My Bodyguard
by Tony Bill
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Actor: Adam Baldwin, Chris Makepeace, Hank Salas, Matt Dillon, Paul QuandtDirector: Tony Bill
Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
Cinematographer: Michael D. Margulies
Editor: Stu Linder
Producer: Don Devlin
Producer: Melvin Simon
Producer: Phillip M. Goldfarb
Writer: Alan Ormsby
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-01-29
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of My Bodyguard
Movie Review: Sleeper Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
I was twelve when I saw this movie in the theater; I remember feeling an extra degree of dread watching it, because I was soon going into junior high. I've seen it several times since, and am surprised each time at how well it holds up. The acting is spot on, Ruth Gordon is perfect, and Adam Baldwin's role is career defining.
Yes, it's a simple story, but perhaps that's why it really strikes a nerve. One of my all time favorites.
Regarding the DVD, there's not much there besides the movie, but in this case, that's certainly enough.
Summary of My Bodyguard
After years of being sheltered in private school, Clifford Peache (Chris Makepeace) finds life difficult at his new Chicago high school where a tough-talking bully (Matt Dillon) and his pals regularly extort students lunch money. Refusing to pay up, Peache hires a bodyguard-the intimidatingly large class misfit (Adam Baldwin) whose rumored violent behavior is legendary. Though everyone else is afraid of him, Peache strikes up a friendship with the troubled loner. Their deepening relationship and unified stand against the thugs manages to rouse the entire school.The son (Chris Makepeace) of a hotel manager (Martin Mull) finds himself the target of the school bully (Matt Dillon, in his breakthrough movie role). So he makes an offer to a school outcast--the biggest kid in class (Adam Baldwin), who reputedly has actually killed someone. He'll pay him to be his bodyguard against the bully. But the business arrangement turns into friendship, even as the smaller boy learns his new friend's secret shame. The first film by director-producer Tony Bill, this one comes down a little too heavily on the feel-good notes (and includes a gratingly precious appearance by Ruth Gordon in her lovable eccentric mode) but works because of strong performances by its young cast. --Marshall Fine
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