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Guarding Tess [DVD] [1995]

DVD ~ Shirley MacLaine

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Actors: Shirley MacLaine, Nicolas Cage, Austin Pendleton, Edward Albert, James Rebhorn
Directors: Hugh Wilson
Writers: Hugh Wilson, Peter Torokvei
Producers: Jonathan Filley, Nancy Graham Tanen, Ned Tanen
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
Language English
Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 12
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: 14 Jan 2002
Run Time: 91 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00005Q8UT
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 17,421 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Nicolas Cage stars in this drama-comedy about a Secret Service agent unable to get out of his assignment watching over an exasperating former first lady (Shirley MacLaine). The two get along like oil and water, but when MacLaine's bored widow ends up kidnapped, Cage's agent becomes a determined avenger. While the pairing of these two actors in a movie isn't something most audiences would ever have considered, that's what makes it so much fun. Cage and MacLaine are brilliantly focused in their respective parts, and film-maker Hugh Wilson brings an unusually solid and urgent feeling to a story that might have become a dismissible light comedy in another director's hands. --Tom Keogh

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DVD Special Features:

Theatrical Trailer
Languages in Dolby Digital 5.1: English
Languages in Dolby Surround: French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, German, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Hindi, Turkish, Danish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, Italian
Anamorphic 1:1.85
Letterbox Widescreen format, enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nic at his best, 21 April 2004

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By far one of the best films that Cage has turned out. A year before his oscar winning film 'Leaving Las Vegas' Cage appears to be so at ease you wouldnt be surprised if he canned this one yesterday. Fun, witty, fast paced and at times deeply moving. All the acting is sharp, even that from the director who plays the slighty erractic phone president (you never see him, but is posibly one of the funniest characters in the film). All the fun culminates to a exeptionally emotive finalle which will give you 'that warm feeling'.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Movie, 6 Oct 2007

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This is the first time that I thought a movie was not worth seeing and waited until now. This time I will admit I made a mistake. This movie was fun to watch. It is well written and the interactions of the two main actors show a great chemistry.

Nicolas Cage plays the Special Agent in Charge of the Secret Service detail guarding a former First Lady. The First Lady is played well my Shirley MacLaine. The agent feels he is wasted in such a detail and wants desperately to get back on detail to the White House...and the First Lady wants him to stay. The two seem to thrive on confrontation with each other. She does her best to break every procedure the Secret Service is supposed to follow.

If you pay attention in the movie you will see why the First Lady actually loves the agent so much and wants him with her. And I think the picture shows us a very accurate relationship that occurs between agent and his protectee. Though it could be seen as a comedy; there is a just enough drama and a mystery which Cage character solves. A very well directed with perfect pace and timing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars neil hunt, 15 Feb 2003

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Guarding Tess a must film to see for any Nicolas Cage fan. Nicolas Cage is at his best,playing a secret service agent who has to guard an ex presidents wife that he dos'nt want to. Shirley Maclaine plays the ex presidents wife who always wants things done her way.It's abit like the odd couple at times.I liked the way she went off on her own just to spite him and how he alway got introuble with president when he stopped her from doing her own thing.It was good to see them get on in the end after the kidnaping and how they became close. I have seen this film over and over again and still find something new to see in it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Guarding Tess
A hugely enjoyable film about the relationship between an ambitious, but decent CIA operative (Nicholas Cage) and his impossible, but lonely ward (Shirley MacLaine). Read more

Published 10 months ago by Aquinas

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful acting from Cage and Maclaine, but a flawed idea
The other reviewers are right in saying that this is a classic example of Cage in comedy mode, and the spark between him and Maclaine is a joy to watch, but for me the film needed... Read more

Published 11 months ago by A. J. Sturgess

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