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Cocoon

Oscar-winning sci-fi fantasy about the residents of a Florida rest-home who get a new lease of life when they stumble across an alien 'fountain of youth' in a disused house.

Oscar-winning sci-fi fantasy in which the residents of a Florida rest-home get a new lease of life when they stumble across an alien 'fountain of youth' in a disused vacation house. Unbeknown to them, aliens have been using the swimming pool in the house to store their cocooned brethren, giving the waters a powerful, rejuvenating quality.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 1 Jun 200813:00
BBC One except Scotland

Credits

Art SelwynDon Ameche
Ben LuckettWilford Brimley
Joe FinleyHume Cronyn
WalterBrian Dennehy
Bernie LefkowitzJack Gilford
Jack BonnerSteve Guttenberg
Mary LuckettMaureen Stapleton
Alma FinleyJessica Tandy
Bess McCarthyGwen Verdon
Rosie LefkowitzHerta Ware
KittyTahnee Welch
DirectorRon Howard
WriterTom Benedek
ProducerDavid Brown
ProducerLili Fini Zanuck
ProducerRichard D Zanuck
ComposerJames Horner
Director of photographyDon Peterman

Broadcasts

  • Mon 7 Jan 200823:05
    BBC One except Northern Ireland
  • Mon 14 Jan 200823:15
    BBC One Northern Ireland
  • Sun 1 Jun 200813:00
    BBC One except Scotland