Subtitled "Living Off the Big Screen," this account by John Gregory Dunne tells the fascinating and labyrinthine tale of how the film Up Close and Personal got made – after many years, dozens of rewrites, and financial shenanigans by the studios. What started out as a biopic of doomed anchorwoman Jessica Savitch became something else entirely as executives waffled, demanded rewrites, and lied. That the film was made at all seems a miracle after reading this account.
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