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Cocoon (1985)
In Ron Howard's sci-fi fantasy:
- the life-inspiring scene in which three seniors:
Art Selwyn (Oscar-winning Don Ameche), Ben Luckett (Wilford Brimley),
and Joe Finley (Hume Cronyn) were rejuvenated to life after swimming
in the cocoon-filled swimming pool and exuded vitality and spunk
toward their wives and fellow retirement home residents
- Art's amazing solo break-dancing scene at a disco
dance club - ending with his salute to the appreciative younger audience
- the sexy scene in the swimming pool in which gorgeous
Kitty (Tahnee Welch, Raquel Welch's daughter) demonstrated how alien
Antareans expressed their affection: ("We show ourselves...it's
very fulfilling") - without touching - to charter boat operator
Jack Bonner (Steve Guttenberg)
- the sad scene of the death of Bernie Lefkowitz's
(Jack Gilford) wife Rosie (Herta Ware) after which he carried her
limp body over to the non-functioning life-giving pool near the Florida
retirement community to vainly revive her
- the goodbye scene of Ben telling his grandson David
(Barret Oliver) goodbye while standing knee-deep in water - and what
he would miss on Earth (grandsons, fishing holes, hotdogs, baseball
games, etc.) by going away forever to another planet, but also what
he would gain: ("When we get where we're going, we'll never
be sick, we won't get any older, and we won't ever die")
Goodbye Scene and Boat-Load Departure to Spaceship
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- in the finale, the scene of the boat-load of seniors
being transported upward into a departing Antarean spaceship for
the unknown planet
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Rejuvenated Swimming
Art's Solo Break-Dancing Sequence
Kitty's Expression of Affection
An Attempt to Revive Rosie
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