Up Close & Personal

19961996
PG-13PG-13
2h 4m

Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert Redford in Up Close & Personal (1996)

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

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

Director
- Jon Avnet
Writers
- Joan Didion
- John Gregory Dunne
- Alanna Nash(book "Golden Girl: The Story of Jessica Savitch")
Stars

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total

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Michelle Pfeiffer and Jon Avnet in Up Close & Personal (1996)

Robert Redford and Jon Avnet in Up Close & Personal (1996)

Jon Avnet in Up Close & Personal (1996)

Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert Redford in Up Close & Personal (1996)

Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert Redford in Up Close & Personal (1996)

Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Redford, and Glenn Plummer in Up Close & Personal (1996)

Robert Redford and Kate Nelligan in Up Close & Personal (1996)

Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert Redford in Up Close & Personal (1996)

Robert Redford and Joe Mantegna in Up Close & Personal (1996)

Michelle Pfeiffer and Glenn Plummer in Up Close & Personal (1996)

Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert Redford in Up Close & Personal (1996)

Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing, and Michael Villani in Up Close & Personal (1996)

Director
- Jon Avnet
Writers
- Joan Didion
- John Gregory Dunne
- Alanna Nash(book "Golden Girl: The Story of Jessica Savitch") (suggestion)
All cast & crew
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This is a telling of the Jessica Savitch story, the newswoman who, in the 1970s, became the "First Woman Anchor". Tally Atwater (Michelle Pfeiffer) is taken under the wing of Warren Justice (Robert Redford) in a Miami newsroom and becomes a news star on television. Despite her love for Warren, she takes the big chance and moves on to Philadelphia, where he follows to rescue her faltering career at the cost of his own - as she rises, he falls. —Bruce Cameron <dumarest@midcoast.com>

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Taglines
- Every Day we Have, is One More Than We Deserve.
Genres
- Drama
- Romance
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for brief strong language, some sensuality and depictions of violence
Parents guide

Trivia
Michelle Pfeiffer turned down the chance to star in a (never produced) adventure movie about female pirates - "Mistress of the Sea" - in order to star in this movie. At the time, Pfeiffer had just given birth to her son and did not want to travel overseas.

Goofs
Tally is supposedly in the prison with one camera, yet shots beamed live from her include shots of her camera crew holding a camera. In addition we see cutting of shots between Tally and Fernando as if there were two cameras there.

Quotes
Tally: When I asked you how long you could stay and you said, 'Long enough,' how long is that? When we're not together...
Warren: ...Everything shuts down.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Up Close and Personal/Muppet Treasure Island/Fargo/Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam/The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1996)

Soundtracks
Man and Superman
Written by Alan Parker (as Graham Lane)
De Wolfe Music (uncredited)

Top review

Very good

Even though I feel Robert Redford is getting a bit old to play the romantic hero, I did enjoy this movie. I liked the newsroom setting. I felt Michelle Pfeiffer gave a very good performance and that she and Mr. Redford had a very likeable chemistry. I didn't care for the ending, but it was good viewing on the whole. A good love story.

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5

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Budget
- $60,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $51,088,705
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,101,955
- Mar 3, 1996
Gross worldwide
- $100,688,705

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Runtime
2 hours 4 minutes
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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