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Guarding Tess
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Guarding Tess (1994) -- A former First Lady of the US wants a particular Secret Service agent to head her bodyguard detail, even though he can't stand her.
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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Hugh Wilson (written by) &
Peter Torokvei (written by)
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Release Date:
11 March 1994 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A comedy beyond the call of duty.
Plot:
A former First Lady of the US wants a particular Secret Service agent to head her bodyguard detail, even though he can't stand her. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
User Comments:
OK comedy drama more (31 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Nicolas Cage ... Doug Chesnic

Shirley MacLaine ... Tess Carlisle

Austin Pendleton ... Earl Fowler

Edward Albert ... Barry Carlisle
James Rebhorn ... Howard Schaeffer
Richard Griffiths ... Frederick
John Roselius ... Tom Bahlor

David Graf ... Lee Danielson
Don Yesso ... Ralph Buoncristiani
James Lally ... Joe Spector
Brant von Hoffman ... Bob Hutcherson

Harry Lennix ... Kenny Young
Susan Blommaert ... Kimberly Cannon

Dale Dye ... Charles Ivy
James Handy ... Neal Carlo
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Runtime:
96 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The voice of the president was provided by writer and director, Hugh Wilson. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: When reporting the last know location of Mrs. Carlisle's Lincoln, Agent Chesnic reports her vehicle heading East at the Chester Exit off Interstate 71. However, Chester, Ohio is located in Rural Southeastern Ohio; nowhere near an interstate. more
Quotes:
Doug Chesnic: Where is she Earl?
Earl Fowler: Speak to my lawyer Agent... Agent Dougie.
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Referenced in Kicking and Screaming (1995) more
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Madamina Il Catologo e Questro more

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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
OK comedy drama, 13 May 2007
6/10
Author: xredgarnetx from Connecticut

GUARDING TESS takes a crochety, ailing, widowed former First Lady (MacClaine) and one very reluctant Secret Service agent (Cage) and pairs them on a path that spells almost certain doom for one of them. She can't get along with anyone, including her grown son who ignores her. And Cage just can't get along with her. Naturally, over time, they form a strong bond. Then the unexpected happens. Their world is turned upside down when she is kidnapped. The movie shifts into high melodrama at this point and never lets up until the end. The music begins to thunder down on us, Cage badly overacts, mostly yelling and bellowing, and the film almost goes off the rails. Austin Pendleton hams it up as the First Lady's neurotic driver, and frankly he's not very good in this one. A mostly entertaining little movie that soon enough gets too big for its britches. See it and decide for yourself.

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