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Plot. About 10,000 years ago, peaceful aliens from the planet Antarea set up an outpost on Earth on Atlantis. When Atlantis sank, twenty aliens were left behind, kept alive in large rock-like cocoons at the bottom of the ocean. A group of Antareans have returned to collect them.
7 wins & 11 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1986 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Don Ameche. 1986 Winner Oscar. Best Effects, Visual Effects. Ken Ralston. Ralph McQuarrie. Scott Farrar. David Berry. Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA. 1986 Nominee Saturn Award. Best Science Fiction Film.
Splash. Screenplay by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman; Screen Story by Bruce Jay Friedman; Based on a story by Brian Grazer. The 57th Academy Awards | 1985.
The poignant plot (with a humorous first-half and a serious second-half) was enhanced by the rising score of James Horner, and pre-CGI special effects by ILM (winning an Oscar for Best Visual Effects).
Original Score winner for Out of Africa, with presenters Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds
7 gru 1993 · SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Don Ameche, versatile leading man of 1930s and '40s films whose comeback in the 1980s climaxed with an Oscar as supporting actor in "Cocoon," has died. He was 85.
8 gru 1993 · Don Ameche, who was one of Hollywood's busiest and most versatile stars in the 1930's and 40's and who saw his fame triumphantly rekindled when he won an Oscar for his work in the comedy...
