Cocoon is a UK VHS release by CBS/Fox Video on 1986 and 1990. It got re-released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on 1997.
Description
It is everything you've dreamed of. It is nothing you expect.
"A DELIGHTFUL SCIENCE~FICTION FANTASY"
The Daily Express
On discovering a neglected swimming pool filled with giant barnacle covered eggs, three aged men go swimming and uncover a modern day fountain of youth. They are rejuvenated; their aliments are cured and they are filled with energy...much to the surprise of their wives!
But on revisiting the pool they are surprised by the owners of the youth-giving eggs, a group of brightly glowing aliens who gradually reveal the secret of everlasting life...
"I DEFY ANYBODY NOT TO ENJOY THIS"
Daily Mail
Cast
- Don Ameche as Art Selwyn
- Wilford Brimley as Ben Luckett
- Hume Cronyn as Joe Finley
- Brian Dennehy as Walter
- Jack Gilford as Bernie Lefkowitz
- Steve Guttenberg as Jack Bonner
- Maureen Stapleton as Mary Luckett
- Jessica Tandy as Alma Finley
- Gwen Verdon as Bess McCarthy
- Herta Ware as Rose Lefkowitz
- Tahnee Welch as Kitty
- Barret Oliver as David
- Linda Harrison as Susan
- Tyrone Power Jr. as Pillsbury
- Clint Howard as John Dexter
- Charles Lampkin as Pops
- Jorge Gil as Lou Pine
- Rance Howard as St. Petersburg detective
- James Ritz as DMV clerk
- Jim Fitzpatrick as Dock Worker (uncredited)
Casting for the film and its sequel were overseen by casting director Beverly McDermott.
Credits
Trailers and info
Rental 1986 Re-release
1990 Re-release
- CBS/FOX Video All Time Greats (Yours To Keep Forever)
