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Cocoon released

When: 21 Jun 1985
Sources: 2 public sources

Twentieth Century Fox released Ron Howard's Cocoon, in which visitors from the planet Antarea retrieve cocoons off St. Petersburg, Florida, and residents of a retirement community are rejuvenated by them. Don Ameche won a supporting-actor Oscar and the film won for visual effects.

Sources

OfficialThe 58th Academy Awards (1986) (opens in a new tab)Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
OtherCocoon (1985) (opens in a new tab)AFI Catalog of Feature Films (American Film Institute)

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