When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.
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| Chris Makepeace | ... | Clifford | |
| Adam Baldwin | ... | Linderman | |
| Matt Dillon | ... | Moody | |
| Paul Quandt | ... | Carson | |
| Hank Salas | ... | Mike | |
| Joan Cusack | ... | Shelley | |
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Dean R. Miller | ... | Hightower |
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Tim Reyna | ... | Koontz |
| Richard Bradley | ... | Dubrow | |
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Denise Baske | ... | Leilani |
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Vicky Nelson | ... | Freddy |
| Tom Rielly | ... | Reissman | |
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Paul Charbonneau | ... | Allen |
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Laura Salenger | ... | Girl |
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Bert Hoddinott | ... | Burt |
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Clifford Peache is the new kid in Lake View High School. Faced with all the stress that role entails he makes his situation worse by insulting Moody, the leader of a group of toughs who extort lunch money from kids. These punks pretend to be bodyguards for the kids to protect them from Linderman who, it is rumored, killed his brother in cold blood. Clifford befriends the sullen Linderman and hires him as his bodyguard. When Moody ups the ante, Linderman must decide whether fighting for what he believes in, with his haunted past and image, is justified. Written by Rick Gregory <rag.apa@email.apa.org>
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I'm tired of being terrorized in the toilets, chased after school, and shaken down for my lunch money. Will you be my bodyguard? See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
26 September 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$178,641, 13 July 1980, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$22,482,952Company Credits
Production Co:
Twentieth Century Fox, Market Street Productions, Melvin Simon Productions See more »
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Shelley: Sure.
Melvin Moody: Okay, have a good time while you're there.
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Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Played by the kids in the music class in the gym
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The film was released the same year as Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). In the background of the bedroom in the hotel, there is a poster of C3PO and R2-D2 from Star Wars. Cliff plays with an X-Wing figurine in his father's office, as well. See more »Goofs
In the lunch counter scene, Shelley is shown buying an RC soda, and carrying it to the table. A following cut shows her drinking from a Diet Rite can. See more »Quotes
Melvin Moody: Hey, Shelly. Do you want to go to the movies?Shelley: Sure.
Melvin Moody: Okay, have a good time while you're there.
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Soundtracks
Serenade for Strings in G Major, K. 525 (Eine kleine Nachtmusik)(uncredited)
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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'My bodyguard' is one of those movies--like 'Breaking away'--that you remember long after the credits end. If you saw it as a kid like I did, the movie hit you in the gut. It is just 'real.' The film offers a slice of teen life that you can definitely relate to, whether you've been bullied or not. It includes wonderful performances all around. Chris Makepeace is really great in this movie--and so is Matt Dillon! I don't know why it's been rated so low--it's a great film and I'd highly recommend it. There's that sense of teen angst and finding your place in the world, and it resonates and works on lots of levels. All sorts of crappy movies get higher ratings, go figure!