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The Evening Star

The Evening Star1996

★5.9129 minComedyDramaRomance

Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter, and another grandson living just above the poverty line.

Director

Writer

Larry McMurtry Robert Harling

Score

Stars

Shirley MacLaine Bill Paxton Juliette Lewis

Cast39

Shirley MacLaine
as Aurora Greenway
Bill Paxton
as Jerry Bruckner
Juliette Lewis
as Melanie Horton
Miranda Richardson
as Patsy Carpenter
Ben Johnson
as Arthur Cotton
Scott Wolf
as Bruce
George Newbern
as Tommy Horton
Marion Ross
as Rosie Dunlop
Mackenzie Astin
as Teddy Horton
Donald Moffat
as Hector Scott
Jennifer Grant
as Ellen
China Kantner
as Jane
Jack Nicholson
as Garrett Breedlove
S
Shawn Taylor Thompson
as Bump
J
Jake Langerud
as Henry
S
Sharon Bunn
as Dolly
C
Clement von Franckenstein
as Pascal Ferney
Antonia Bogdanovich
as Toni
J
Jimmie Lee Balthazar
as Jimmie Lee
Melinda Renna
as Nurse Susan
M
Mark Walters
as Doctor Faulkner
A
Ann Hardman-Broughton
as Lola Bruckner
Woody Watson
as James
L
Larry Elliott
as Billy
D
Donny Caicedo
as Joey
C
Connie Cooper
as Casting Assistant
Laura Cayouette
as Sitcom Actress Becky
J
John McCalmont
as Bernie Steinberg
John Bennett Perry
as Sitcom Parent
Mary Gross
as Sitcom Parent
Alex Morris
as Professor Warwick
Will Wallace
as Ticket Agent
K
Kim Terry
as Flight Attendant
E
Eileen Morris
as Nurse Margaret
C
Christopher Ballinger
as Bump (Age 9)
A
Austin Samuel Hembd
as Bump (Age 7)
Don Burgess
as Stage Manager
S
Steve Danton
as Minister B. Ramsey
R
Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc
as Helicopter Pilot

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