Whitney Houston and The Bodyguard | Pop Screen 84

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Published on December 25, 2022 2:45:00 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GEEA9D3ZYg

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[drum hit] AND IIIII-EEE-AAAYYY... Yes, some songs are born Christmassy, some achieve Christmasiness, and some have Christmas thrust upon them, as is the case with Whitney Houston's cover of Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You. Arguably the best-remembered Christmas number one of the nineties, it prompted us to make a festive episode about The Bodyguard, the Lawrence Kasdan film whose soundtrack it graces.

Here's something they don't tell you: The Bodyguard is a really tonally weird film. Graham is joined this week by Film Stories' Mark Harrison to unpick its oddities, including its accelerated opening, its nods to Akira Kurosawa and Fritz Lang, and its possibly intentional in-jokes about Kevin Costner's screen persona. We also speculate on what the long-mooted remake might look like, delve into the many stars who nearly played Houston and Costner's roles, and make an unbelievable discovery about the film's cancelled sequel.

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