In Ron Howard's directorial debut, Henry Winkler sheds the tough-guy image of his familiar and popular television sitcom character Fonzie to portray the soft spoken, shy morgue worker Chuck Lumley. Other performances include Shelly Long. Unbeknownst to him, Madison is not like other women and sports a fishtail when wet. Other performances include John Candy. A group of retirement home residents stumble upon a number of alien pods and feel rejuvenated just by being around them.
Cocoon is a look into the human spirit and is a warm, fuzzy feel-good flick.
Michael Keaton stars in this comic culture clash as a automobile factory foreman who is trying to save a Pennsylvanian plant from closing. He convinces a Japanese firm to take a risk on manufacturing cars in the States. The American workers and the Japanese management go toe to toe over different views of how the business should be operated. The conflict threatens to endanger the survival of the factory, but disciplinary compromise saves the day. Other performances include Gedde Watanbe, Mimi Rogers, George Wendt, and John Turturro.