Directed by:
Daniel PetrieScreenplay:
Stephen McPhersonCinematography:
Tak FujimotoComposer:
James HornerCast:
Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox, Hume Cronyn, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Barret Oliver, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon (more)Plots(1)
In director Daniel Petrie's sequel to the smash hit COCOON, the retirees who chose to leave earth to live forever return home for a temporary visit with their loved ones while their alien escorts attempt to rescue a cocoon dislodged by a pesky oceanographer (Courteney Cox). Don Ameche is back as Art Selwyn, with his friends Ben Luckett (Wilford Brimley) and Joe Finley (Hume Cronyn) and their wives, Bess (Gwen Verdon), Mary (Maureen Stapleton), and Alma (Jessica Tandy). They rediscover the value of human emotion and the fragility of their own lives as they visit with their old friends and remember what it's like to live on earth. As the group of friends reconsider what life would be like if they returned permanently, they shop, party, and make some miraculous discoveries about the future of their relationships. Before they decide whether to stay on Earth or return to space, they must help their alien escort Kitty (Tahnee Welch) rescue an alien cocoon from the hands of the government, with the help of her old friend Jack Bonner (Steve Guttenberg). Once again the elderly friends must debate whether to stay or to go and consider whether it is better to die surrounded by the people one loves or live forever, separated from family and friends. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Don Ameche
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
Trading Places (1983)
Midnight (1939)
Wilford Brimley
USA
Best movies:
The Thing (1982)
Brubaker (1980)
The Natural (1984)
Courteney Cox
USA
Best movies:
Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary (2019)
The Longest Yard (2005)
Hume Cronyn
Canada
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV movie)
Brute Force (1947)
Jack Gilford
USA
Best movies:
Save the Tiger (1973)
The Incident (1967)
Catch-22 (1970)
Steve Guttenberg
USA
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (video compilation)
Police Academy (1984)
The Day After (1983) (TV movie)
Barret Oliver
USA
Best movies:
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
The Secret Garden (1987) (TV movie)
Cocoon (1985)
Maureen Stapleton
USA
Best movies:
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Airport (1970)
Jessica Tandy
UK
Best movies:
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
Gwen Verdon
USA
Best movies:
Marvin's Room (1996)
Alice (1990)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Tahnee Welch
USA
Best movies:
Cocoon (1985)
Body and Soul (1999) (TV movie)
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
Linda Harrison
USA
Best movies:
Planet of the Apes (1968)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
Cocoon (1985)
Tyrone Power Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Cocoon (1985)
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
Shag (1989)
Brian C. Smith
Best movies:
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
Elaine Stritch
USA
Best movies:
Providence (1977)
Small Time Crooks (2000)
Three Violent People (1956)
Harold Bergman
USA
Best movies:
Go for It (1983)
Double Trouble (1984)
The Heavenly Kid (1985)
Robert Short
Best movies:
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
Fred Buch
Best movies:
Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
The Pilot (1980)
Trinity: Good Guys and Bad Guys (1985)
Carlos González
Best movies:
Pure Luck (1991)
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
Mal Jones
Best movies:
The Truman Show (1998)
Lenny (1974)
Go for It (1983)