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The Bodyguard (1992)

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Calificación de los usuarios: 5.4/10 (22,809 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Mick Jackson
Guionista (WGA):
Lawrence Kasdan (written by)
Release Date:
25 noviembre 1992 (USA) más view trailer
Frase comercial:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 16 nominations más
Comentarios de los usuarios:
Adequate Thriller-Romance más

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

También conocida como:
Guardaespaldas, El (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
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Duración:
130 min
País:
USA
Idioma:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 más
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Trivialidades:
At the fictional Academy Awards ceremony, the Best Sound Oscar goes to Mychal Smith and Kay Colvin (who were in reality the Boom Operator and Cable Person respectively), the Best Song winner is written by Nancy Garber (who was really the film's Art Department Researcher) and one of the fictional nominated songwriters was Leslie Moraes (who was really the film's Assistant Location Manager). más
Goofs:
Continuity: Frank Farmer speaks to Ray to ask for help at the Secret Service. As Frank adjusts Ray's collar, he has a lit cigarette in his mouth. But as the camera cuts to a side view of Ray smiling, and he has no cigarette in his mouth. más
Quotes:
Nicki Marron: [to Frank, referring to Rachel] Everybody said she was a sure thing...But of course, you already knew that. más
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Primetime Live: (2002-12-04)" (2002) más
Soundtrack:
I Will Always Love You más

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6 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Adequate Thriller-Romance, 20 July 2006
6/10
Author: James Hitchcock de Tunbridge Wells, England

I was interested to note from your "Trivia" page that it was originally intended to make this film in the seventies with Steve McQueen and Diana Ross in the leading roles, but that the film never got made because it was "too controversial". The cause of the controversy was presumably the mixed-race love-affair between Frank and Rachel, as there is little else in the script that might upset anyone. The story centres around Frank Farmer, a former Secret Service agent now working as a private bodyguard. He is hired by Rachel Marron, an African-American pop star, who has been receiving death threats, presumed to come from a mad stalker. Frank's obsessive concern with security initially alienates both Rachel and some of the other members of her entourage, but, after a number of misunderstandings, he becomes first her friend and then her lover. He, however, is unhappy about becoming emotionally involved with a client and ends the affair. He would also like to end his employment with Rachel, but she is becoming genuinely frightened for her own safety, and he agrees to stay on to protect her when it is clear that she is in danger from an unexpected source.

When I first saw this film in the cinema I disliked it. I was a great admirer of Kevin Costner's performance in "Dances with Wolves", and I went to see "The Bodyguard" in the hope that it would be a film of similar scope and vision. Of course, it isn't, but then it was never intended to be. Having seen it again recently on television, I was rather more impressed than I had been the first time. There is a respectable performance from Costner as Frank, a man who on the surface seems cold and detached but who hides his emotions under the surface- not only his love for Rachel, but also his feelings of guilt stemming from the assassination attempt on President Reagan in 1981. Frank was not on duty at the time- in fact, he was attending his mother's funeral- but he cannot escape from the thought that, if he had been present, he could have prevented the President from being shot.

Whitney Houston is a beautiful woman, with a beautiful voice which was shown off to good advantage in this film. Her rendition of "I Will Always Love You" is one of the most haunting ballads I know, far superior to the Dolly Parton original. Her character is supposed to be an actress as well as a singer- the finale actually takes place as she receives a "Best Actress" award at the Oscars. Unfortunately, it seems unlikely that Whitney will ever emulate her alter ego in this respect, as her acting is certainly not in the same class as her voice. She seems to have too small an emotional range, and it is no surprise that her subsequent film career has been so patchy. "The Bodyguard" is a perfectly adequate thriller-romance, if at times too slow-moving, but I felt that it might have been better with a more commanding female lead. 6/10

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