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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Language, Watch With Your Teen, Youth Substance Use Movie Release: 1980 DVD Release: 01/29/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 36 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 18 Genres: Comedy Drama, Teen Movie, Coming-of-Age

This quietly compelling film explores the hardships and anxieties of high school with intelligence, sensitivity, warmth and humor. Chris Makepeace stars as a shy, bookish student who has recently moved to Chicago and begun a new school. There he finds himself the target of a group of punks led by Matt Dillon (ideally cast as the weasel-like bully), who threaten him each day to turn over his lunch money for protection...or else. When he stands up to them, he nearly loses his dental work before being saved by Ricky Lindemann (Adam Baldwin), a hulking loner rumored to have murdered his own brother. Makepeace offers the boy a job as his bodyguard, and the two become unlikely friends -- that is, until the ousted bullies find a champion of their own who challenges Lindemann. When Lindemann refuses to fight back, he disappears into reclusion, and the bullying begins anew, worse than ever. Makepeace then learns the truth about Lindemann's past: he did indeed kill his brother, but the death was an accident while the two young boys were playing with a gun, and Lindemann lives tortured by guilt as a result. Just when things seem at their worst, the bodyguard returns to face his nemesis as Makepeace and Dillon square off in the final showdown of good versus evil. The real strength of the film is its handling of the relationships between its characters, particularly between Makepeace and Baldwin, and Makepeace and his family (Martin Mull and Ruth Gordon). My Bodyguard is light but thoughtful entertainment with a Rocky theme that's suitable for the entire family. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide

Chris Makepeace - Clifford
Adam Baldwin - Linderman
Matt Dillon - Moody
Ruth Gordon - Gramma
John Houseman - Dobbs
Martin Mull - Mr. Peache

Matt Dillon, Martin Mull, and Chris Makepeace star in the teenage coming-of-age story My Bodyguard. Fox has done a respectable job on this 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer (which also included a pan & scan version as well). While most of the colors and images are well rendered and bright, the picture still retains a bit of softness and grain. However, the film is over 20 years old and as such looks very good for its age. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround in English, as well as Dolby Mono. The Dolby 2.0 soundtrack is preferred, though neither of these audio tracks offers much in the way of deep fidelity or depth. No distortion or hiss is heard during any of the dialogue, effects, or music. Also included on this disc is a Dolby Mono soundtrack in French, as well as subtitles in English and Spanish. The only extra features available on this disc are five TV spots and a theatrical trailer for My Bodyguard. This version of My Bodyguard is mediocre at best, though fans will want to seek it out anyhow. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide