
Cocoon (short story) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy-drama film → film → science fiction film →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects →
awardReceivedBy	Don Ameche →
basedOn	Cocoon (short story) →
basedOnAuthor	David Saperstein →
cinematographyBy	Donald Peterman →
colorProcess	color →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Ron Howard →
distributedBy	20th Century Fox →
distributor	20th Century Fox →
editedBy	Daniel P. Hanley → Mike Hill →
filmingLocation	St. Petersburg Beach, Florida → St. Petersburg, Florida →
followedBy	Cocoon: The Return →
genre	comedy-drama film → fantasy film → science fiction film →
hasSequel	Cocoon: The Return →
mainTheme	aging → friendship → life extension →
medium	feature film →
musicBy	James Horner →
nominatedFor	Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy →
originalLanguage	English →
plotSummary	A group of elderly people regain youth and vitality after encountering alien life connected to mysterious cocoons in a swimming pool. →
producer	Richard D. Zanuck →
productionCompany	Zanuck/Brown Company →
releaseDate	1985-06-21 →
releaseYear	1985 →
runtimeMinutes	117 →
screenwriter	Tom Benedek →
setIn	Florida →
starredActor	Brian Dennehy → Don Ameche → Gwen Verdon → Hume Cronyn → Jessica Tandy → Maureen Stapleton → Steve Guttenberg → Tahnee Welch → Wilford Brimley →
targetAudience	general audience →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Brian Dennehy → Clint Howard → David Brown → Don Ameche → Donald Peterman ("Cocoon: The Return") → Hume Cronyn → Hume Cronyn ("Cocoon: The Return") → Jean Speegle Howard → Jessica Tandy → Rance Howard → Richard D. Zanuck → Ron Howard → Ron Howard → Ronald William Howard → Steve Guttenberg → Steve Guttenberg ("Cocoon: The Return") → Tom Benedek → Wilford Brimley → Zanuck/Brown Company →	notableWork
Clint Howard →	appearedIn
Don Ameche →	awardReceivedFor
Cocoon ("Cocoon (short story)") →	basedOn
David Brown →	coProduced
Tom Benedek →	coWrote
Ron Howard →	directed
Cocoon ("Cocoon: The Return") →	followedBy
Cocoon ("Cocoon: The Return") →	hasSequel
Zanuck/Brown Company →	producedFilm
Jean Speegle Howard →	workedOn
Wilford Brimley →	workFeaturedIn