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Up Close & PersonalUp Close & Personal is a 1996 American motion picture drama/romance that was inspired by the story of Jessica Savitch who, in the 1970's, became the "First Woman Anchor" on American television. The film is based on the 1988 book, Golden Girl: The Story of Jessica Savitch by biographer, Alanna Nash. The making of the film is told in the book: "Monster: Living Off the Big Screen", (1997), by John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion, (who were screenwriters for the movie). It's how a movie about Jessica Savitch turned into a, (more or less), "Star is Born" type film, where one person is a "rising star" while the person he/she is in love with becomes a "falling star". To quote a spokeperson for the Disney company, (who released the film),to "Entertainment Weekly" magazine; "Only a cold-blooded sadist would want to see a historically accurate movie about the tragedy of Jessica Savitch". |