My Bodyguard
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| My Bodyguard | |
|---|---|
| Image:My bodyguard.jpg A promotional poster for My Bodyguard. | |
| Directed by | Tony Bill |
| Produced by | Don Devlin Phillip Goldfarb Melvin Simon |
| Written by | Alan Ormsby |
| Starring | Chris Makepeace Matt Dillon Adam Baldwin Paul Quandt Joan Cusack |
| Music by | Dave Grusin |
| Cinematography | Michael D. Margulies |
| Editing by | Stu Linder |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | July 11, 1980 (limited) September 26, 1980 (wide) |
| Running time | 102 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
My Bodyguard is a 1980 movie released by 20th Century Fox studios, directed by Tony Bill, and written by Alan Ormsby. It stars Chris Makepeace, Matt Dillon, Adam Baldwin, Martin Mull, and Ruth Gordon. This movie ranked number 45 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies.
[edit] Plot
Clifford Peache (Chris Makepeace) is the new kid at Lake View High in Chicago. He is brought to the attention of school bully Melvin Moody (Matt Dillon) who terrorizes and extorts lunch money from other students as "protection" from school outcast Ricky Linderman (Adam Baldwin), who supposedly killed his own little brother. Living with his hotel-manager father (Martin Mull) and kooky child-like grandmother (Ruth Gordon) in a fancy hotel, Clifford spends his nights with his family spying on the neighbors through a telescope. When he asks Linderman to be his bodyguard, Linderman refuses, but both boys soon become friends when Ricky saves Clifford from a beating by Moody and his gang.
[edit] Cast
- Chris Makepeace as Clifford Peache
- Adam Baldwin as Ricky Linderman
- Matt Dillon as Melvin Moody
- Paul Quandt as Carson
- Hank Salas as Mike
- Joan Cusack as Shelley Holliston
- Martin Mull as Larry Peache
- Ruth Gordon as Gramma Peache
