The Bodyguard with Kevin Costner: DVD Cover
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The Bodyguard Director: Mick Jackson Cast: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs

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  • DVD Release Date: 02/01/2005
  • Original Release: 1992
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 3,982

Viewer Rating: (6 ratings)

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Closed Caption; All-new digital transfer; First-time widescreen dvd release; Mew making-of documentary memories of the bodyguard; Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You music video; Theatrical trailer; Languages: English & Français; Subtitles: English, Français & Español

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. On and Off the Job [3:43]
2. "I Don't Do Celebrities" [1:33]
3. The Client [7:23]
4. "What Job Is Perfect?" [4:32]
5. Fan Letter [2:15]
6. Precautions [4:10]
7. Stalked [2:28]
8. "The Man's a Fanatic [3:57]
9. Run to You [1:11]
10. Night Out [4:07]
11. Queen of the Night [3:08]
12. Pandemonium [3:28]
13. Playing With Knives [2:01]
14. "Fixed Up" [2:26]
15. A Dark Shrine [1:03]
16. "Fierce Frank" [4:12]
17. A Full Service Date [2:21]
18. Sword's Point [:49]
19. On the Job in Miami [6:43]
20. The Party: An Ex-Colleague [2:54]
21. Insecure [6:21]
22. "I Hate My Fear" [3:15]
23. It's Very Quiet Here" [3:23]
24. "I Make My Mistakes" [3:13]
25. "Where's Fletcher?" [5:24]
26. "She Has Everything" [3:53]
27. Shots in the Dark [3:47]
28. An Arrest [2:17]
29. "I'm Afraid of Not Being There" [:53]
30. "I Have You to Protect Me" [3:15]
31. The Oscars [3:12]
32. "I'm on the Job" [3:47]
33. "This Is the Night" [1:15]
34. "I Know Who It Is" [4:53]
35. "He's My Bodyguard" [2:25]
36. "Good-bye Rachel" [3:23]
37. I Will Always Love You [1:28]
38. End Credits [2:39]

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Editorial Reviews

Lawrence Kasdan originally wrote his script for The Bodyguard in the late 1960s as a vehicle for Steve McQueen; by the time it reached the screen, Kasdan's star was another movie hearthrob, Kevin Costner. When imperious musical superstar Whitney Houston begins receiving death threats, she is compelled to hire a bodyguard. Enter Costner, who immediately incurs the wrath of Houston and her entourage by imposing prison-like security measures. An ex-Secret Service agent, Costner still hasn't purged himself of his guilt feelings over his inability to protect President Reagan from would-be assassin John Hinckley (in the original concept, the agent had been guarding JFK in Dallas, but Costner was too young to make this credible; besides, he and Oliver Stone had been there before). Gradually, and inevitably, Costner and Houston fall in love. Ralph Waite is cast as Costner's father, while Robert Wuhl and Debbie Reynolds please the crowd in their cameo roles. The Bodyguard was a huge box-office success, helped along in no small part by Whitney Houston's bestselling rendition of the old Dolly Parton hit "I Will Always Love You." Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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One of the most underrated films of all time--by JSYantiss

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May 30, 2009: Costner is quiet and strong, very similar to his role in "The Untouchables"--subtile but tightly-strung masculinity. Houston presents a provocative bouquet of the saucy and vulnerable come-hither--supremely desirable--her voice and delivery of the theme song, Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You," beyond breathtaking. Together they are Fourth-of-July fireworks, seen through a glass of Masseto merlot, and heard through the veil of satin sheets.

Wandering a tangle of taut suspense, downy-soft passion, and consuming resentment, the latter from several unexpected quarters, "The Bodyguard" is a love story in the grandest Shakespearian mode, substituting permanent separation for death, and leaving the viewer to decide which is worse. Nothing could be more heart-wrenching than that two people, irresistibly drawn to a real love that overcomes immovable obstacles, only to find that, in this case, overcoming does not remove them, and that they cannot pursue their divergent, destined paths together. Still, as anyone who has ever truly loved, beyond mere desire, knows, as Tennyson put it, "it is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all." It is the bitterest sweet imaginable.