Cocoon (film)
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| German title | Cocoon |
| Original title | Cocoon |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1985 |
| length | 112 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Ron Howard |
| script |
Tom Benedek , David Saperstein |
| production |
David Brown , Robert Doudell , Lili Fini Zanuck , Richard D. Zanuck |
| music | James Horner |
| camera | Donald Peterman |
| cut |
Daniel P. Hanley , Mike Hill |
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Cocoon is a science fiction - drama from director Ron Howard from the year 1985 . The film was continued three years later with Cocoon II - The Return .
action
The residents of an old people's home discover that the swimming pool in a neighboring villa is a real fountain of youth, but that they soon become addicted to its effects like a drug.
Unfortunately, retirees' excessive greed quickly depleted the pool's life-giving effects. It was created by aliens from the planet Antarea in order to bring their conspecifics, who have been on the ocean floor since the sinking of Atlantis, back to life.
The behavior of the people is not condemned in any way, but the leader of the Antareans - himself a friendly middle-aged man - now offers them to come with him on his spaceship and henceforth to enjoy eternal life. They are torn between this temptation and the people they love on earth.
Awards
- Oscar, best visual effects for Ken Ralston , Ralph McQuarrie , Scott Farrar and David Berry
- Oscar, best supporting actor for Don Ameche
Reviews
The film received positive reviews. The Rotten Tomatoes website counted 21 positive out of 27 professional reviews, which corresponds to a value of 78%. However, the general public received the film with mixed reactions, because at the same time 60% of 63,925 users rated the film positively. This in turn is confirmed by the online film archive IMDb , another platform on which normal users can submit their film reviews, because 54,729 users gave the film an average of 6.7 out of 10 possible points. (As of April 17, 2020)
"In the combination of a realistic description of the existence of old people with a fantastic science fiction theme, the film seems unbalanced, but for a long time it provides comedically appealing and personable entertainment."
"Wonderfully subtle fairy tale"
publication
The film came on 21 June 1985 in the US -Kinos and was opening weekend already 7.9 million dollars of its 17.5 million US dollars to import production costs in 1140 cinemas again, which he Rambo II - The contract on Number two and The Goonies number three on the cinema charts. In total, the film grossed 85.3 million US dollars worldwide. In Germany , the film started on October 24, 1985. The VHS was released on July 1, 1990, while the DVD release was on September 5, 2002. Since ProSiebenSat.1 Media owns the television broadcasting rights, the film has been shown frequently on Kabel1 in recent years .
Web links
- Cocoon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Cocoon in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cocoon. rottentomatoes.com, accessed April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Cocoon. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Cocoon , cinema.de
- ↑ a b June 21-23, 1985 at boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed July 19, 2011
- ↑ Cocoon 'Is 50th Film For Gentleman Star on mcall.com on July 14, 1985 (English), accessed on July 19, 2011
- ^ Cocoon at boxofficemojo.com , accessed July 19, 2011
- ^ Cocoon on ofdb.de, accessed on July 19, 2011