David Foster: 'Bodyguard' Anthem, 'I Will Always Love You,' Almost Didn't Happen - ABC News ABC News David Foster: 'Bodyguard' Anthem, 'I Will Always Love You,' Almost Didn't Happen By Lauren Effron WATCH Whitney Houston's Mysterious Death 0 Shares Email David Foster, the hit-maker who has won 16 Grammys, three of which with Whitney Houston , revealed the intricate details of how their collaboration on the ballad, "I Will Always Love You," became the epic anthem of Houston's career. In an interview with "Nightline" anchor Cynthia McFadden , the Canadian music producer-songwriter said Houston blew him away when they recorded the song, " I Will Always Love You ," in 1992. Her mother Cissy Houston was listening on the sidelines. David Foster reflects on Whitney Houston's iconic ballad, "I Will Always Love You." Credit: ABC News "It was like 'BOOM,'" Foster said.

"I was standing right beside Cissy, and she turned to me, and she said, 'I don't know who you are and why you are here or what you are to me, but you are witnessing greatness right here.' And she was right." "I don't think she just meant that her daughter was great. She meant that this was the pinnacle of what she believed what would be her daughter's success and she was right." "I Will Always Love You," written and performed by Dolly Parton in the '70s, ended up as a late addition to the score while Foster and Houston were working together on the soundtrack for the 1992 blockbuster, "The Bodyguard" -- Houston's first film. PHOTOS: Whitney Houston: Her Iconic Career Foster said actor Kevin Costner, who produced and co-starred in the film, suggested they use "I Will Always Love You" as the signature ballad after the '60s soul hit, "What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted," fell flat with Houston.

Foster said at the time he had never heard of "I Will Always Love You," but once he listened to Linda Ronstadt's cover, he said he was "immediately" struck with inspiration. I made a demo ... ran to [Houston's] trailer, because I was so excited. I said, 'Whitney, I've got it, I've got it, I've got it,' and I played it for her. And, of course her face lit up because she knew and I knew that I had got it," Foster said. When they first started going over the song, Foster said Costner suggested she sing it a capella for the movie, which the music producer scoffed at at the time. "I thought using no music at the beginning was a stupid idea," Foster said.

"And I hate being wrong, but when you're wrong you got to be wrong big because when you're wrong big, it means you get to be right big too and the song certainly ended up being very right." Foster and Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You" earned the duo three Grammys and was later listed as one of Billboard's "Greatest Songs of All Time." Mere hours after Houston's death on Sunday, the song topped iTunes charts. Foster said he first met Houston at a party thrown for her by famed record producer Clive Davis. She was "glowing," he said, and just 18 at the time. Davis had discovered Houston singing in her mother's nightclub, signed her to Arista Records in 1983 and remained her mentor. "She probably trusted [Davis] more than anyone else in the world, barring her parents," Foster said.

"He was there every step of the way even through the good times and the bad times and he never, never, ever, ever, ever gave up on her." While Houston reportedly had a rocky relationship with her other partner in life, ex-husband and R&B singer Bobby Brown, Foster painted a different picture of the couple, at least, as he saw them in the recording studio. "Bobby and Whitney were a team," Foster said. "He was incredibly supportive of her at all times." In more than three decades of producing, Foster has collaborated with other iconic female artists, including Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion, Diana Ross and Natalie Cole, but Houston, he said, was a music "genius" in her own right. Their last collaboration together was on Houston's 2009 single, "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" -- her last hit released before her death . "Celine would give me exactly what I asked for, which just thrilled me, as an egotistical record producer. Thank you, Celine," Foster said. "When I would ask Whitney to do that, she would give me something different than I asked for. And 99 percent of the time, it would be something better than what I asked for...

that was the genius, part of the genius, of Whitney Houston." 0 Shares The Bodyguard (1992) - IMDb IMDb 29 December 2016 2:33 AM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC A former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to a pop singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's. Director: a list of 46 titles created 07 Jun 2011 a list of 42 titles created 23 May 2012 a list of 35 titles created 25 Apr 2015 a list of 21 titles created 9 months ago a list of 21 titles created 8 months ago Search for " The Bodyguard " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.

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Director: Jon Amiel Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military. Director: Kevin Costner Lancelot falls in love with Guinevere, who is due to be married to King Arthur. Meanwhile, a violent warlord tries to seize power from Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Director: Jerry Zucker A young thief, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, is trained by the once great, but aged Zorro, who also pursues vengeance of his own. Director: Martin Campbell When a worldly singer witnesses a mob crime, the police hide her as a nun in a traditional convent where she has trouble fitting in. Director: Emile Ardolino Wyatt Earp is a movie about a man and his family. The movie shows us the good times and the bad times of one of the West's most famous individuals. Director: Lawrence Kasdan Edit Storyline A pop singer has been receiving threatening notes, and her manager hires a bodyguard known for his good work. The bodyguard ruffles the singer's feathers and most of her entourage by tightening security more than they feel is necessary.

The bodyguard is haunted by the fact that he was on Reagan's secret service staff but wasn't there to prevent the attack by Hinckley. Eventually the bodyguard and the singer start an affair, and she begins to believe his precautions are necessary when the stalker strikes close to home. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com> Never let her out of your sight. Never let your guard down. Never fall in love. Genres: Rated R for language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 25 November 1992 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia Kevin Costner said that he based his portrayal of Frank Farmer on actor Steve McQueen . He even went as far as to get McQueen's trademark haircut for the role. See more » Goofs Nominees for Best Actor & Best Actress Oscars traditionally sit in the first few rows for the ceremony. When Rachel is announced as Best Actress & stands, she is seated in about the 20th row. Following the camera in slow motion, Rachel proceeds to walk down the aisle, shaking hands with many rows of people congratulating her.

This was obviously done for dramatic effect, as it gives the camera time to zero in on who is trying to shoot her. See more » Quotes Rachel : [sees her son, Fletcher, getting into a boat] You know, Fletcher can't swim very well. Herb Farmer : I guess he'd better stay in the boat, then. (United States) – See all my reviews Oh my, what a wonderful movie. Hollywood is known for churning out a lot of sentimental mush that's supposed to pass for romance. But, thankfully, this is not one of those movies. In this movie the main characters, the bodyguard and the lady he is hired to protect, are likable and have a relationship that develops into something really beautiful and special. Moreover, the story is plausible and the movie is well-acted too, with Whitney Houston turning in an outstanding performance reminiscent of Diana Ross's in Lady Sings the Blues (which is another great movie). If you want to watch a movie with good acting and an engaging story, then this is the movie to watch. 36 of 52 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes Whitney Houston: How Dolly Parton Song Landed on The Bodyguard Soundtrack | CMT Whitney Houston: How Dolly Parton Song Landed on The Bodyguard Soundtrack Co-Star and Producer Kevin Costner Insisted on Inclusion of "I Will Always Love You" by CMT.com Staff 2/12/2012 Dolly Parton was listening to her car radio the first time she heard Whitney Houston ‘s version of “I Will Always Love You,” a song actor and film producer Kevin Costner insisted she record for the 1992 film, The Bodyguard. “They started out with it a cappella,” Parton said in 2011 when the bittersweet ballad grabbed the peak position on the CMT 40 Greatest Love Songs special. “And I thought, ‘That sounds familiar. … And it didn’t hit me. It was just one of those things where [you think], ‘What is that?’ And, then all the sudden, when she started singing, ‘I will always love you,’ I just about wrecked the car.” Parton’s country hit became a signature song for Houston, who died Saturday (Feb.

11) in Los Angeles at age 48. Houston’s dramatic rendition of “I Will Always Love You” sold more than 4 million singles and won two Grammys. The Bodyguard soundtrack sold 17 million copies. Parton wrote the song while attempting to make a break from her role on Porter Wagoner ‘s syndicated television show. Even though she was determined to move on, Parton especially wanted to convey a message of gratitude in the song. “It’s saying, ‘Just because I’m going don’t mean I won’t love you. I appreciate you and I hope you do great and I appreciate everything you’ve done, but I’m out of here,'” she explained in the Love Songs interview. “[That’s] basically what I was saying. And I took it in the next morning. I said, ‘Sit down, Porter. I’ve written this song, and I want you to hear it.’ So I did sing it. And he was crying. He said, ‘That’s the prettiest song I ever heard. And you can go, providing I get to produce that record.’ And he did.” Parton’s original recording reached No.

1 on Billboard‘s country songs chart in 1974. The song topped the chart again in 1982 when she re-recorded it for the film, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. It became a hit yet again when Houston recorded it for The Bodyguard, a film Costner produced and co-starred in. “Kevin Costner and his secretary are the ones that loved the song,” Parton said. “They had another song that was going to go in that place, and someone had recorded the song they were going to use. They were just in a panic at the last minute. And so they asked me about the song. I sent it. I didn’t hear anything more.” In a 2008 interview with CMT.com, Costner said he didn’t detect any great enthusiasm when he insisted that Houston sing Parton’s composition. Among those responding were Arista Records chief Clive Davis and the other executives from Houston’s label. “When I said to Whitney, ‘You’re gonna sing “I Will Always Love You,”‘ the ground shook,” Costner said.

“Clive Davis and those guys were going, ‘What?!’ “I said, ‘This is a very important song in this movie.’ I didn’t care if it was ever on the radio. I didn’t care. I said, ‘We’re also going to do this a cappella at the beginning. I need it to be a cappella because it shows a measure of how much she digs this guy — that she sings without music.'” Parton has always praised Houston’s version of the song, noting, “I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance.” She has also expressed her gratitude to Costner for including the song in The Bodyguard. “She said something to me off the record, so I won’t ever repeat it, but it was so beautiful, and it was so Dolly,” Costner said. “It was generous and it was funny — everything that she is — but it was a big thank you.

It was a big, fat thank you.” Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner on ‘The Bodyguard’ Bond Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner on ‘The Bodyguard’ Bond Claudine Zap Pin it Share Whitney Houston's co-star from " The Bodyguard ," Kevin Costner, will speak at her funeral this weekend. And that speaks to the special bond the two developed over their blockbuster movie. The 1992 movie was a hit, and the song " I Will Always Love You ," became Houston's signature anthem. The film starred Houston as a megastar threatened by a stalker, with Costner playing a Secret Service agent sent to protect her. The movie struck a note with fans, grossing $400 million worldwide. And the movie soundtrack is the most successful of all time. A few years back, Costner told "Good Morning America" how the singer came to the role. He recounted that when he saw Houston before the movie, he thought, "She just really has it." He added it was no mystery to him how she ended up in "The Bodyguard." The actor explained, "She was such a true beauty and such a musical instrument.

And I really wanted her (for the part)." So much so, he was willing to postpone the movie. He said, "There was a moment in time where it could have maybe been someone else, and I said 'I want to wait for Whitney.' Ultimately, Warner Brothers agreed to wait a year for her. " Learn the latest about movies >> Costner also told the backstory of how "I Will Always Love You" came to be the song in the movie. He had planned for it to be "What Becomes of a Broken Heart." But during the year wait, that song was in another movie. Costner liked the Dolly Parton song, and eventually, despite some concerns about "this little country song," Houston sang it a capella. Safe to say that the song was a good decision. The producers also wondered how an audience would react to a mixed-race relationship. Costner felt strongly this should not be an issue. He said, "This is not race. This was about good, old-fashioned chemistry.

… I kissed her once for everybody in America, and I kissed her once for myself." All together now, "awwww." See showtimes for your favorite movies >> In a 1993 interview with Entertainment Tonight , Houston confessed she didn't think she was ready for acting, but Costner changed her mind. She said, "He made me feel so comfortable. … He was like whatever you need we will supply for you." One thing he told her not to do: take acting lessons. He told the singer, "We want you and what you bring to the character." Houston added, "I felt more insecure about the pressure to do this film." It's clear, Costner's instincts were right on this one. The two were pitch-perfect. Reblog The Bodyguard Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 14 September 2016 Greetings from Lithuania. "The Bodyguard" (1992) is a wonderful drama / thriller / romance. It is not cheese romance by a mile, you can point your finger at any direction these days and find much, much more cheese movies then this one.

Acting was solid by all involved, but especially of course by our leads Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston - we do care for these two sharply drawn characters. Directing was solid as well as involving script. And the outcome with the killer wasn't the for me the ultimate ending of the story - it surely was that plane scene. Overall, two great charismatic leads, involving writing and amazing (one of the kind) music makes this a very cool movie. It has some romance, it has some thrills and its all done in a very good way - add the unforgettable soundtrack and "The Bodyguard" becomes the ultimate guilty pleasure. Was the above review useful to you? When Kevin Costner Ruled The World 19 August 2016 Bodyguard (1992) Plot In A Paragraph: Frank Farmer (KC) a former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to a singing superstar Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston) Whilst I do not rate The Bodyguard as high as some people do. It is an enjoyable movie, I happen to have watched it a lot in recent years, and I always like it, but I can go years without feeling the need to revisit it.

It is hard to say what I don't like, as it's nothing in particular, I just find the directing a bit flat, and at times the actors are poorly framed. I remember I loved it when it was released, but by the time I watched it again on video, my opinion if it, had dropped considerably. The soundtrack is very effective, all the new songs are catchy and for the second year in a row, the single to a KC movie dominates the charts. I knew the song I Will Always Love You from the Burt Reynolds/Dolly Parton movie The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. And whilst I still call it a Dolly Parton song, I know many call it a Whitney Houston one, and think of her version as the definitive one. Of the cast, in her first movie Houston is very good. I'm surprised she didn't make more movies (she only made 4 more) as the talent was there. It's another less is more performance from KC, similar to his performance in The Untouchables, but it's still effective here, and he has some good, witty lines. All the supporting cast are fine too.

The film had to undergo some hasty re-cutting when test audiences hated the original ending with Farmer dying after saving Marron. I remember KC saying in an interview, that he didn't even understand the new ending to the movie. Sadly for me the tacked on happier ending ruins things a bit!! As Farmer is clearly shot in the chest and gut at Oscars, but he turns up at the airport with his arm in a sling. It was another $100 million plus grosser for KC as The Bodyguard finished the year the 7th highest grossing movie of 1992, with a domestic gross of $121 million. 8/10 for this reviewer. 13 September 2015 *** This review may contain spoilers *** Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston star in this 1992 drama. Costner (The Untouchables) plays Frank Farmer, an ex-secret service agent who is hired to protect feisty, pop singer, Rachel Marron (Houston) who has an obsessed, crazed fan threatening her. After getting off to a rocky start, Frank and Rachel get romantically involved with each other in the process and he also gets to know her family too.

This is a good romantic drama with a few suspenseful moments, Costner & Houston are great in it, had good chemistry with each other and who can forget Houston's hit song, "I Will Always Love You." Also, the late, Steve McQueen and Diana Ross were originally considered for the leads. I recommend this. Was the above review useful to you? 1 out of 2 people found the following review useful: I will always love you, movie, even if you're a bit mediocre. 24 April 2015 *** This review may contain spoilers *** Houston, we don't have a problem. At least, not in 1992. In 1992, both Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston could do no, wrong. At the time, Kevin Costner was one of America's most accomplished thespians and Whitney Houston was one of the most popular singers. When you combine them, in the movie, 'the Bodyguard'. You get a semi-OK-masterpiece. This schmaltzy proposal for this film was rejected 67 times before Kevin Costner got the rights. It was originally written by Lawrence Kasdan for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross in the 1970s.

Directed by Mick Jackson, the movie tells the story of Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner), a former Secret Service Agent for the President, who became the private bodyguard for international pop star and actress, Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston) after she been, receiving death threats from a dangerous stalker. Can Frank save Rachel or will the killer win out in the end? Watch the movie to find out! Without spoiling too much of the film, I found Kevin Costner's acting in this, pretty dull. I know, that his character is supposed to be stern, but gees they could have, lighten up, the character, a bit. Even, in the lake scenes. He was pretty blend. Despite, that, he made a pretty realistic bodyguard. He was also, a pretty cool, action star at the time. He deserve more credit for this movie, from stopping it from totally tanking with his action scenes. The scene where he was chasing the killer, through the woods was intense. Kevin Costner was so insistent that Whitney Houston and no other black singer/actress play the part that the film production waited 1 year for Whitney to be available to film. In my opinion, it was a good choice.

She was a good singer, but not a good actress, even when seemingly playing a variation of herself. Whitney Houston as Rachel, was mediocre, at best. I give her some credit, for at least, trying to act. She did suffered a miscarriage during production and missed a couple of weeks of production recovering, and you can't tell, by her performance, how truly depress, she must have, been at the time. I just glad, Whitney Houston's character wasn't playing like a gimmicky black singer stereotype. Still, most of the movie, I felt that her character was a bit annoying. Even, test audiences, couldn't stand all, her b*tching as the film had to undergo some hasty re-cutting. Still, with those cuts, her character never truly understood, how much, she was in danger, even when, things became really serious and it bugs the living hell out of me. I know, she supposed to play a diva, but I didn't like, how much, Rachel and Frank fought against each other over, how much protection, she needs. It made the romance seem so unrealistic. I didn't think, that the actors have that much chemistry on film.

Still, they both look, beautiful, together. One thing that I kinda love about the film, is how brave, the filmmakers were in showing interracial relationships. Even in the 1990s, seeing this was rare. Houston's mainstream appeal allowed people to look at the movie color-blind, and never once, did I find the fact that a black woman and white guy falling in love, jarring. Still, controversy arose as some felt the film's advertising intentionally hid Houston's face to hide the film's interracial relationship. I think, this was made to keep, the movie from being spoiled. The reason The Bodyguard scored more than $410 million worldwide is not, because of the two stars sex appeal. It's the film soundtrack, which to date, as of this writing, stands as the highest selling in movie history. It features six songs by Whitney Houston, including "Queen of the Night," a remake of Chaka Khan's "I'm Every Woman," "I've Got Nothing," and, of course, her signature cover of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You." Although her songs make up half of the soundtrack, she is credited for the album's popularity, which in turn drove people to see the film.

Two songs from the film, "Run to You" and "I Have Nothing", were nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song. While, 'I will always love you' got her, multiply rewards and became one of the best-selling single by a woman in music history. The character of Rachel was originally going to sing "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" instead of "I Will Always Love You", before 1991's film, Fried Green Tomatoes used the former song. Kevin Costner is the one who wanted the song written by Dolly Parton to be sung by Whitney Houston. He convinced Whitney to sing it "a capella" for the movie. Whitney's rendition became so good, that Dolly Parton pretty much, disowned it and gave it to Whitney. Regardless of whether you're a Houston fan, her talent as a singer is what makes the movie halfway watchable. If this movie was made today, it might be an all-out-disaster. Both celebrities went into a shaky time in the late 1990s/early 2000s. While, Whitney Houston's career never really, bound-back, to the success of this film and its soundtrack.

She did have some minor hits, before dying in 2012, in a drowning/drug overdose accident. Kevin Costner was able to have some success after his double whammy of post-apocalypse sci-fi flops movies in the mid-1990s, and his career is still going strong. In many ways, he always thought of this movie, as one of his greatest works, and always felt open in making a sequel or remaking it. Celebrities like Rihanna, and Princess Diana was once sought for re-dos. Who knows, if a sequel will be made? Overall: Yes, it could had been better, but I quite enjoyed the film. I do recommended, at least, seeing it, once. In the end, if you don't bother watching the film. At least, try to listen to the soundtrack. You'll probably enjoyed it. Was the above review useful to you? 1 out of 2 people found the following review useful: a film with Whitney Houston from Romania 8 July 2013 it is the best definition for this film. not bad, not good, only virtue remains the soundtrack. only remarkable character - Houston voice. it is a form of market.

romance, slices from a diva life, errors of a man, thriller crumbs, costumes, tension, Kevin Costner as Prince Charming. and that is all. but its secret is not complicated - it is the film of its admirers. the public of easy stories, the public of Houston or Costner, the readers of pink literature and the public of magazines. so, it is not inspired verdict to define it as mistake. soft movie, it is one of movies who can be a nice occasion for perfect time with girlfriend and for joy to discover, again, an amazing voice. Was the above review useful to you? 1 out of 2 people found the following review useful: Great Song and Creepy Irony 25 February 2013 *** This review may contain spoilers *** I Will Always Love You will be remembered for a long time with this movie. In fact, singers imitating Whitney Houston are still winning Karoke Contests using this song 20 years later. The power of this song is perhaps more powerful than the film itself. Still I would argue this film is one of the roles which helped establish Kevin Costner's career as he is excellent in his title role.

Whitney Houston gets to play herself in a lot of ways here which makes her acting very effective. There is a lot good about this film. The creepy part is hindsight. While the body guard in this has to deal with an insane killer trying to shoot Whitney, the reality is she really needed a bodyguard for an entirely different reason - to stop her substance abuse. Her line "I am not a morning person" is one of the cliché lines of a person with that problem. That makes the film creepy in a real retrospect fashion. When you look at Houston in this film, she looks as great as she ever has. She is actually portrayed as a beautiful young rock star who her fans and a lot of others would fall in love with. I have the same feelings for her here as many would in that her character portrays success in the way that it is often achieved, at the loss of a personal life for the star. The script then exploits that perfectly by having her fall in love with her Bodyguard. That makes all too much sense and I have felt often that singers who die too soon tragically like Houston has fit the way the script is written like a glove. Was the above review useful to you?

1 out of 2 people found the following review useful: OK romantic thriller with some good scenes from United States 19 February 2012 For the most part, this is a passable love story with thriller elements thrown in. It's easy to watch. What's odd is that Whiteney Houston, who is not an experienced actress, gives a more believable performance than veteran actor Kevin Costner. Costner has done well in other movies but was wooden here. He's trying to do a Steve McQueen cooler-than-cool turn, but he seems like a wind-up toy soldier. Also worthy of censure is Costner's haircut, which was rightly criticized at the time. Houston is convincing enough, but it's because she's essentially playing herself. They have a love scene, which was also OK but nothing memorable. There is the supporting cast, which is good enough but nothing memorable. The screenplay is occasionally exciting but usually routine and not always believable. Costner's character probably wouldn't have been in the secret service to begin with if he's traumatized by a shooting that took place when he was off duty at a funeral. The soundtrack is the real star and this film features some great songs.

Also praiseworthy is the ending, which was one of the few parts to avoid romantic clichés. It's very easy watching and will appeal to fervent fans of Whiteney Houston and romantic drama. Was the above review useful to you? 1 out of 2 people found the following review useful: Im in disguise..... 19 June 2011 *** This review may contain spoilers *** A pop singer has been receiving threatening notes, and her manager hires a bodyguard known for his good work. The bodyguard ruffles the singer's feathers and most of her entourage by tightening security more than they feel is necessary. The bodyguard is haunted by the fact that he was on Reagan's secret service staff but wasn't there to prevent the attack by Hinckley. Eventually the bodyguard and the singer start an affair, and she begins to believe his precautions are necessary when the stalker strikes close to home..... remember back in the day when whatever film Costner was in it was Gold? well this was released at the height of his popularity, and Costner has never had a hit this huge since. Modelling himself on Steve McQueen, Costner id everything you would expect him to be.

Brooding at first, but eventually becoming a man with a heart of gold and being friends with everyone. But the real reason to watch this film is Houston, and to be fair on her, she isn't all that bad, but is as what you would expect, all attitude and 'mmmm hmmmm', until you discover that she has a heart of gold too. It's just that the two of them can't swallow their prides to tell each other how they feel, until the very last frame. And somewhere in the film, there is some plot about someone wanting to kill Houston with sarcasm and threatening letters, and it's not who it would seem. It's inoffensive stuff, very easy to watch and as equally enjoyable, just don't expect too many people to admit it. Was the above review useful to you?

2 out of 4 people found the following review useful: Introducing Whitney Houston: the movie actress 20 February 2012 *** This review may contain spoilers *** Frank Farmer becomes a bodyguard of a beautiful singer, Rachel Marron.She has been getting some death threats, and Frank is the right man to protect her.Soon there's something more going on between Rachel and her bodyguard.Mick Jackson is the director of The Bodyguard (1992).Lawrence Kasdan wrote the film already in the 70's.On Saturday, Feb 11 we heard sad that Whitney Houston has passed away at the age of 48.She was buried during the weekend.It was a shock to millions of her fans.20 years ago this singer with a fantastic voice gave her first movie performance in The Bodyguard.She is spectacular as Rachel Marron.Kevin Costner, who spoke lovely words of Whitney at the funeral, is just the right guy to play Frank Farmer.Kevin believed in Whitney and wanted her to be his co-star.They share a great amount of chemistry together.Also other actors do great work.Gary Kemp plays Sy Spector.Bill Cobbs plays Bill Devaney.Ralph Waite portrays Herb Farmer.Tomas Arana is Greg

 Portman.Michele Lamar Richards plays Nicki Marron.Mike Starr is Tony.Richard Schiff plays the part of Skip Thomas.Debbie Reynolds is seen as herself.I saw the movie yesterday, which was the second time I saw it.The thriller part works in this movie, and so does the romance.The date scene is a really nice one.And Kevin carrying Whitney is a classic.How Frank saves Rachel's son Fletcher from that boat with a bomb is most thrilling to watch.And the stuff that happens at the Oscars is very intense.Let's not forget the songs sang by Houston.One song that will live forever, or at least close to that, is "I Will Always Love You".Just beautiful.Kevin Costner alongside Whitney Houston really make this a memorable movie.

Was the above review useful to you? 2 out of 4 people found the following review useful: Sweet and Electrifying, Much Better Than Its Perceived To Be from Canada 17 February 2012 Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) a clean cut, methodical ex-secret service guard whose drink of choice is orange juice is hired to protect Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston) a pop star diva whose unaware of her stalker situation. The young and feisty vocalist frequently taunts Farmer making his job slightly more challenging until she decides to get to know the man behind the suit. Then as her situation gets more precarious an unexpected enemy reveals itself whose envious eye has long been on Rachel. Eventually the dedicated and down to earth Farmer wins Rachel over as he attempts to avert disaster and save her from destruction. Whereby Rachel ostentatiously displays her magnetic vocals in the "I Will Always Love You" number which remains one of the most popular and recognizable songs of all time. Was the above review useful to you?

Page 4 of 13: Why 'I Will Always Love You' Is Whitney Houston's Ultimate Song (Analysis) | Hollywood Reporter 1:41pm PT by Joe Levy Why 'I Will Always Love You' Is Whitney Houston's Ultimate Song (Analysis) David Corio/Getty Images "The Bodyguard" was a hit movie that spawned a 17 million-selling soundtrack and a single that, as a veteran music journalist argues, was the pop icon's finest moment. This story first appeared in the Feb. 24 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" -- a cover of a Dolly Parton single from 1974 -- was released on Nov. 3, 1992. It debuted at No. 40 the Billboard Hot 100 and took two weeks to hit No. 1, where it stayed for 14 weeks, a record at the time. As we all remember, it came from The Bodyguard soundtrack, a messy sales powerhouse that was front-loaded with six Whitney tracks (including her "I'm Every Woman" cover and the gospel number "Jesus Loves Me") and then swiftly slid into Kenny G territory.

What we might not remember is that the soundtrack went on to sell 17 million copies and break SoundScan's record for single-week sales. Twice. (First it shattered the mark held by Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion II; seven days later, it became the first album to sell more than a million in a week.) Oh, and The Bodyguard earned a Grammy for album of the year, and "I Will Always Love You" won record of the year as well as best female pop vocal. PHOTOS: Iconic Singer Whitney Houston's Life and Career in Pictures "I Will Always Love You" is Whitney's greatest moment and one of the greatest moments in American pop. It was bravura, sentimental and subject, as many of her recordings were, to bland studio touches that sound frustratingly disengaged (in this case, a sax solo you'd rarely hear outside of a dentist's office). Yet it also was monumental, undeniable and, as many of her recordings were, a triumph of vocal ability that presents itself as human indomitability. The caesura just before the drum beat, and she takes off for that impossible note?

It's a moonshot, and we get to be strapped into the rocket and take the ride with her. And that she laces everything up to that point with a tangle of vulnerability and joy makes it even more amazing, like she's painting five or six different pictures before deciding, screw it, let's just go Technicolor! 3D!! We'll need a bigger theater!!! Still, 17 million copies or not, 1992 is not remembered as Whitney Houston's year. It's remembered as the time of Nirvana and Dr. Dre's The Chronic. Part of the reason could be that The Bodyguard soundtrack was her last album -- if you think of it as a Whitney album -- for six years. (She married Bobby Brown in July 1992; their daughter was born the following March.) But a bigger reason is that the menacing anomie of Nirvana and Dre fit the narrative a lot better than Whitney wishing us joy and love. It was the year of the L.A. riots, after all. Music of alienation and instability seemed to capture a moment when everything was cleaved apart.

And though now it's clear that the music of Nirvana and Dre appealed to a mass pop audience -- in fact, to each other's audiences -- then the myth that this music was directed at separate audiences was hard to shake. STORY: Whitney Houston's Death: 10 Developments It's also a myth that "I Will Always Love You" takes aim at and obliterates. Even if you never knew this was a country cover, it still crosswires genres and audiences and upends the notion that black and white music (and audiences) don't talk directly to each other. Whitney had planned on covering Jimmy Ruffin's 1966 Motown hit "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" until she heard it was being used on the Fried Green Tomatoes soundtrack. It was Bodyguard co-star Kevin Costner who brought in Linda Ronstadt's version of "I Will Always Love You." The doomed romance of the lyric, and the way it's at pains to find good wishes in sadness, fit the interracial Romeo-and-Juliet love story of the film much better.

Whitney copped Ronstadt's arrangement -- Parton's original is actually much closer to a classic soul ballad -- and her power note at the end. But her vocal takes Parton's high-lonesome pain as a jumping-off point and goes wild from there, rounding through operatic technique, blue yodels and gospel before climaxing in pure Elvis-in-Vegas glory. It's almost like a historical tour of American singing -- or America itself. VIDEO: Reactions To Houston's Death As with so much pop music, it's an enactment of American potential, an expression of an ideal of unity that is usually nothing more than that: an ideal. Except for the time it takes to listen to one song or to dance to another. Then it's an ideal in action. Not for nothing was the other song consistently mentioned in the hours after Whitney's passing her recording of "The Star-Spangled Banner" from the 1991 Super Bowl, an African-American reclamation of the national anthem less audacious than Jimi Hendrix's or Marvin Gaye's but no less powerful. A final thought: It's striking how many Whitney songs are, like "I Will Always Love You," songs of heartbreak.

I mentioned this to someone in passing and was immediately corrected -- what about the uptempo pop hits? What about, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"? Or "How Will I Know"? But even those are searches for love -- she's not actually dancing with somebody who loves her right then; she isn't with someone who she knows is the one. Of course, that's not how these songs come across. What we remember isn't that the singer is having an affair with a married man in "Saving All My Love for You." What we remember is making love the whole night through. That's worth remembering now: how Whitney could turn every lyric, every song, into an expression of jubilation. It's a gospel singer's touch, and it's the one she left us with. Joe Levy is a veteran music writer, magazine editor and TV commentator.

Whitney Houston and Dolly Parton: why 'I Will Always Love You' is Whitney's ultimate song - Telegraph Rock and Pop Features Whitney Houston and Dolly Parton: why 'I Will Always Love You' is Whitney's ultimate song Helen Brown looks at how Whitney Houston transformed Dolly Parton's 1973 modest country track 'I Will Always Love You' into one of the greatest hits of all time. Country singer Dolly Parton wrote Whitney Houston's biggest hit I Will Always Love You Photo: Rex Features By Helen Brown 3:56PM GMT 16 Feb 2012 Snuggling deep into Kevin Costner’s shoulder on the dancefloor of a no frills American bar, Whitney Houston tunes in to the country and western tune coming from the jukebox. “It’s a kinda cowboy song, huh?” she teases. Costner gazes down at the beautiful soul singer in his arms and laughs, acknowledging his taste in old fashioned music and values. And she ploughs on: “I mean, it’s so depressing. Have you listened to the words?

It’s one o’ those somebody’s-always-leaving-somebody songs.” The scene is, of course, from Houston’s 1992 movie debut, “The Bodyguard” in which Houston essentially played herself and Costner (then at the height of his Hollywood hunk cachet) played the deadly, deadpan former CIA man hired to protect her from a psychopathic stalker. (The film was originally proposed for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross in 1976, but fell through when McQueen had a diva fit of his own and refused to be billed second to Ross). And the song is, of course, “I Will Always Love You”. Houston’s powerful version of it not only gave emotional wings to an otherwise laughably leaden movie – it also sent her career soaring, spending ten weeks at Number One in the UK and fourteen weeks at the top of the American charts, selling a whopping 12 million copies around the world. Following Houston's tragic death in a Beverley HIlls hotel room, it is now back in the charts and heading for number one.

The Bodyguard Soundtrack – featuring six songs sung by Houston, including “I Have Nothing” -- sold 42 million copies worldwide, making it the world’s best selling soundtrack of all time. 'I Will Always Love You’ became Houston’s signature song, marking her transformation from the technically gifted but emotionally lightweight girl who just wanted to dance with somebody to fully fledged diva. The song was written by another great singer with Hollywood aspirations, Dolly Parton, who is now set to earn millions of dollars from sales of the song , as fans rush to buy it in memory of their idol. It’s no coincidence that Houston used the song in a film about romantic tension in a professional relationship. For when Parton penned her “bitter sweet” country ballad back in 1973, she wasn’t writing about the break up of a romantic relationship, but about the end of a professional one. The buxom blonde from Tennessee had gotten her big break as “the girl singer” on the Porter Wagoner Show in 1967.

Related Articles Whitney Houston dies at 48 12 Feb 2012 But the song writin’, gun totin’ gal from the mountains didn’t plan on spending her life as anybody’s lovely assistant and, as she later told the press, Wagoner was “very much was a male-chauvinist pig. That’s why we fought like crazy, because I wouldn’t put up with a bunch of stuff.” When Parton decided to leave the show and strike out alone, she wrote the song as a kindly farewell to her old mentor and duetting partner, wishing him joy and happiness in his future career. But the good will wasn’t reciprocated and Wagoner sued her for breach of contract. This history is perhaps what gives the song its rare mood of nobility. Songs about the end of relationships are traditionally sung with an agenda.

The singer often regrets bad behaviour that’s caused a break up and seeks reconciliation by promising reformation (as in The Jackson Five’s 'I want You Back’); or threatening suicide (The Police’s 'Can’t Stand Losing You’); or wants a cheating lover to know how empowered they feel now the relationship has ended (Gloria Gaynor’s 'I Will Survive’); or wants to vent a little spleen (Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice” or Justin Timberlake’s 'Cry Me a River’). But the singer of 'I Will Always Love You’ is thinking about the lover – the singee, if you like – who’s been left for his own good. Although the singer acknowledges she will always love him, she also acknowledges she’s not what he needs. And so departs taking only her memories and promising she will think of him every step of the way. So it’s a brave song. Parton released the single three times and had a minor hit with it in 1982 when she usesd it on the soundtrack to The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Her various co-recordings of the song are all moving evocations of the ending of a complex relationship.

But in each, she sounds like a woman resigned to her decision and already driving away. So does Linda Ronstadt in her version. John Doe (whose 1990 recording is the one the Houston and Costner dance to in The Bodyguard) sounds, likewise, like a man who’s closed the door. But when Whitney took the country song into soul ballad territory – lifting it tenderly over the racial borderlines of popular music the way Costner’s character lifted hers across the screaming mob in the movie – she injected it with a whole new level of drama and tension. She nails us from the start with a raw and vulnerable a capella opening (for which Costner and Houston had to fight studio and record label bosses) “If I should stay, I would only be in your way…” Her soft, regretful vocal stays unaccompanied for a bold 46 seconds, and it achieves in under a minute what the film fails to manage in nearly two hours – it strips away the layers of celebrity fakery to reveal the vulnerable woman beneath. With this achieved, an acoustic guitar wraps its warm simple strings around her. And from there the song just builds and builds.

With each step Houston takes away from the lover in the song, she has to screw up all her courage again, and harder. A keyboard joins her and then, at one minute 20 seconds, a drum beat for pace. She’s left the room now and she’s walking. Thirty seconds later, she’s upped the volume and that famous 'Whitney warble’ on a note has a little, almost playful flutter before the saxophone solo. And while Houston does allow her technical ability to dance around the basic melody, she holds key notes steady just long enough to ensure they matter, and then some. Her vocal ornamentations sounds, in this context, like resolve wavering and adds to the drama. After she sings “But most of all, I wish you love” there’s a three and a half second pause. It sounds like she’s lost her resolve, she might turn back! The tension is almost unbearable. And then that decisive drum beat strikes and she powers back in with the final, triumphal chorus. No wonder so many contestants on shows like Pop Idol and X Factor think this is the song to wow the judges.

It’s a song which pleads its own modesty, nobility and vulnerability and is thus guaranteed to win audience empathy. How could we not feel for the little girl alone on that big stage, singing unaccompanied to the nation? And then it builds and builds into a huge statement of strength and courage against the odds allowing the contestant to showcase their technical skills. Done right, it can make the audience feel that they willed it to happen this way, that their support enabled a fragile wannabe to soar so high. Leona Lewis’ nailed it in 2006. It’s worked its magic for Lucie Jones. But as Simon Cowell always cautions: “Are you sure you wanna do that song? It’s one of the hardest songs in the world to sing.” Houston set the bar so high. Even before her death, her rendition of this song guaranteed that we would always love her. Parton, with her characteristic acuity, nailed this feeling when she spoke after her friend's death. "Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston.

I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.'" * A version of this article was first published in the Daily Telegraph's Review supplement on 10 October 2009 Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You': Behind The Song - MTV mtv archive-John-Mitchell 02/13/2012 On Sunday night's Grammy Awards, [article id="1679162"]Jennifer Hudson paid tribute to the late Whitney Houston[/article], who was [article id="1679029"]found dead a day earlier[/article] in Beverly Hills, by delivering a teary-eyed rendition of her most famous song, "I Will Always Love You." What many do not know is that "Love You" is a tune with a long and interesting musical history that dates back to 1974 and has a connection to the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley.

"I Will Always Love you" was written by country superstar Dolly Parton on June 6, 1974, as the second single from Parton's 13th solo studio album, Jolene. That's right, by 1974, Dolly Parton had already released 13 albums. And it may interest fans of the song to know that while "I Will Always Love You" is most certainly a love song, it's not really about the deeply passionate parting of two lovers that was conveyed in Houston's cover; the song is about Parton's professional parting of ways with her onetime partner and longtime mentor Porter Wagoner. The song went all the way to #1 on the country charts, and along with "Jolene," arguably one of Parton's finest songs, propelled her out of Wagoner's shadow and onto the country A-list in her own right. The song brought Parton a fan in the unlikely form of rock god Elvis Presley, who expressed interest in recording a cover version of the tune. This, of course, delighted Parton.

There was a catch, however: Elvis' formidable manager, Tom Parker, insisted that she sign over 50 percent of the publishing royalties to Presley. That was a problem for Parton, who had a policy against signing away her publishing rights — no matter how big the star wanting to record her track. "He was planning to record my song, 'I Will Always Love You.' He invited me down to the studio, and the day of the studio, Colonel Tom Parker called and said that they only recorded songs that they had the publishing on, and I couldn't do that," Parton told David Letterman in 2010. "That broke my heart, because I loved Elvis. "I cried all night. Other people were saying, 'You're nuts. It's Elvis Presley. I mean, hell, I'd give him all of it,' " Parton said. "I said, 'I can't do that.

Something in my heart says don't do that.' And I just didn't do it, and they didn't do it." Parton re-recorded the song herself in 1982 and included it on the soundtrack to her film "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas." It again went to #1 on the country charts, making Parton the first artist ever to earn a #1 record twice with the same song as a singer. (Once Houston's cover hit the top of the charts, she became the first songwriter ever to hit #1 three times with the same song.) Like so many other iconic moments in pop culture, Houston's cover of "I Will Always Love You" wasn't even supposed to happen. She originally intended to cover Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" as the lead single from "The Bodyguard" until she found out the song had been used just one year earlier in the 1991 film "Fried Green Tomatoes." Houston's "Bodyguard" co-star Kevin Costner attempted to remedy the situation by introducing the singer to Linda Ronstadt's 1975 version of "I Will Always Love You," and Houston loved the song.

She decided to rearrange it as a soul ballad with producer David Foster, and a classic was born. Houston and Foster, it seems, were not intent on owning the song's publishing rights. With Houston's legendary voice laid on the track, "I Will Always Love You" went on to become one of the biggest singles in music history, spending 14 weeks at the top of the Billboard charts — a record at the time — and helping "The Bodyguard" soundtrack sell 44 million copies worldwide to become the biggest soundtrack of all time. Eternally good-hearted, Parton complimented Hudson on her performance of the song at the Grammys and praised Houston's amazing gift in a statement earlier Monday (February 13), saying, "I was brought to tears again last night, as I'm sure many were, when Jennifer Hudson sang 'I Will Always Love You' on the Grammys in memory of Whitney. Like everybody else, I am still in shock. But I know that Whitney will live forever in all the great music that she left behind. I will always have a very special piece of her in the song we shared together and had the good fortune to share with the world. Rest in peace, Whitney.

Again, we will always love you." For her part, Hudson was overjoyed to have a chance to say goodbye to her mentor at the Grammys. "It was the greatest honor of my life to be able to be the one to pay tribute to Whitney's memory," Hudson said in a statement Monday. "It was from my heart. I haven't stopped crying since she passed. Her family is in my prayers." Stick with MTV News all for all the Grammy red-carpet fashion , [article id="1678701"]Grammy winners[/article] and performance recaps until the hangover wears off! Share your condolences with Whitney's family and friends on our Facebook page. Whitney Houston's Top 10 Songs - MTV mtv archive-Kelley-L-Carter 02/13/2012 Whitney Houston 's songs — much like those of her friend Michael Jackson — created the soundtrack to our lives. If you were in love, they made you want to shout it from the rooftops. And if you'd lost love, they soothed you back to health.

The icon, who [article id="1679123"]died Saturday[/article] at the age of 48, left many memorable recordings. Here are Houston's top 10 songs and how they fared on the Billboard charts: "Saving All My Love for You" Like several of her hits, Houston took an already-recorded song and gave it new life. Originally, this track was a duo by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. back in the late '70s. This song — which dealt with loving a married or taken man — was Houston's first #1 hit in 1985 and won her a Grammy. "How Will I Know" Houston was more than a big-ballad diva. Her honey-coated voice played well in the pop-music arena, and this dance-friendly track served her well. Released in 1985, the song helped Houston cross over onto pop and adult contemporary charts, becoming the singer's second #1 pop hit. "Greatest Love of All" This huge ballad was on Houston's self-titled first album in 1986 and became her musical calling card.

Just about every vocal risk you can make in a record, Houston took here, and fans loved every valley and peak she hit with her range. "So Emotional" In 1987, Houston earned her sixth #1 hit with this upbeat, made-for-the-roller-rink track. "Didn't We Almost Have It All" Grammy nominated for Song of the Year, Houston's second #1 single from her Whitney album was released in 1987. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Another dance hit for Houston, she didn't tone down her supersized vocals one bit here. The diva earned one of her Grammys for this1987 hit, walking away with the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" This track was medicine for an ailing heart. In 1988, Houston turned in yet another big ballad that wasn't at all overreaching. She once again took her made-for-the-choir-rafters voice and layered it over a radio-friendly beat, creating her record-setting seventh-consecutive #1 hit.

"All the Man That I Need" Another remake, the second #1 single from her 1990 album, I'm Your Baby Tonight, let Houston's gospel-tinged background shine to create another classic ballad. "I'm Your Baby Tonight" Houston stepped out in faith to make a more edgy, street track. The risk served her well: She earned another #1 score with this 1990 single. "I Will Always Love You" This 1992 track, a remake of a Dolly Parton song, was from the soundtrack to her wildly successful film "The Bodyguard," her acting debut in which she co-starred with Kevin Costner. The tune became one of the biggest pop-music singles of all time, selling more than 12 million units worldwide. Share your condolences with Whitney's family and friends on our Facebook page.

Question: Who co-starred with Kevin Costner in "Bodyguard" and released a song from the movie, "I Will Always Love You", which became a hit?
Answer: Whitney Houston