Up Close & Personal (2001)
“Every day we have, is one more than we deserve.”
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...
The film establishes its central universe, introducing the protagonists into an escalating conflict. Directed by Jon Avnet, this opening movement establishes high visual and thematic stakes that set the narrative journey into motion.
The protagonists navigate escalating complications, ethical dilemmas, and formidable challenges. Starring Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing, the middle act intensifies dramatic momentum toward an inevitable turning point.
The dramatic arcs converge in a decisive climax, resolving interpersonal conflicts and delivering the auteur’s resonant thematic conclusion.
Makoto Tsumura
as Takato Matsuda (voice)
Robert Redford
as Warren Justice
Masako Nozawa
as Guilmon / Narrator (voice)
Michelle Pfeiffer
as Tally Atwater
Fumiko Orikasa
as Ruki Makino (voice)
Stockard Channing
as Marcia McGrath
Yuka Imai
as Renamon (voice)
Joe Mantegna
as Bucky Terranova
Mayumi Yamaguchi
as Li Jianliang (voice)
Kate Nelligan
as Joanna Kennelly
Aoi Tada
as Terriermon (voice)
Glenn Plummer
as Ned Jackson
Tomoko Kaneda
as Culumon (voice)
James Rebhorn
as John Merino
Yoko Asada
as Juri Katou (voice)
Scott Bryce
as Rob Sullivan
Raymond Cruz
as Fernando Buttanda
Dedee Pfeiffer
as Luanne Atwater
Michael Laskin
as IBS Director
Lorielle New
as Merino's SecretaryCinematographic negative, aspect ratios & laboratory mastering sheet
| Aspect Ratios | 2.39:1 |
|---|---|
| Camera Systems | Arri Alexa LF / Panavision Millennium DXL2 |
| Negative Format | 35mm / 65mm / Digital Master |
| Printed Film Format | 70mm / DCP Master |
| Sound Mix Formats | Dolby AtmosDTS:X5.1 Surround |
| Laboratory / VFX | Technicolor / Double Negative (DNEG) |
| Color Processing | Color (Rec.709 / DCI-P3 Mastering) |
| Official Runtime | 25 min |
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