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11 March 1994 (USA)
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A comedy beyond the call of duty.
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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
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
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OK comedy drama
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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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96 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
Canada:PG |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
South Korea:12 |
Philippines:G |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-10/7 |
Germany:6 |
Netherlands:AL (video premiere) |
Norway:10 |
Peru:14 |
Spain:T |
Sweden:11 |
UK:12 |
USA:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG
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The voice of the president was provided by writer and director, Hugh Wilson.
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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.
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Referenced in Kicking and Screaming (1995)
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Madamina Il Catologo e Questro
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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.