20 October 2006

Up Close & Personal (1996)



















































































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Up Close & Personal (1996)

Also Known As:
Intimo y Personal

Directed by
Jon Avnet

Writing credits (WGA)
Joan Didion
John Gregory Dunne

Plot Outline:
This is a telling of the Jessica Savitch story, the newswoman who, in the 1970's, became the "First Woman Anchor". Sally/Tally is taken under the wing of Warren in a Miami newsroom and becomes a news star on TV. 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. [summary by Bruce Cameron]

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
Robert Keith Watson .... IBS Makeup Man
Lily Nicksay .... Star Atwater

Joanna Sanchez .... Ileana
Daniel Zacapa .... Harvey Harris
Heidi Swedberg .... Sheila
Fern Buchner .... WMIA Makeup Woman

Miguel PĂ©rez .... WMIA Floor Manager
Nicholas Cascone .... WMIA Director
Kenneth Fuchs .... WMIA Assistant Director
Julie Foreman .... WMIA Producer
Edwina Moore .... WMIA Co-Anchor
Patti Davis Suarez .... WMIA Reporter

Marc Macaulay .... Police Spokesman
Ed Amatrudo .... Miami Reporter
Ana Azcuy .... Miami Reporter
Peter D'Oench .... Miami Reporter
Dave Game .... Miami Reporter
Michelle Gillen .... Miami Reporter
Eliott Rodriguez .... Miami Reporter
Jennifer Valoppi .... Miami Reporter

Yareli Arizmendi .... Inez Cifuentes, Fashion Consultant
Salvador Levy .... Congressman Jorge Diaz
Manny Suárez .... Diaz' Aide
Neil Giuntoli .... Trailer Park Manager
Jason Sanford .... Photographer
Michael Villani .... Doug Dunning
Elizabeth Ruscio .... Lulu Delano
Michael Shamus Wiles .... WFIL Cameraman
Nigel Gibbs .... WFIL Floor Manager
Mary Elizabeth Sheridan .... 98-Year-Old Twin
Marian Lamb Bechtelheimer .... 98-Year-Old Twin
Natalie Barish .... Focus Group Member
Wanda-Lee Evans .... Focus Group Member (as Wanda Lee Evans)
Charles Noland .... Focus Group Member
Charles Martiniz .... Focus Group Member
Charles C. Stevenson Jr. .... Focus Group Member
Cynthia Szigeti .... Focus Group Member
Guillermo Gentile .... Chess Player
Richard Alliger .... Right-to-Life Protestor
Fabian .... Himself
Ginny Graham .... Homeless Woman

Frederick Strother .... City Councilman
Larry John Meyers .... Murray Gordon
Andy Prosky .... Cord Otavio
Bruce Gray .... Gabe Lawrence - IBS Executive
Norman Parker .... Mark Linder, IBS Executive

Lorielle New .... Merino's Secretary (as Lori New)

Charlie Holliday .... Priest
Leontine Guilliard .... Guard Shay
Johnnie Hobbs Jr. .... Holmesburg Prison Warden
Tom McCarthy .... Negotiator
Roger Rathburn .... Gary Logan
Dennis Dun .... Satellite Van Technician
Rhonda Overby .... Herself - WFIL Reporter
Lexie Bigham .... Convict
Jack Shearer .... Prison Expert
Andrew Glassman .... Shouting Questioner
Rick Warner .... Spokesman
Joe B. Shapiro .... Waiter
Rosie Malek-Yonan .... American Airlines Boarding Agent
Chris Stone .... Backstage Floor Manager
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Valerio Bevilacqua .... Prisoner (uncredited)
Dave Knight .... Little Havana Pedestrian (uncredited)

Tony Luke Jr. .... Convict (uncredited)

Sal Mazzotta .... Convict (uncredited)
James Rosin .... Police Officer (uncredited)

Jonathan Sachar .... News Cameraman (uncredited)
Linden Soles .... Himself (uncredited)
Carl Starling .... Boat Captain (uncredited)


Warren Sweeney .... Producer (uncredited)