Stellar cast returns intact to take part in `Cocoon' sequel

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: November 20, 1988| Author: Bob Strauss | Copyright information
NEW YORK They're back.

In one of the more miraculous logistical miracles of modern movie dealmaking, the entire cast of the 1985 sci-fi comedy "Cocoon" has been reunited for "Cocoon: The Return," opening Wednesday at local theaters. The three elderly couples - played by Don Ameche and Gwen Verdon, Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn, and Wilford Brimley and Maureen Stapleton - who accompanied a group of immortal, benevolent aliens to the faraway planet Antarea at the end of the original fil...

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