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Oscar-winning sci-fi fantasy in which the residents of a Florida rest-home get a new lease of life when they stumble across an alien 'fountain of youth' in a disused vacation house. Unbeknown to them, aliens have been using the swimming pool in the house to store their cocooned brethren, giving the waters a powerful, rejuvenating quality. Don Ameche won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

Keywords:

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Based-on-Novel, Sci Fi, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

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(1985) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Don Ameche	.... Arthur Selwyn
Wilford Brimley	.... Benjamin Luckett
Hume Cronyn	.... Joseph Finley
Brian Dennehy	.... Walter
Jack Gilford	.... Bernard Lefkowitz
Steve Guttenberg	.... Jack Bonner

Supporting Cast:

Maureen Stapleton	.... Marilyn Luckett
Jessica Tandy	.... Alma Finley
Gwen Verdon	.... Bess McCarthy
Herta Ware	.... Rosie Lefkowitz
Tahnee Welch	.... Kitty
Barret Oliver	.... David
Linda Harrison	.... Susan
Tyrone Power Jr.	.... Pillsbury
Clint Howard	.... John Dexter
Charles Lampkin	.... Pops
Mike Nomad	.... Doc
Jorge Gil	.... Lou Pine
James Ritz	.... DMV Clerk
Charles Rainsbury	.... Smiley

Directors:

Ron Howard

Writers:

Tom Benedek
David Saperstein

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