Cocoon (1985)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.6/10   

Director:

Ron Howard

Escritores:

Tom Benedek (screenplay)
David Saperstein (story)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 junio 1985 (USA)

Género:

Aventura | Comedia | Romance | Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

It is everything you've dreamed of. It is nothing you expect.

Plot:

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigour.

Plot Keywords:

Cocoon | Alien | Swimming Pool | Senior Citizen | Dancing

Premios:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 11 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Early Ron Howard Entertainer.

Reparto

Don Ameche	...	Art Selwyn
Wilford Brimley	...	Ben Luckett
Hume Cronyn	...	Joe Finley
Brian Dennehy	...	Walter
Jack Gilford	...	Bernie Lefkowitz
Steve Guttenberg	...	Jack Bonner
Maureen Stapleton	...	Mary Luckett
Jessica Tandy	...	Alma Finley
Gwen Verdon	...	Bess McCarthy
Herta Ware	...	Rosie Lefkowitz
Tahnee Welch	...	Kitty
Barret Oliver	...	David
Linda Harrison	...	Susan
Tyrone Power Jr.	...	Pillsbury
Clint Howard	...	John Dexter
Charles Lampkin	...	Pops
Mike Nomad	...	Doc
Jorge Gil	...	Lou Pine
James Ritz	...	DMV Clerk
Charles Rainsbury	...	Smiley
Wendy J. Cooke	...	Alien (as Wendy Cooke)
Pamela Prescott	...	Alien
Dinah Sue Rowley	...	Alien
Gabriella Sinclair	...	Alien
Cyndi Vicino	...	Bank Teller
Russ Wheeler	...	Doctor
Harold Bergman	...	Reverend
Ivy Thayer	...	Waitress
Fred Broderson	...	Kirk
Mark Cheresnick	...	Salvatore
Bette Shoor	...	Realtor
Mark Simpson	...	Coast Guard First Class BM
Robert Slacum Jr.	...	Coast Guard Second Class BM
Rance Howard	...	St. Petersburg Dectective
Jean Speegle Howard	...	Woman (as Jean Speegle)
Charles Voelker	...	Leader, New Yorkers Dance Band
Irving Krone	...	Jasper
Clarence Thomas	...	Policeman
Ted Science	...	Policeman
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Fred Astaire	...	Himself, film clip from 'The Gay Divorcee' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jim Fitzpatrick	...	Dock Worker (uncredited)
Reginald Gardiner	...	Himself, film clip from 'Flying Deuces' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oliver Hardy	...	Himself, film clip from 'Flying Deuces' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stan Laurel	...	Himself, film clip from 'Flying Deuces' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carmen Miranda	...	Herself, Vocalist on Recording: 'Weekend in Havana' (archive sound) (uncredited)
Jean Parker	...	Herself, film clip from 'Flying Deuces' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tracy Roberts	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Ginger Rogers	...	Herself, film clip from 'The Gay Divorcee' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Ron Howard

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Tom Benedek		screenplay
David Saperstein		story

Producida por
David Brown	....	producer
Robert Doudell	....	associate producer
Lili Fini Zanuck	....	producer
Richard D. Zanuck	....	producer

Música original por
James Horner

Fotografía por
Donald Peterman		(director of photography) (as Don Peterman)

Montaje por
Daniel P. Hanley		(as Daniel Hanley)
Mike Hill		(as Michael Hill)

Casting
Penny Perry

Diseño de producción por
Jack T. Collis

Decorados
Jim Duffy

Diseño de vestuario por
Aggie Guerard Rodgers

Departamento de maquillaje
Greg Cannom	....	special makeup effects
Janis Clark	....	hair stylist
Kevin Haney	....	makeup artist
Robert Norin	....	makeup artist
Brian Penikas	....	special makeup effects artist
Rick Stratton	....	makeup artist
Michael Burnett	....	creature effects crew (uncredited)
David B. Miller	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Dirección de producción
Robert Doudell	....	unit production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Hans Beimler	....	second assistant director
Jan R. Lloyd	....	first assistant director
John N. Whittle	....	additional second assistant director (as John Whittle)

Departamento de Arte
Eric A. Hulett	....	lead man
Steven M. Levine	....	property master
Ralph McQuarrie	....	conceptual artist
Mickey Woods	....	construction coordinator
Jack Reeves	....	painter (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Clint Althouse	....	boom operator
Richard S. Church	....	sound mixer
Mike O. Corrigan	....	sound editor
William Hartman	....	sound editor
Laurel Ladevich	....	special sound designer
Godfrey Marks	....	dialogue editor
Dennie C. Modes	....	cable person
Richard Overton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gary Rydstrom	....	special sound designer
Theodore Soderberg	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gary Summers	....	special sound designer
Paul Wells	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marty Church	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Kathleen Korth	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Greg Smith	....	machine room operator (uncredited)
Greg Smith	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Lionel Strutt	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Stuart Artingstall	....	creature effects crew: Cannom
Greg Cannom	....	special alien creatures and effects
Craig Caton	....	creature crew
Robert Clark	....	creature effects crew: Cannom
Tony Gardner	....	creature effects crew: Cannom
Alec Gillis	....	creature effects crew: Cannom
Camilla Henneman	....	creature effects crew: Cannom
Tom Hester	....	creature effects crew: Cannom
Shawn McEnroe	....	creature effects crew: Cannom
Joseph A. Unsinn	....	special effects coordinator (as Joseph Unsinn)
Kevin Yagher	....	creature effects crew: Cannom
James Cummins	....	story board (uncredited)
Adam Hill	....	creature effects crew (uncredited)
Bill Sturgeon	....	creature effects crew (uncredited)
Tim Turner	....	creature effects crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects
Craig Barron	....	matte photography supervisor
William Beck	....	model maker
David Berry	....	visual effects optical supervisor
Barbara Brennan	....	rotoscope artist
Marty Brenneis	....	model maker
Sean M. Casey	....	stop-motion technician
Donald Clark	....	optical camera operator
Christopher Evans	....	matte painting supervisor
Scott Farrar	....	visual effects cameraman
Robert Finley Jr.	....	cloud tank technician
Pat Fitzsimmons	....	visual effects supervising stage technician
Warren Franklin	....	general manager: ILM
Michael Fulmer	....	model maker
Steve Gawley	....	visual effects supervising model maker
Ray Gilberti	....	visual effects assistant cameraman
Ralph Gordon	....	optical line-up
Caroleen Green	....	matte artist
Robert Hill	....	visual effects assistant cameraman
Edward Hirsh	....	visual effects stage manager
Sandy Houston	....	rotoscoper
Peg Hunter	....	optical line-up
Paul Huston	....	matte photography
Ed Jones	....	optical line-up
Randy Jonsson	....	visual effects assistant cameraman (as Randy Johnson)
Ira Keeler	....	model maker
Bill Kimberlin	....	visual effects editor
Tony Laudati	....	stop-motion technician
Ellen E. Lichtwardt	....	rotoscope artist
James Lim	....	optical camera operator
Mike MacKenzie	....	visual effects equipment engineering supervisor
Pamela Marcotte	....	visual effects
Jack Mongovan	....	rotoscope artist
Charlie Mullen	....	visual effects animation supervisor
Kerry Nordquist	....	visual effects still photography
Phillip Norwood	....	visual effects art director
Terrence Peck	....	visual effects assistant effects editor
Donald Pennington	....	visual effects construction coordinator
Margot Phillips	....	stop-motion technician
Ken Ralston	....	visual effects supervisor
Kenneth Smith	....	optical camera operator
David Sosalla	....	stop motion supervisor
Tom St. Amand	....	stop-motion technician
Mitch Suskin	....	visual effects production supervisor
Laurie Vermont	....	visual effects production coordinator
Catherine Craig	....	effects camera operator (uncredited)
Ned Gorman	....	effects production assistant (uncredited)
Jay Riddle	....	animation camera: ILM (uncredited)
Thomas Rosseter	....	optical lineup (uncredited)

Especialistas
Jerry Brutsche	....	stunts
Denise Cheshire	....	stunts
Ted Grossman	....	stunt coordinator
Candice Orsini	....	stunts
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Richard Dow	....	grip
Sharon Smith Holley	....	camera intern
Jordan Klein Jr.	....	underwater assistant camera: Nassau
Jordan Klein Sr.	....	underwater camera operator: Nassau (as Jordan Klein)
John LeBlanc	....	camera operator: Chicago
Keith Peterman	....	camera operator
Zade Rosenthal	....	still photographer
Waverly Smothers	....	grip
Calvin Sterry	....	key grip
Ken M. Suzuki	....	gaffer
Frank D. Tobin	....	best boy electric
Clay H. Wilson	....	grip
Greg Patterson	....	set lighting technician (uncredited)

Departamento de reparto
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Beverly McDermott	....	casting: Florida

Departamento de vestuario
Linda Henrikson	....	costumer
Eddie Marks	....	costume supervisor
Mort Schwartz	....	costumer

Departamento de Edición
Pamela Ghaleb	....	apprentice editor
Carol Ann Jackson	....	assistant editor
Mary McGlone	....	assistant editor
Lydia Telo	....	assistant editor

Departamento de Música
Billy May	....	orchestrator
Herbert W. Spencer	....	orchestrator
Armin Steiner	....	score mixer
Gwen Verdon	....	special music & dance coordinator
James Horner	....	conductor (uncredited)

Departamento de Transporte
Princess Clare	....	transportation coordinator: Nassau
Michael Connolly	....	transportation coordinator
Dean E. Mason	....	transportation coordinator
Mike Robinson	....	driver: insert car

Otros miembros del equipo
Rick Baker	....	special creature consultant
James Steven Claridge	....	diving services: Nassau
Susan Cornell	....	dance consultant
Thane Cornell	....	dance consultant
Carline Davis-Dyer	....	script supervisor
Al Ebner	....	unit publicist
Kingsley Griffin	....	dolphin trainer: Nassau
Kathy Krueger	....	dolphin trainer: Nassau
Robert Maharis	....	location manager
Louisa Marie	....	assistant: Mr. Howard
Gavin McKinney	....	diving services: Nassau
Fred Newman	....	dolphin voices
Mike Nomad	....	underwater consultant: Nassau
Giedra Rackauskas	....	auditor
Caprice Rothe	....	alien movement choreographer
Teresa Stokovic	....	production coordinator
Fred Zendar	....	marine coordinator (as Manfred Zendar)
Jay Roberts	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Zanuck/Brown Productions (for)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• SLM Production Group

Distribuidores

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1985) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1988) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (1986) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Fox Video (1996) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Fox Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)

Efectos especiales

• Cannom Creations (creature effects)
• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)

Otras Compañías

• Mayflower Recording  adr recording

También conocida como:

Cocoon (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

117 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Clasificación:

Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Netherlands:AL | Iceland:L | Peru:PT | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | France:U | Norway:12 (1985) | Sweden:11 | UK:PG (cut) | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:6 | Singapore:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Clearwater, Florida, USA

Compañía:

Zanuck/Brown Productions

Trivialidades:

The tinted map Walter gives to Jack showing him the underwater location of their search for cocoons is actually an infra-red aerial photograph of Bay County, Florida (where Panama City Beach is located) printed on a transparency.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: Obvious stunt double when Arthur Selwyn is break dancing.

Citas:

Walter: I want you all to consider what I am about to suggest to you. You people seem to want what we've got. Well, we have room for you. We have room for you and about 30 of your friends. You would be students of course, but you'd also be teachers. And the new civilizations you would be travelling to would be unlike anything you've ever seen before. But I promise you, you will all lead productive lives.
Ben Luckett: Forever?
Walter: We don't know what forever is.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mitchell (#6.12)" (1993)

Banda de Sonido:

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Early Ron Howard Entertainer.

Six elderly people (Oscar-winner Don Ameche in more of a lifetime achievement award, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Maureen Stapleton and Gwen Verdon) start swimming at a locked up housed swimming pool that has strange pods in it and then start doing things that contradict their ages. Of course the pods really house aliens from another planet and they are the reasons for the "fountain of youth". Ron Howard's sympathetic and clever direction saves this uneven project that starts out as a pure comedy and then turns into a rough drama as the clock ticks away. Brian Dennehy and Steve Guttenberg shine in smart supporting roles. 4 stars out of 5.