Hollywood favorites robert redford indecent proposal and michelle. This story of two television journalists redford and pfeiffer has few surprises, no fresh insights about the news business, and its big moments are both predictable and overblown. Up close and personal vhs, 1997 this is a very up close and personal movie. An ambitious young woman, determined to build a career in television journalism, gets good advice from her first boss, and they fall in love. Superstar robert redford up close and personal, indecent proposal stars in this powerful and unforgettable wilderness epic of a man who turns his back on civilization and learns a new code of survival in a brutal land of isolated mountains and hostile indians. With robert redford, lena olin, alan arkin, tomas milian. He is the news director of a miami tv station and has a new intern named sally, who in a misprint, is introduced as tally atwater michelle pfieffer.
Finally, the up close and personal script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the robert redford and michelle pfeiffer movie. Very short interview about michelles role in up close and personal. Up close and personal, which was written by joan didion and john gregory dunne, feels real enough. The keeper dennis hopper crime thriller free full movie duration. Watched the movie when it first came out and has been a hit with me eversince. Up close and personal dvd, 1999 for sale online ebay. When aspiring news reporter tally atwater pfeiffer tries to break into television, only veteran newsman warren justice redford will give her a shot.
Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Furthermore, it is humanist and politically correct. Hollywood favorites robert redford indecent proposal and michelle pfeiffer. This was an excellent movie, good pace for this type of romance genre characters were portrayed well. Xander full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Personal reminds me of nothing so much as those career novels for teenagers, in which a plucky youngster rises to the top, guided by a helpful mentor. It tells the story of a poor young woman from reno with an unhappy background michelle pfeiffer, who fakes her resume to get a job on a tv station, and then. With robert redford, michelle pfeiffer, stockard channing, joe mantegna. Actor, executive producer, producer, director born.
What up close and personal is really about is the chemical reaction set off between michelle pfeiffer. This is a telling of the jessica savitch story, the newswoman who, in the 1970s, became the first woman anchor. She first becomes a secretary, and warren justice robert redford later makes her a weather person, and then finally a real news person. To call the movie a romantic comedy is to shortchange it. A love story about a tv anchor and her selfdestructive lover. The following list is the filmography of actor, writer, director and producer, robert redford. Up close and personal proves again that charismatic stars and good production values can overcome a weak story. Out of africa behind the scenes the farm 1985 meryl streep, robert redford movie hd duration. However, a more solid story line would have helped to make it a better movie. 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. Thomas newmans score for up close and personal captures everything that is needed for such a romantic movie. The male lead, warren justice robert redford, is initially portrayed as a competent.
Its a sumptuously oldschool, glossy, largerthanlife romance that hollywood does so well meshed uncomfortably with portrayals of crusading tv news reporters and their coverage of riots, wars, and politics. I bought this movie because i like robert redford in a certain type of movie. Born august 18th, 1937, the rugged, dashingly handsome robert redford was among the biggest movie stars of the 1970s. Up close and personal dvd, 1999 this is a very up close and personal movie. Her career gets a jump start when she lands a job at a tv station in miami working for veteran producer warren chester robert redford.
Up close and personal vhs, 1997 for sale online ebay. If you are a robert redford fan, this is classic redford. A story about a career television journalist who eclipses her mentor, this. Robert redford full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. An aspiring female reporter and a seasoned producer have a business romance as she moves up through the tv world. Robert redford list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Apr 10, 2010 very short interview about michelles role in up close and personal. The movie could as well be titled, tally atwater, girl broadcaster. Michelle pfeiffer held her own very well and looks gorgeous.
The stations news director is warren justice robert redford, a former high profile. Tally atwater michelle pfeiffer is a young woman looking to become a star in the news and television industry. An english soundtrack is rendered in dolby digital 5. Under the guidance and tutelage of veteran newsman warren justice 1980 academy award winner robert redford, right, tally atwater michelle pfeiffer, left goes from local tv weathergirl in miami, to one of the most. Redford began acting on television in the late 1950s, including an appearance on the twilight zone in 1962. Jon avnets glossy love story up close and personal comes to dvd with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1. In a love story, if your two stars dont click, all is lost. Up close and personal jon avnet, robert redford, michelle.
This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of up close and personal. Up close and personal the story of tally atwater michelle pfeiffer, an inexperienced but ambitious tv news personality, and her wellweathered journalistic mentor, warren justice robert redford was carefully tailored to fit its stars. The story of jessica savitch, a 1988 book by alanna nash that recounted the troubled life of. When aspiring news reporter tally atwater pfeiffer tries to break into television, only veteran newsman warren justice redford will give her a. In 1950s cuba, a professional gambler falls for a woman heavily involved in the revolution movement. Avnet, karl walter lindenlaub, joan didion, john gregory dunne. While an increasingly rare onscreen presence in subsequent years, he remained a powerful motionpicture industry force as an. Director jon avnet starring robert redford, michelle pfeiffer, joe mantegna genres. Robert redford s warren justice shapes michelle pfeiffers tally atwater into a star newscaster. Michelle pfiffer and robert redford stay true to their roles. He wanted to work with her so signed on to this movie as her costar. Up close and personal is a sumptuously oldschool, glossy, largerthanlife romance that hollywood does so well. It is a story that tries to be serious about the state of news broadcasts in the u.
Robert redfords warren justice shapes michelle pfeiffers tally atwater into a star newscaster. The advice justice gives tally about coming at stories from a human angle is sound, and the tv. She sends out a tape to a lot of stations, but only one answers it. Sally atwater michelle pfeiffer is a determined, but green tv reporter. Hollywood favorites robert redford spy game and michelle pfeiffer i am sam sizzle together in this acclaimed story of heated passion and burning ambition. Fun behind the scenes of up close and personal youtube. What up close and personal is really about is the chemical reaction set off between michelle pfeiffer and robert redford. He earned an emmy nomination as best supporting actor for his performance in the voice of charlie pont 1962.
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