Storyline

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.

Plot Keywords

mentor protege relationship, journalism, older man younger woman relationship, tragic love, rival, may december romance, journalist, spiral staircase, prison riot, 1990s, male female relationship, news anchor, f rated, television studio, television broadcast, television news, based on book

Short Review

What Up Close and Personal" is really about is the chemical reaction set off between Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert Redford. In a love story, if your two stars don't click, all is lost. When they do--as they do here--nothing else really matters.

Trailer

Streaming Service

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