Cocoon: The Return (1988)
- Starring:
- Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, (more)
- Director(s):
- Daniel Petrie
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Cocoon 2: The Return, like most sequels, relies a bit too heavily on one's familiarity with the first film. Without dwelling too long on Cocoon #1, we can observe that it ended with a group of senior citizens heading for the distant planet of Antarea, hoping to find a new, rewarding and elongated life. Cocoon 2 picks up the action five years later: The Antareans return to earth to check on the damage caused to their life-regenerating cocoons by earthquakes. Coming along for the ride are the elderly couples whom we met in the first film. Also carried over from the first Cocoon are young ferryboat captain Steve Guttenberg and gorgeous Antarean Tahnee Welch, who resume their interplanetary romance. Oldster Jack Gilford, whose beloved wife died in Cocoon, likewise finds romance in the form of Elaine Stritch. A secondary plot involves an insidious secret government plan to exploit the Antareans, which is foiled by sympathetic researcher Courteney Cox. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 116 mins
Complete Cast:
- Don Ameche - Art Selwyn
- Hume Cronyn - Joe Finley
- Steve Guttenberg - Jack Bonner
- Jessica Tandy - Alma Finley
- Gwen Verdon - Bess McCarthy
- Courteney Cox Arquette - Sara
- Brian Andrews - Visiting Catcher
- Robert Gwaltney - Clerk
- Barret Oliver - David
- Kelly Jasen - Little Girl #1
- David Easton - Player #1
- Harold Bergman - Dr. Erwin
- Robert Short - Technician
- Ryan Szurgot - Little Boy #1
- Brian C. Smith - Dr. Baron
- Glenn Scherer - Bess's Doctor
- Buddy Reynolds - Airforce Policeman
- Patricia Rainier - Man's Wife
- Matt Ford - Player #2
- Kevin Corrigan - Security Guard
- Patricia Winters - Lamaze Teacher
- Stephanie Oldziej - Little Girl #2
- Barrie Mizerski - Waiter
- Bruce McLaughlin - Man on Glass Bottom Boat
- Will Marchetti - Gen. Jefferds
- Shelley Spurlock - Rebecca
- Alan Jordan - Orderly
- Anthony Finazzo - Little Boy #2
- Wendy J. Cooke - Phil/Antarean
- Wilford Brimley - Ben Luckett
- Jack Gilford - Bernie Lefkowitz
- Maureen Stapleton - Mary Luckett
- Tahnee Welch - Kitty
- Elaine Stritch - Ruby
- Iris Acker - Mrs. Cashman
- Brian Dennehy
- Mal Jones - Man at Kiosk
- Richard Jasen - Little Boy
- Chris Fuxa - Kid #2
- Fritz Dominique - Orderly #2
- Priscilla Ashley Behne - Little Girl #3
- Herta Ware - Rose
- Jay Smith - Catcher
- Darcy Shean - Woman in Restaurant
- Glenn L. Robbins - Mr. Szydlo
- Rachel Renick - Janet
- Madeleine Lee Gilford - Impatient Woman
- Carlos Gonzalez - Janitor
- Bill Wohrman - Coach
- Tony Vila, Jr. - Umpire
- Mike Nomad - Doc
- Ted Milford - Kid #1
- Jack McDermott - Spectator
- Tom Kouchalakos - Doug
- Tyrone Power, Jr. - Pillsbury
- Linda Harrison - Susan
- Fred Buch - Alma's Doctor
- Director(s):
- Daniel Petrie
- Writer(s):
- Elizabeth Bradley, Daniel Petrie, Stephen McPherson
- Producer(s):
- Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, Lili Fini Zanuck
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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