guarding tess

guarding tess

Guarding Tess

Original 1994 movie poster
Directed by Hugh Wilson
Produced by Ned Tanen
Nancy Graham Tanen
Written by Hugh Wilson
Peter Torokvei
Starring Shirley MacLaine
Nicolas Cage
Austin Pendleton
Edward Albert
James Rebhorn
Richard Griffiths
Music by Michael Convertino
Cinematography Brian J. Reynolds
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date(s) March 11, 1994
Running time 95 min
Country USA
Language English
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Guarding Tess is a 1994 movie starring Shirley MacLaine and Nicolas Cage. MacLaine plays ex-First Lady Tess Carlisle who has a difficult character. She is protected by her entourage of Secret Service bodyguards lead by a reluctant Doug Chesnic (Cage). Tess' entire staff dislike her whims and demands. Chesnic desperately wants a transfer to another function which Carlisle repeatedly blocks. This dislike transforms however when Carlisle gets kidnapped and Chesnic and his team do their utmost to save her.

The movie was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1995 (Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical: Shirley MacLaine).

Parkton, Maryland was the location for the filming.[1]

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 J. Lennix .... Kenny Young
  • Susan Blommaert .... Kimberly Cannon
  • Dale Dye .... Charles Ivy
  • James Handy .... Neal Carlo
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