1996
Director: Jon Avnet
Writers: Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne
Alanna Nash (book "Golden Girl: The Story of Jessica Savitch")
(suggestion)
Release Date: March 1, 1996 (USA)
Genre: Drama / Romance
Plot Synopsis: 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.
Runtime: 124 min
Cast (in credits order)
Robert Redford ... Warren Justice
Michelle Pfeiffer ... Sally/Tally Atwater
Stockard Channing ... Marcia McGrath
Joe Mantegna ... Bucky Terranova
Kate Nelligan ... Joanna Kennelly
Glenn Plummer ... Ned Jackson
James Rebhorn ... John Merino
Scott Bryce ... Rob Sullivan
Raymond Cruz ... Fernando Buttanda
Dedee Pfeiffer ... Luanne Atwater
Miguel Sandoval ... Dan Duarte
Noble Willingham ... Buford Sells
James Karen ... Tom Orr
Brian Markinson ... Vic Nash
Michael Laskin ... IBS Director
Robert Keith Watson ... IBS Makeup Man
Lily Nicksay ... Star Atwater
Joanna Sanchez ... Ileana
Daniel Zacapa ... Harvey Harris
Heidi Swedberg ... Sheila
Fern Buchner ... WMIA Makeup Woman
Miguel Pérez ... WMIA Floor Manager
Nicholas Cascone ... WMIA Director
Kenneth Fuchs ... WMIA Assistant Director
Julie Foreman ... WMIA Producer
Edwina Moore ... WMIA Co-Anchor
Patti Davis Suarez ... WMIA Reporter
Marc Macaulay ... Police Spokesman
Ed Amatrudo ... Miami Reporter
Ana Azcuy ... Miami Reporter
Peter D'Oench ... Miami Reporter
Dave Game ... Miami Reporter
Michelle Gillen ... Miami Reporter
Eliott Rodriguez ... Miami Reporter
Jennifer Valoppi ... Miami Reporter
Yareli Arizmendi ... Inez Cifuentes, Fashion Consultant
Salvador Levy ... Congressman Jorge Diaz
Manny Suárez ... Diaz' Aide
Neil Giuntoli ... Trailer Park Manager
Jason Sanford ... Photographer
Michael Villani ... Doug Dunning
Elizabeth Ruscio ... Lulu Delano
Michael Shamus Wiles ... WFIL Cameraman
Nigel Gibbs ... WFIL Floor Manager
Mary Elizabeth Sheridan ... 98-Year-Old Twin
Marian Lamb Bechtelheimer ... 98-Year-Old Twin
Natalie Barish ... Focus Group Member
Wanda-Lee Evans ... Focus Group Member (as Wanda Lee Evans)
Charles Noland ... Focus Group Member
Charles Martiniz ... Focus Group Member
Charles C. Stevenson Jr. ... Focus Group Member
Cynthia Szigeti ... Focus Group Member
Guillermo Gentile ... Chess Player
Richard Alliger ... Right-to-Life Protestor
Fabian ... Himself
Ginny Graham ... Homeless Woman
Frederick Strother ... City Councilman
Larry John Meyers ... Murray Gordon
Andy Prosky ... Cord Otavio
Bruce Gray ... Gabe Lawrence - IBS Executive
Norman Parker ... Mark Linder, IBS Executive
Lorielle New ... Merino's Secretary (as Lori New)
Charlie Holliday ... Priest
Leontine Guilliard ... Guard Shay
Johnnie Hobbs Jr. ... Holmesburg Prison Warden
Tom McCarthy ... Negotiator
Roger Rathburn ... Gary Logan
Dennis Dun ... Satellite Van Technician
Rhonda Overby ... Herself - WFIL Reporter
Lexie Bigham ... Convict
Jack Shearer ... Prison Expert
Andrew Glassman ... Shouting Questioner
Rick Warner ... Spokesman
Joe B. Shapiro ... Waiter
Rosie Malek-Yonan ... American Airlines Boarding Agent
Chris Stone ... Backstage Floor Manager
Valerio Bevilacqua ... Prisoner
Dave Knight ... Little Havana Pedestrian
Tony Luke Jr. ... Convict
Sal Mazzotta ... Convict
James Rosin ... Police Officer
Jonathan Sachar ... News Cameraman
Linden Soles ... Himself
Carl Starling ... Boat Captain
Warren Sweeney ... Producer (uncredited)
Produced by: Jon Avnet .... producer
John Foreman .... executive producer
Ed Hookstratten .... executive producer
Martin Huberty .... co-producer
Jordan Kerner .... producer
Lisa Lindstrom .... co-producer
David Nicksay .... producer
