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Cast & Crew

Daniel Petrie
Director
Brian Dennehy
As Walter (uncredited)
Steve Guttenberg
As Jack Bonner
Courteney Cox
As Sara
Hume Cronyn
As Joe Finley
Don Ameche
As Art Selwyn
Wilford Brimley
As Ben Luckett

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In this heartwarming sci-fi comedy, a group of retired seniors who left Earth for a peaceful life on the alien planet Antarea return to visit their loved ones. They must retrieve a lost cocoon before it falls into the wrong hands, but their mission is complicated when one of them is injured, and they must decide whether to stay on Earth or return to Antarea. Along the way, they reconnect with their family and friends, and discover the joys and challenges of mortal life. Ultimately, they learn that family and love are more important than immortality, and they must make a choice that will change their lives forever.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Cocoon: The Return include Back to the Future, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Re-Animator, Brazil, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, Weird Science.

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Cocoon: The Return was released in theaters on November 23, 1988.