Up Close & Personal (1996)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Jon Avnet

Writers (WGA):

Joan Didion (written by) &
John Gregory Dunne (written by) ...

Release Date:

1 March 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Every Day we Have, is One More Than We Deserve.

Plot:

An ambitious young woman, determined to build a career in TV journalism, gets good advice from her first boss, and they fall in love.

Plot Keywords:

Journalism | Journalist | Male Female Relationship | Rival | Weather Forecaster

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Robert Redford	...	Warren Justice
Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Sally 'Tally' Atwater
Stockard Channing	...	Marcia McGrath
Joe Mantegna	...	Bucky Terranova
Kate Nelligan	...	Joanna Kennelly
Glenn Plummer	...	Ned Jackson
James Rebhorn	...	John Merino
Scott Bryce	...	Rob Sullivan
Raymond Cruz	...	Fernando Buttanda
Dedee Pfeiffer	...	Luanne Atwater
Miguel Sandoval	...	Dan Duarte
Noble Willingham	...	Buford Sells
James Karen	...	Tom Orr
Brian Markinson	...	Vic Nash
Michael Laskin	...	IBS Director

Also Known As:

Golden Girl (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, some sensuality and depictions of violence.

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Denmark:11 | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 (w) | Italy:T | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Belle Glade, Florida, USA

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

Edward Norton auditioned for a role.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Tally, said to be reporting for WFIL, holds a Channel 7 microphone. WFIL was actually Channel 6. (Note: WFIL's call letter subsequently changed to WPVI, still channel 6 in Philadelphia.)

Quotes:

[Warren's advice about news headlines]
Warren Justice: "If it bleeds, it leads."

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Nanny: Fair Weather Fran (#5.8)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Re-Animator

This movie is in my top ten collection!

I saw this movie years back, but unfortunately ever since my friend borrowed it I never got it back so I never saw it for many years and recently I got the DVD and this movie sure brought back memories.

Sally/Tally Atwater fakes her way into a job and a TV station and has her hopes set up high in becoming a journalist when she meets Warren Justice, who begins teaching her what journalism is truly all about and slowly the two start falling in love, but all things end...

This movie is about love, work and everything else in between. A woman and a man both workaholics can't stand to be away from the thrill of their work and yet can't stand to be away from each other either and then one of them goes and makes a fatal mistake.

10/10 and I hated the ending just for the record, but it was the only one that would suit this film. Whoever believes in fairy tales this is a movie you should stay away from...