Movie Description
Aspiring on-air reporter Tally Atwater (Michelle Pfieffer) may be lovely and ambitious, but she lacks talent. That changes, however, after Warren Justice (Robert Redford), a former White House correspondent turned Miami news director, discovers her. As he carefully guides her career to new heights, Warren and Tally become increasingly attracted to each other, and begin a romance. Soon, a star is born in Tally, who rises through the ranks of network news - while Warren's once-stellar career sinks into the depths of mediocrity. Furthermore, Tally's ascension takes her away from her lover/mentor, when she is forced to relocate to Philadelphia. Tally struggles to stay afloat at her new assignment while dodging jabs from Marcia McGrath (Stockard Channing), a veteran warhorse reporter who jealously protects her position as number one. Finally Warren turns up to inspire Tally and the two partners begin a new career together. However, on a routine assignment in a Philadelphia prison Tally and her cameraman are taken hostage in a prison riot and forced to endure hours of intense violence.Tally bravely covers the groundbreaking story from within the walls of the collapsing prison as Warren looks on from outside, guiding her through her first national broadcast. This incredible act of bravery leads to Tally's eagerily anticipated advancement to a national network newscaster position and the continuation of the dynamic duo's rise to fame.
| Credits | | Producer: | David Nicksay, Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner | | Cast: | DeDee Pfeiffer, Miguel Sandoval, Noble Winningham, Raymond Cruz, Scott Bryce |
Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Letterboxed - 1.85:1
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus, Rereleased theatrically in the U.S. on March 1, 1996.
"Up Close and Personal" is very loosely based on Alanna Nash's book "Golden Girl," a biography of late NBC journalist Jessica Savitch, who died in a car crash in 1983. The credits say the film was "suggested by" the book.
Like the film's Tally Atwater, Jessica Savitch worked at a Philadelphia station. In the film, Tally works at the fictional WFIL. Jessica Savitch worked at WKYW.
Former WCAU (Philadelphia) journalist Andrew Glassman briefly appears as a Shouting Questioner.
The movie's prison riot was filmed on location at Holmesburg Prison.
Additional credit: Linda Ellman (technical news consultant).
Includes the hit song "Because You Loved Me," performed by Celine Dion.
Original score album on Hollywood Records.
Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Editorial Reviews
"...A crowd-pleasing love story....Redford is a master at using the mainstream to his own subversive ends..."
Rolling Stone - p.103-4 - Peter Travers
"...An alluring throwback to the days when movie-star romance really lighted up the screen..."
New York Times - p.C1 - Janet Maslin
"...Always genuine and alive on screen, and actress who never makes a wrong move, Pfeiffer simply compels belief in her character....This is the kind of rich performance any of the old queens of Hollywood would envy..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (03/01/1996)
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