TheJackson City Starnewspaper headlines announce: "GOV.HOPPER""S CHOICE IS EAGERLY AWAITED." Hopper must rely on the advice of the political boss"" machine to suggest someone to serve as interim senator to complete he dead senator""s term.Lacombe: How long have you been working on this project?Laughlin: I""ve been with the American team from the beginning.Harley, with the internal affairs of your planet.My mission here is not to solve your petty squabbles.It concerns the existence of every last creature on Earth...I intend to explain - to all the nations,at the same ime."After Harley noted that the UN did not represent all he nations, Klaatu then suggested meeting with all the "Chiefs of State" instead.A sub-par sequel, titledThe Evening Star (1996)found Shirley MacLaine reprising her role fifteen years later, as a grand-mother to her daughter Emma""s three children, and Jack Nicholson with only a short cameo appearance.[Note: The film""s script was more upbeat than Chase""s original story.In the original novel with a darker ending, Dunson""s wound - from Cherry - causes him to collapse, and he soon dies.