Vastbesloten het te gaan maken in de wereld van het TV-nieuws komt Tally Atwater (Michelle Pfeiffer) terecht bij een TV-station in Miami. Daar komt zij onder de hoede van de oude rot in het vak Warren Justice (Robert Redford) die haar, ondanks haar gebrek aan ervaring, zijn vertrouwen schenkt. Onder zijn begeleiding rijst Tally's ster steeds hoger en tussen Tally en Warren bloeit een gepassioneerde verhouding op. De brandende ambitie voor hun vak speelt een constante rol in de uitvoering van hun werk en de wil hun relatie te verdiepen. De hoofdrol blijft echter voor het TV-nieuws...
Nee, helaas is Up, Close & Personal nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Joan Didion | Screenplay |
| Directing | Jon Avnet | Director |
| Production | Jon Avnet | Producer |
| Writing | John Gregory Dunne | Screenplay |
| Camera | Karl Walter Lindenlaub | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Debra Neil-Fisher | Editor |
| Crew | Jennifer Lamb | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Albert Wolsky | Costume Design |
| Crew | Eric Chambers | Stunts |
| Crew | Patricia M. Peters | Stunts |
| Art | Jeremy Conway | Production Design |
| Production | D. Scott Easton | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | John Foreman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ed Hookstratten | Executive Producer |
| Production | David Nicksay | Producer |
| Production | David Rubin | Casting Director |
| Production | Lisa Lindstrom | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jordan Kerner | Producer |
| Production | Martin Huberty | Co-Producer |
| Directing | David McGiffert | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Thomas Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Scott Harris | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bunny Parker | Hairstylist |
| Production | Robin Citrin | Location Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peter Owen | Hair Designer |
| Production | Nancy Jane King | Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Scott Rudin | Thanks |
| Art | Dorree Cooper | Set Decoration |
| Art | Mark W. Mansbridge | Art Direction |
| Sound | Charles M. Wilborn | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Karen Golden | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Alan Robert Murray | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kathy Nelson | Music Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alan D'Angerio | Hair Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ronnie Specter | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gary Liddiard | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Bill Bernstein | Music Editor |
| Camera | Loren Corl | Key Grip |
| Art | Bruce Alan Miller | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fern Buchner | Makeup Department Head |
| Crew | Nancy Thurston | Stunts |
| Crew | Roy Farfel | Stunts |
