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Would this film have still gotten made if...


COCOON had not been such a big hit?

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Since Stephen Spielberg was originally going to use it for a television show but then decided he liked it so much he changed it to a theatrical release, I'd say the odds are that yes, it still would have been made (for which I will be eternally grateful). To be honest, I don't really understand the comparison of the two movies. Yes they are both "fantasies" but beyond that, there is no comparison (just my own "uneducated" opinion).

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Fantasies with old people and sci-fi elements. I'd say that makes them rather similar.

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