The Bodyguard (1992)

Director:

Mick Jackson

Writer (WGA):

Lawrence Kasdan (written by)

Release Date:

25 November 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Drama | Thriller | Music

Tagline:

Never let her out of your sight. Never let your guard down. Never fall in love.

Plot:

A former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to a pop singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's.

Plot Keywords:

Interracial Romance | Black Woman White Male | Repressed Love | Concert | Stalking

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 16 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. May 18

4:00 AM

TNT

Cast

Kevin Costner	...	Frank Farmer
Whitney Houston	...	Rachel 'Rach' Marron
Gary Kemp	...	Sy Spector
Bill Cobbs	...	Bill Devaney
Ralph Waite	...	Herb Farmer
Tomas Arana	...	Greg Portman
Michele Lamar Richards	...	Nicki Marron
Mike Starr	...	Tony Scipelli
Christopher Birt	...	Henry
DeVaughn Nixon	...	Fletcher 'Fletch' Marron
Gerry Bamman	...	Ray Court
Joe Urla	...	Minella
Tony Pierce	...	Dan
Charles Keating	...	Klingman
Robert Wuhl	...	Oscar Host

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:Unrated | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2004) | South Korea:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | UK:15 (cut) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

1038 Hill St., Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Kasdan Pictures

Trivia:

Rachel and Frank go and see Yojimbo (1961), which was released in the United States as "The Bodyguard".

Goofs:

Factual errors: A mock copy of the Hollywood Reporter newspaper announces the Oscar nomination for Whitney Houston's character on the same pages as the ratings for Game One of the World Series. But the Academy Award nominations are announced in February, months before the World Series in the Fall.

Quotes:

Rachel: Well, you don't look like a bodyguard.
Frank: What'd you expect?
Rachel: Well, I don't know, maybe a tough guy?
Frank: This is my disguise.

Movie Connections:

Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Even If My Heart Would Break

I quite enjoyed it

The Bodyguard is fundamentally a love story between two contrasting characters with their own idiosyncrasies. The plot is intriguing enough to carry the film through and the romance between Costner and Houston builds steadily and realistically.

With some decent action scenes, a decent cast and a great soundtrack, i found the Bodyguard to be an enjoyable movie.

Clearly this film is not for everyone, it doesn't have enough action to satisfy the action fans, it isn't thrilling enough to be a thriller and as a pure romance film it is fairly weak; but i have to admit it does balance between these 3 genres quite well without excelling in any one of them.

7/10