Up Close & Personal

Infobox_Film
name = Up Close & Personal


imdb_id = 0118055
producer = Jordan Kerner & David Nicksay
director = Jon Avnet
writer = Alanna Nash (book)
Joan Didion & John Gregory Dunne (screenplay)
starring = Robert Redford
Michelle Pfeiffer
music = Thomas Newman
cinematography = Karl Walter Lindenlaub
editing = Debra Neil-Fisher
distributor = Touchstone Pictures (USA
Cinergi Pictures (foreign markets)
released = March 1, 1996
runtime = 124 min.
language = English
"Up Close & Personal" is a 1996 American motion picture drama/romance that was inspired by the story of Jessica Savitch who, in the 1970s, became the first female anchor on American television. The film is based on the 1988 book, "" by Alanna Nash.

The making of the film is told in the book: "", (1997), by John Gregory Dunne, who co-wrote the screenplay with his wife, Joan Didion. The book relays how a movie about Jessica Savitch to some degree turned into "A Star is Born"-type film, where one person is a "rising star" while that person's love interest becomes a "falling star."

The film is noted for the use of the hit song "Because You Loved Me" performed by Celine Dion.

Primary 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
*Fabian : Himself

Award wins:
*Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media – Diane Warren

Award nominations:
*Academy Award for Best Song – (Diane Warren)
*Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song - Motion Picture – (Diane Warren)

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118055/ "Up Close & Personal"] at The Internet Movie Database
* Critical Analysis, genre, women in journalism: http://wethemedia.edublogs.org/case-study-film-up-close-personal/