--- title: 'Cocoon: The Return (1988)' type: 'film' director: 'Daniel Petrie' released: '1988-11-23' runtime_minutes: 111 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' - 'Science Fiction' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cocoon-the-return-1988' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094890/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Cocoon: The Return (1988) 1988 · 111 min · Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction · United States ## Synopsis Cocoon: The Return is a 1988 American science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and written by Stephen McPherson. The film serves as the sequel to the 1985 film Cocoon. All of the starring actors from the first film reprised their roles in this film, although Brian Dennehy only appears in one scene at the end of the film. Cocoon: The Return was released by 20th Century Fox on November 23, 1988. Unlike its predecessor, the film was neither a commercial nor a critical success. ## Credits - **Director:** [Daniel Petrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-petrie-2) - **Screenplay:** [Stephen McPherson](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-mcpherson) - **Original Music Composer:** [James Horner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-horner) - **Producer:** [Richard D. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-d-zanuck) - **Director of Photography:** [Tak Fujimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/tak-fujimoto) - **Editor:** [Mark Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-warner-2) ## Cast - [Gwen Verdon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gwen-verdon) - [Courteney Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/courteney-cox) - [Maureen Stapleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-stapleton) - [Wilford Brimley](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilford-brimley) - [Harold Bergman](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-bergman) - [Jack Gilford](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-gilford) - [Brian Dennehy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-dennehy) - [Elaine Stritch](https://cinepixo.com/people/elaine-stritch) - [Tahnee Welch](https://cinepixo.com/people/tahnee-welch) - [Barret Oliver](https://cinepixo.com/people/barret-oliver) - [Steve Guttenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-guttenberg) - [Herta Ware](https://cinepixo.com/people/herta-ware) - [Jessica Tandy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessica-tandy) - [Don Ameche](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-ameche) - [Hume Cronyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/hume-cronyn) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/cocoon-the-return-1988 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1105466); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.