How Long Is “Cocoon: The Return”?

Daniel Petric rises to the challenge of directing this sequel to Ron Howard's successful original. Those who chose immortality with the Antareans return with the aliens. The visitors are back to rescue a cocoon found on the ocean floor and now the subject of scientific investigation, while the immortal old folk are back to visit growing grandsons and ageing friends. Once again, Don Ameche, Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn - as Arthur Selwyn, Alma Finley and Joseph Finley respectively - steal the film, but new face Elaine Strich, as Ruby Steinberg, the hotel owner the others try to fix up with stay-behind Bernard Lefkowitz, is also a delight. As the two plots merge, can the Antareans rescue their friend, and will the immortals return or stay on Earth to grow old and die?, Five years since the senior citizens blasted off into space with the Antareans return to earth because their alien friends have to collect the rest of the cocoons in the ocean, believed to be in danger from an earthquake. Ben and Mary visit their family, while Art and Joe visit Bernie, who's still hangin' on.