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The Bodyguard
A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.
1992 · Directed by Mick Jackson · 129 min · Action · Drama · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 8 frames
Tagline
Never let her out of your sight. Never let your guard down. Never fall in love.
Plot
Rachel Marron, an Academy Award–nominated actress and music superstar, is receiving death threats from a stalker. After a bomb explodes in her dressing room, her manager Bill Devaney seeks out professional bodyguard Frank Farmer, a former Secret Service agent who served on the Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan presidential details, to protect her.
Frank reluctantly accepts Devaney's offer but feels Rachel is a spoiled diva oblivious to the threats against her life. She soon accuses Frank of being paranoid, complaining that his extensive protection techniques are intrusive. However, he and Rachel grow closer when he rescues her from danger after a riot erupts at one of her concerts. Her existing bodyguard, Tony Scipelli, resents Frank's presence, leading to a physical altercation in Rachel's kitchen.
Though Frank tries to remain professional, he and Rachel sleep together. The next day, he breaks off the affair, realizing it compromises his ability to protect her. Hurt, she begins to defy Frank's security measures. Then, to make him jealous, Rachel flirts with his former Secret Service colleague, Greg Portman, whom she meets at a Miami party but then rebuffs due to Portman being aggressively assertive.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Lawrence Kasdan
- Cinematography: Andrew Dunn
- Edited by: Donn Cambern, Richard A. Harris
- Music: Allan Dennis Rich, Alan Silvestri
- Production design: Jeffrey Beecroft
- Produced by: Kevin Costner, Lawrence Kasdan, Jim Wilson
Cast
- Kevin Costner as Frank Farmer
- Whitney Houston as Rachel Marron
- Gary Kemp as Sy Spector
- Bill Cobbs as Bill Devaney
- Ralph Waite as Herb Farmer
- Tomas Arana as Greg Portman
- Michele Lamar Richards as Nicki Marron
- Mike Starr as Tony Scipelli
- Christopher Birt as Henry
- DeVaughn Nixon as Fletcher Marron
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Hungarian
- Studios: Kasdan Pictures, Tig Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Box office: $411,006,740
- Themes: sibling relationship, bodyguard, anonymous letter, diva, stalker, singer, los angeles, california, admiring
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