The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard is a 1992 American romantic thriller drama film directed by Mick Jackson, written by Lawrence Kasdan, and starring Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston (in her movie acting debut), Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs, and Ralph Waite. The film follows a former United States Secret Service agent turned bodyguard who is hired to protect a famous actress and singer from an unknown stalker. Kasdan wrote the film in the mid-1970s, originally as a vehicle for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross.
Plot
Rachel Marron, an Academy Award-nominated actress and music superstar, is being sent death threats by 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.
Cast
- Bert Remsen
- Bill Cobbs
- Charles Keating
- Chris Connelly
- David Foster
- Debbie Reynolds
- DeVaughn Nixon
- Ethel Ayler
- Gary Kemp
- Gerry Bamman
- Joe Urla
- Kevin Costner
- Michele Lamar Richards
- Mike Starr
- Nathaniel Parker
- Ralph Waite
- Richard Schiff
- Robert Wuhl
- Stephen Shellen
- Susan Traylor
- Tomas Arana
- Tony Pierce
- Whitney Houston
More details
| author | Lawrence Kasdan |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Mick Jackson |
| editor | Donn Cambern Richard A. Harris |
| genre | drama thriller |
| keywords | academy award academy award for best actress academy awards best actress death threat diva dressing room embarrass i will always love you jimmy carter kill masquerade older sister passionate kiss phone call ronald reagan secret service serve shoot spoil stalk stalker united states secret service work out wound |
| musicBy | Alan Silvestri |
| nomination | Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture |
| producer | Jim Wilson Kevin Costner Lawrence Kasdan |
| productionCompany | Kasdan Pictures Tig Productions |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | California Florida Long Beach Los Angeles Miami New Jersey |
| theme | romantic drama romantic thriller |