The Evening Star

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The Evening Star
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Harling
Screenplay by	Robert Harling
Based on	The Evening Star by Larry McMurtry
Produced by	David Kirkpatrick Polly Platt Keith Samples
Starring	Shirley MacLaine Bill Paxton Juliette Lewis Miranda Richardson Ben Johnson Scott Wolf George Newbern Marion Ross Mackenzie Astin Donald Moffat Jack Nicholson
Cinematography	Don Burgess
Edited by	David Moritz
Music by	William Ross
Production company	Rysher Entertainment
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 25, 1996 (1996-12-25)
Running time	129 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million[citation needed]
Box office	$12.8 million[citation needed]

The Evening Star is a 1996 American comedy drama film directed by Robert Harling, adapted from the 1992 novel by Larry McMurtry. It is a sequel to the Academy Award-winning 1983 film Terms of Endearment starring Shirley MacLaine, who reprises the role of Aurora Greenway, for which she won an Oscar in the original film.

Taking place about thirteen years after the original, following the characters from 1988 to 1993, the plot focuses on Aurora's relationship with her three grandchildren, her late daughter Emma's best friend Patsy and her longtime housekeeper Rosie. Along the way, Aurora enters into a relationship with a younger man, while watching the world around her change as old friends pass on and her grandchildren make lives of their own.

Miranda Richardson co-stars alongside Juliette Lewis, Marion Ross, Bill Paxton, and Ben Johnson in his final film role before his death; the film is dedicated to him. Jack Nicholson returns in an extended cameo appearance, reprising his role from Terms of Endearment.

Unlike its predecessor, The Evening Star received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb.