Deliberate mistake: David spots the boat with the old folk on and runs around the harbor, down the jetty and jumps towards the dive boat as it leaves the jetty. He doesn't jump very high and you can see he would miss the rail on the boat. In the next shot, a (larger) stunt double is shown leaping high in the air onto the boat and, of course, catches the rail.
Cocoon (1985)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Ron Howard
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Hume Cronyn, Wilford Brimley, Don Ameche
The residents of the retirement/assisted living community are offered a chance to head off into the universe with the Antereans, as teachers. They will never die, never be sick, and never grow old. Most of the main characters choose to go. Steve Gutenberg receives cash for his boat. The aliens take the boat loaded with seniors aboard their ship and they fly away. A funeral is held for the residents but Wilford Brimley's grandson knows they're alive. The spaceship flies into the universe.
More mistakes in Cocoon
Art Selwyn: Men should be explorers, no matter how old they are. I don't know about anybody else, but I'm going.
Trivia: Some of the cloud effects were created by dumping colored dyes in tanks of water which were then superimposed into the shot.
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