Directed by:
Ron HowardScreenplay:
Tom BenedekCinematography:
Donald PetermanComposer:
James HornerCast:
Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Tahnee Welch (more)Plots(1)
A group of delightful and very human people meet up with some very bizarre and not-so-human beings, who are visitors from a distant galaxy. They have come to Earth on a rescue mission to retrieve a secret which has laid hidden on the ocean floor for thousands of years. They share a more wondrous adventure of love and friendship that they could ever have imagined. (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Don Ameche](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/413/164413200_0ab7e2.jpg)
Don Ameche
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
Trading Places (1983)
Midnight (1939)
![Wilford Brimley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/678/164678053_d09b52.jpg)
Wilford Brimley
USA
Best movies:
The Thing (1982)
Brubaker (1980)
The Natural (1984)
![Hume Cronyn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/789/163789612_31b5e0.jpg)
Hume Cronyn
Canada
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV movie)
Brute Force (1947)
![Brian Dennehy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267712_9b71b3.jpg)
Brian Dennehy
USA
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Ratatouille (2007)
First Blood (1982)
![Jack Gilford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/467/158467724_630539.jpg)
Jack Gilford
USA
Best movies:
Save the Tiger (1973)
The Incident (1967)
Catch-22 (1970)
![Steve Guttenberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267657_105e53.jpg)
Steve Guttenberg
USA
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (video compilation)
Police Academy (1984)
The Day After (1983) (TV movie)
![Maureen Stapleton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/405/164405847_7e5f15.jpg)
Maureen Stapleton
USA
Best movies:
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Airport (1970)
![Jessica Tandy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/629/161629587_d08c9f.jpg)
Jessica Tandy
UK
Best movies:
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
![Gwen Verdon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792677_eda038.jpg)
Gwen Verdon
USA
Best movies:
Marvin's Room (1996)
Alice (1990)
Cotton Club (1984)
![Tahnee Welch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271595_0de971.jpg)
Tahnee Welch
USA
Best movies:
Cocoon (1985)
Body and Soul (1999) (TV movie)
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
![Barret Oliver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/130/164130313_1c56bd.jpg)
Barret Oliver
USA
Best movies:
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
The Secret Garden (1987) (TV movie)
Cocoon (1985)
![Linda Harrison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277626_768e4e.jpg)
Linda Harrison
USA
Best movies:
Planet of the Apes (1968)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
Cocoon (1985)
Tyrone Power Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Cocoon (1985)
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
Shag (1989)
![Clint Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272216_a7fed2.jpg)
Clint Howard
USA
Best movies:
Cinderella Man (2005)
Apollo 13 (1995)
The Jungle Book (1967)
![Jim Fitzpatrick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271862_be8d3c.jpg)
Jim Fitzpatrick
USA
Best movies:
Armageddon (1998)
Gangster Squad (2013)
Little Ghost (1997)
![Rance Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247473_d9e9ca.jpg)
Rance Howard
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cinderella Man (2005)
![Charles Lampkin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/270/160270686_b4696d.jpg)
Charles Lampkin
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Harold Bergman
USA
Best movies:
Go for It (1983)
Double Trouble (1984)
The Heavenly Kid (1985)
![Jean Speegle Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/557/162557299_fe09d2.jpg)
Jean Speegle Howard
USA
Best movies:
Apollo 13 (1995)
My Fellow Americans (1996)
Cocoon (1985)
Mike Nomad
USA
Best movies:
Cocoon (1985)
Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
April Fool's Day (1986)