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Up Close & Personal

Up Close & Personal

Up Close & Personal

Up Close & Personal

Passion Brought Them Together... Only Success Could Tear Them Apart!

1996•1h 59m•

★6.3(238 ratings)

DramaRomance

Overview

Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tape. Warren Justice is a brilliant, hard edged, veteran newsman. He sees Tally has talent and becomes her mentor. Tally’s career takes a meteoric rise and she and Warren fall in love. The romance that results is as intense and revealing as television news itself. Yet, each breaking story, every videotaped crisis that brings them together, also threatens to drive them apart...

Director

Writers

Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne

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Main Cast

Robert Redford

Robert Redford

Warren Justice

Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer

Tally Atwater

Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

Marcia McGrath

Joe Mantegna

Joe Mantegna

Bucky Terranova

Kate Nelligan

Kate Nelligan

Joanna Kennelly

Glenn Plummer

Glenn Plummer

Ned Jackson

James Rebhorn

James Rebhorn

John Merino

Scott Bryce

Scott Bryce

Rob Sullivan

Raymond Cruz

Raymond Cruz

Fernando Buttanda

Dedee Pfeiffer

Dedee Pfeiffer

Luanne Atwater

Michael Laskin

Michael Laskin

IBS Director

Lorielle New

Lorielle New

Merino's Secretary

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Jon Avnet
First Assistant Director: David McGiffert
Second Assistant Director: Scott Harris
Script Supervisor: Karen Golden
Second Second Assistant Director: Stephen E. Hagen

Writing

Screenplay: Joan Didion
Screenplay: John Gregory Dunne

Production

Producer: Jon Avnet
Unit Production Manager: D. Scott Easton
Executive Producer: John Foreman
Executive Producer: Ed Hookstratten
Producer: David Nicksay
Casting Director: David Rubin

Music & Sound

Original Music Composer: Thomas Newman
Sound Mixer: Charles M. Wilborn
Supervising Sound Editor: Alan Robert Murray
Music Supervisor: Kathy Nelson
Music Editor: Bill Bernstein
Songs: Diane Warren

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Key Grip: Loren Corl
Camera Operator: Peter Krause
First Assistant Camera: Gary D. Scott
Second Assistant Camera: Gary L. Camp
"B" Camera Operator: Chris Haarhoff

Editing

Editor: Debra Neil-Fisher
First Assistant Editor: Karen Broderick
Assistant Editor: John Axelrad
Assistant Editor: Patrick J. Don Vito
Assistant Editor: David S. Clark
Color Timer: Bob Putynkowski

Art Direction

Production Design: Jeremy Conway
Set Decoration: Dorree Cooper
Art Direction: Mark W. Mansbridge
Art Direction: Bruce Alan Miller
Set Designer: Richard Fernandez
Set Designer: Philip Toolin

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Design: Albert Wolsky
Hairstylist: Bunny Parker
Hair Designer: Peter Owen
Hair Designer: Alan D'Angerio
Makeup Artist: Ronnie Specter
Makeup Artist: Gary Liddiard

Keywords

careermiami, floridaaffectationreportercandidintimateabsurdadmiringadoringamusedinformativesympatheticvibrant

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Did You Know?

#1

The film's tagline is: "Passion Brought Them Together... Only Success Could Tear Them Apart!"

#2

With a budget of $60.0M, the film grossed $100.7M — a profit of $40.7M (68% ROI).

#3

The runtime is 119 minutes (1h 59m).

#4

The film was directed by Jon Avnet.

#5

The screenplay was written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne.

#6

The score was composed by Thomas Newman.

#7

Cinematography was handled by Karl Walter Lindenlaub.

#8

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0118055.

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Rating

6.3/10

Average

238 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Up Close & Personal

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

PG-13

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Budget:

$60,000,000

Revenue:

$100,688,562

Production Companies:

Cinergi Pictures

Cinergi Pictures

Avnet/Kerner Productions