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DVD Cocoon
An offbeat and charming comedy with elements of science fiction thrown in, director Ron Howard's (Ransom, Apollo 13) unlikely fantasy ponders the price of immortality and the power of everlasting love. A group of aliens travel to a Florida retirement community to rescue some long-stranded colleagues cocooned and buried beneath the sea. But as the aliens take on human form and stash their counterparts in a swimming pool, a group of elderly retirees discover the pool and after swimming in the water find themselves rejuvenated, with boundless energy and insatiable appetites. Soon the retirees are forced to choose between living out their lives on earth with their families, or leaving with the aliens and attaining immortality. More character driven than dependent on the incredible plot, the film's charm comes from its characters and the wonderful cast, including Don Ameche, who won an Academy Award for his role as one of the randy retirees. --Robert Lane
Skip the sequel and stick with the sentimental original!
Quite a unique film and contemporary classic masterfully combining elements of drama, comedy and sci-fi thanks to a veteran cast of stars and a surprisingly mature (he was barely 30 years old at the time) director--Ron Howard. It's so good in so many ways, the mind boggles at the decision and subsequent participation for a disappointing sequel.
This DVD offers some fun special features, most notably the director's commentary with the amusing and articulate Howard. Still a gem of a film, the only real dated aspect is the mid-80's musical scoring to denote the youthful rejuvenation of the elderly characters. Otherwise, it could just have conceivably been released today!
A fine salute, too, to the passings of legends like Cronyn & Tandy, Don Ameche and the amazing Gwen Verdon...who should have had a screen career to rival her theatrical one. Enjoy this one again and again!
Cocoon
Ron Howard's delightful fantasy/comedy works, thanks to a script that never strains our credulity so much that the good-natured spell gets broken. The senior contingent all turn in peerless performances: Don Ameche even took home an Oscar that year. Funny, heartwarming- a genuine crowd-pleaser.
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Great movie dealing with Senior Citizens and their concerns. It is filled with laughter and empathy as the seniors learn more about the space visitors.
A great sequel to the first Cocoon. Same characters but now we learn how things have gone for them in space and also those who remained at home. Those who went away now understand how they are cut off from relatives left at home. This leads to some who elect to stay behind when its time to return to space. Again, laughter and joyful living! More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Don Ameche - Wilford Brimley Director(s): Daniel Petrie DVD Release Date: Released the 01 June 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Quite possibly the nadir of Steven Spielberg's career as a producer, this piece of sentimental junk from 1987 concerns five little spacecraft which arrive on Earth just in time to help out some New Yorkers getting kicked out of a tenement. The script's goo just sticks to the viewer, and the cast looks silly by trying not to be silly. You get the feeling that Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment was pretty much throwing stuff at the wall to see what would hang there, and they came up with this ridiculous thing. --Tom KeoghMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Hume Cronyn - Jessica Tandy Director(s): Matthew Robbins DVD Release Date: Released the 16 March 1999 Usually ships in 24 hours
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John Badham's family-oriented adventure comedy, though obviously hatched in the wake of E.T. and Star Wars, manages to create its own identity through a sweet tone and an affectionate sense of fun. Military robot Number 5, a well-armed killing machine, is zapped by lightning during a test and emerges with a consciousness, curiosity, a wacky sense of humor, and a new peace-loving philosophy. Ally Sheedy (who debuted in Badham's hit WarGames) is the animal lover whose home is sanctuary for a zoo-full of strays and who adopts the adolescent robot. Steve Guttenberg is the goofy but reclusive robotics designer who goes off in search of his creation to save him from the gun-happy army. The mix of gentle slapstick and innocent romance makes for a harmless family comedy. It... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Ally Sheedy - Steve Guttenberg Director(s): John Badham DVD Release Date: Released the 23 March 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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While most movie buffs are likely to call Halloween the best movie from John Carpenter, others--die-hard romantics and anyone who cried while watching E.T.--might vote in favor of the director's 1984 hit Starman. It's easily Carpenter's warmest and most beguiling film, and the only one that ever earned an Oscar nomination. That honor went specifically to Best Actor nominee Jeff Bridges for his performance as an alien visitor to Earth who is knocked off course and must take an interstate road trip to rendezvous with a mothership from his home planet. To complete this journey he assumes the physical form of the dead husband of a Wisconsin widow (Karen Allen) who responds first with fear, then sympathy, and finally love. Carpenter's graceful strategy is to switch the... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Jeff Bridges - Karen Allen Director(s): John Carpenter DVD Release Date: Released the 06 March 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Tom Hanks was a relatively unknown TV actor with a sitcom as his biggest credit when relatively unknown director Ron Howard (best known for his own sitcom acting) cast him in this surprise hit. It made stars of Hanks, Daryl Hannah, and John Candy and an A-list director out of Howard. Hannah is a mermaid who comes to Manhattan in search of Hanks, the guy she has twice saved from drowning. Hanks runs a business with his lovable blowhard brother (Candy), whose goal in life is to have a letter published in Penthouse. When this perfect woman shows up, Hanks can't believe his luck and plunges into a dizzyingly romantic relationship, unaware of her sea-water secret. But the mermaid needs to soak and unfurl her tail from time to time, which leads to complications, including her capture by... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Tom Hanks - Daryl Hannah Director(s): Ron Howard DVD Release Date: Released the 23 March 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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