Bodyguard, The

Adventure, Thriller, Romance, Action

Kevin Costner	Frank Farmer
Whitney Houston	Rachel Marron
Gary Kemp	Sy Spector
Bill Cobbs	Bill Devaney
Ralph Waite	Herb Farmer
Tomas Arana	Greg Portman
Devaughn Nixon	Fletcher Marron
Michele Lamar Richards	Nicki Marron
Mike Starr	Tony Scipelli
Christopher Birt	Henry

Director	Mick Jackson
Producer	Lawrence Kasdan; Jim Wilson; Kevin Costner
Writer	Lawrence Kasdan

This 1992 crowd pleaser made almost as much money for Whitney Houston as its chart-busting soundtrack. A high-wattage star vehicle as only Hollywood can make, The Bodyguard stars Houston as a pop-music diva (now there's a stretch) and Kevin Costner as the stern bodyguard who is assigned to protect her after the singer receives some nasty death threats. Pop star and bodyguard don't hit it off at first, but they wear down each others' defenses, and before long Houston is baring her tonsils with a rousing rendition of the Dolly Parton chestnut "I Will Always Love You." The film, written by Lawrence Kasden, was originally intended for Steve McQueen, but the script languished for years before Houston took an interest in the project. A proposed sequel would potentially have starred Costner and Princess Diana, until Diana's tragic death precluded that possibility. --Jeff Shannon