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 is an Academy Award-nominated actress and music superstar who 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 Carter and Reagan presidential details, to protect her. Frank reluctantly accepts Devaney's offer, but he feels Rachel is a spoiled diva who is oblivious to the threats against her life.
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 carter death threat diva dressing room embarrass jimmy carter kill masquerade older sister passionate kiss phone call reagan ronald reagan secret service serve shoot spoil stalk stalker united states secret service west virginia 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 |