Thursday, 16 June 2011

Cocoon (1985 Ron Howard)

The sudden, brilliantly timed appearance of a friendly dolphin in a long sea / night take with Steve Guttenberg is worth the price of admission alone. Also fun are the shenanigans of the oldies, who are Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn (Lifeboat and Shadow of a Doubt early appearances), Wilford Brimley (looking too young really), Jack Gilford (Catch-22, lots on TV), Maureen Stapleton (Q correctly pegs her in The Money Pit; Plaza Suite), Jessica Tandy (Fried Green Tomatoes - Q again, Driving Miss Daisy, Garp, The Birds). Brian Dennehy (Belly of an Architect) is the strangely shaped alien.

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