|
| 
 enlarge | Director: Robert Harling
Actors: Shirley Maclaine, Bill Paxton, Juliette Lewis, Miranda Richardson, Ben Johnson
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Category: Video
List Price: $9.95
Buy Used: $0.50
You Save: $9.45 (95%)
New (8) Used (40) Collectible (2) from $0.50
Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 4462
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 129
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6304410433
UPC: 097363290230
EAN: 9786304410431
ASIN: 6304410433
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1996
Release Date: October 14, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Customer Reviews:
 Evening Star Rview February 22, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I adore this movie and all the characters in it. I love Jack Nicholson and Shirley McClaine together again for the 2nd time.
This movie is great for mother and daughter time, this movie will make you laugh and cry, this is one of my favorites, I am not sure what draws me to it, but everytime I am finished watching it I feel refreshed, happy. I think it has to do with the ending-I don't want to spoil it but if you have ever wondered about the afterlife or had a fear of passing on, I think this movie will calm your worries.
Breath-taking, wonderful, humorous & poignant January 21, 2006
"The Evening Star" is an inspirational film covering serious topics such as moving away, death, and everyday living.
The story focuses on a widowed, well-to-do grandmother living in Houston, TX played by Shirley MacLaine, whose grandchildren have all taken a turn for the worse. Her favorite grandchild, "Melanie" has decided that she no longer wants to go to Rice, so she decides at the last minute to drop-out after receiving a "D" on her lit paper and decides to move out of her grandmother's home, and moves in with her hapless boyfriend, who desires to become a male model thinking he's going to get rich quick. Ultimately, they leave Houston for the bigger city lights of LA where "dreams come true," but unfortuantely, for "Melanie" and her boyfriend things don't turn out as they had planned and now "Melanie" is left alone living in L.A. with her grandmother just a phone call away, decides to call her and tell her how difficult life really has become and of course, her grandmother fully understands and wants her to move back, but "Melanie" decides that moving back will only make it seem that she's being dependent on her grandmother.
The other grandchildren are two sons, Melanie's brothers, one who has a hardened heart and is in prison and the other one is a tow truck driver--not exactly what "Aurora Greenway" wanted her grandchildren to become.
Little by little, as "Aurora's" life seems to be taking a turn for the worse, Shirley MacLaine manages to maintain her composure, elegance and fortitude knowing that sometimes no matter how hard life can become, you can always make the best of a bad situation and she does!
I highly recommend this film to adults, who need a little pick me up, but at the same time can cope with serious issues such as death because the movie is a tear jerker.
*(Not suitable for anyone under 18 due to the adult themes, and profanity).
Shirley MacLaine, back as Aurora Greenway... January 21, 2005
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
THE EVENING STAR is the long-awaited sequel to TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, continuing the story of Aurora Greenway and the children of her daughter Emma.
Aurora (Shirley MacLaine) has succeeded in raising Tommy (George Newbern), Teddy (Mackenzie Astin) and Melanie (Juliette Lewis), though she's not very happy with the outcome. Tommy is in jail, Teddy has had a family out of wedlock and Melanie is skipping college and sleeping with a boy that Aurora (to put it mildly) doesn't approve of.
Aurora's lovelife has also taken a nosedive. Garrett (Jack Nicholson) has moved away and the house seems too big and lonely. At the `suggestion' of maid Rosie (Marion Ross) she goes to see a counsellor (Bill Paxton). Trying desperately to keep Emma's family together, Aurora slowly mends the rift between the past and present.
This emotional sequel to TOE is fantastic. Miranda Richardson fills the role of bitchy Patsy (played by Lisa Hart Carroll in the original film) perfectly, and Marion Ross more than fills the shoes of Rosie (played previously by Betty King). Juliette Lewis is lovely as Melanie (and does resemble Debra Winger who played Emma). And no sequel to TERMS OF ENDEARMENT would be complete without Jack Nicholson dropping by!
So lets revisit Aurora as she takes us through the next chapter of the Greenway story...
 WITTY AND EMOTIONAL February 8, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I really took a while to get into the film, but Shirley MacLaine's part made it for me. Her honest approach to all she met, couldn't help win her votes. She was a grandmother keeping her family together as best she could, yet when it all fell apart she still left the door of approach open for them all. You can relate to many in the film, if you are young and impetuous or older and denying your age or honestly facing it. A good film in my opinion.
A BIG REQUEST ......... my video cut out at the moment when Shirley is being driven in the back of "Bill Paxton's" (Jack Nicholson) car casting Rosie's ashes to the wind along the beach.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN ANYONE TELL ME THE ENDING????????Waiting for a reply in anticipation
JOSE HARRIS
Heartmoving! June 16, 2003
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Everytime I watch this witty, funny, sad, tearful movie, I both laugh and cry. The acting is wonderful. Shirley Macclaine is a very lovable character along with the rest of the cast. Great movie! Never get tired of re-watching.
|
|
|
The Outpost Network | |
