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6.7A 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.
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
Themes
- sibling relationship
- bodyguard
- anonymous letter
- diva
- stalker
- singer
- los angeles, california
- admiring
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
158,454 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
38%
Metacritic
39/100
- Year
- 1992
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 14 wins & 21 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Mick Jackson
- Written by
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Produced by
- Kevin Costner Lawrence Kasdan Jim Wilson
- Starring
- Kevin Costner Whitney Houston Gary Kemp Bill Cobbs Ralph Waite
- Cinematography
- Andrew Dunn
- Edited by
- Donn Cambern Richard A. Harris
- Music by
- Alan Silvestri
- Production companies
- Tig Productions Kasdan Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release dates
- November 23, 1992 ( 1992-11-23 ) ( Mann's Chinese Theater ) November 25, 1992 ( 1992-11-25 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 129 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $411 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Bodyguard is a 1992 American romantic thriller drama film directed by Mick Jackson, and written by Lawrence Kasdan, who produced it with Kevin Costner and Jim Wilson. Starring Costner, Whitney Houston (in her feature film acting debut), Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs and Ralph Waite, the film follows Frank Farmer, a former United States Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, who is hired to protect Rachel Marron, a famous actress and singer, from an unknown stalker. Despite initially disliking each other, Frank saves Rachel from close calls and the two unexpectedly forge a passionate bond.
Kasdan wrote the film in the mid-1970s, with the original intention to have it turned into a vehicle for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross before McQueen pulled out of negotiations and led to Ryan O'Neal taking his place. However, after Ross backed off the project due to issues with the script, development was delayed until 1985 when Costner took interest in the script. Filming took place from November 1991 to March 1992, with a $25 million budget.
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