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Hank Salas, the actor that plays Mike (Moody's bodyguard), also played the role of a bodyguard in the 80's classic comedy "Doctor Detriot".  MY BODYGUARD was the break-through movie for Matt Dillon which lead to great 80's classics like "The Outsiders" and "Rumble Fish"! Director Tony Bill was an actor in various '60's movies such as "Come Blow Your Horn", and "Soldier in the Rain". He also had a small role as Goldie Hawn's date in "Shampoo". -Thanks to RufusActress Jennifer "Flashdance" Beals has a non-speaking role as an extra in the film in most of the student group & classroom scenes. -Thanks to Dave PoseyIn the scene where they are out in the park playing either frisbee or football. One of the extras looks like Tom Cruise. -Thanks to Joey. VGeorge Wendt of "Cheers" fame has a small roll as a man who is working on the air conditioning in the hotel. -Thanks to Noel Adams"My Bodyguard" was one of Joan Cusack's (sister of John Cusack) first film roles, as well as her father Richard "Dick" Cusack, who played Cliffy's no-nonsense principal at Lake View High School. Dick Cusack's appearance in "My Bodyguard" was not only his first movie in a 20-year acting career marked mostly by bit parts in Chicago-based films ("The Fugitive," "Chain Reaction," and "High Fidelity," among others), but it was the first film where he appeared alongside his daughter Joan. In 2000, he appeared for the last time with daughter Joan and son John Cusack on screen in "High Fidelity" as he would later succumb to cancer on June 2, 2003 in Evanston, Illinois. The excerpt read by Cliffy's high school English teacher, Ms. Clarice Jump (who has been married to Mandy Patinkin -- of "Princess Bride" and "Chicago Hope" fame -- since 1980) is from Dicken's "A Tale of Two Cities." -Thanks to KimThe hotel where the film takes place is an actual hotel in chicago and is still as active (and expensive) as it ever was. (The Ambassador East) -Thanks to Dave PoseyDuring the scene when the two main characters are walking through the junkyard looking for the missing part for the motorcycle, Adam Baldwin finds a piece that is close but not correct and unceremoniously throws it off in the distance. This scene is almost perfectly duplicated during the junkyard sequence in the Firefly episode "Ariel", Season 1 Episode 8. -Thanks to David HoltonDean Devlin had a small role in the movie and was listed as 'Boy'. His father Don Devlin produced My Bodyguard. Dean Devlin went on to make the blockbuster 'Independence Day' and cast his friend Adam Baldwin in a nice role as the army captain. -Thanks to Ginger De Los RiosThe scene were Clifford squirts ketchup and mustard was filmed at Jaws restaurant. It's no longer there and was a local hang out for kids to cut class and play video games... « Click here to add some My Bodyguard trivia Rediscover your favorites! If you like My Bodyguard or 80's Comedy classics, then be sure to check out this list: ..... Tootsie ..... Raising Arizona ..... Good Morning, Vietnam ..... Blues Brothers ..... Heathers ..... Fast Times At Ridgemont High ..... This Is Spinal Tap ..... Naked Gun ..... Adventures In Babysitting ..... Airplane ..... License To Drive ..... Money Pit ..... Porky's ..... Risky Business ..... Twins ..... Soul Man .....[More] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Featured Movie Location: High SchoolWanna see the real life filming location used for High School in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at Lakeview High School, located in Chicago, Illinois. [New! Show Google Map] Lake View High is on the Corner of Ashland avenue and Irving Park Road on the North side of the city. It is a mile from Wrigley Field. If you look at some of the students in the classroom shots you can see a young frizzy haired Joan Cusack and Jennifer Beals. [Thanks to Shel/Mark Veth and Nora Flaherty] The opening scene in "My Bodyguard" features an aerial shot of Cliffy (Chris Makepeace) riding his bike along the Lakeshore Drive bikepath in downtown Chicago between North Avenue Beach and the Oak Street Beach. This was in my opinion, one of the more breathtaking shots, if not one of the most memorable of the movie. The scene where Cliffy is riding his bike was filmed in the Gold Coast neighborhood of the Near Northside of Chicago; Exterior and interior shots of the hotel where Cliffy lives were shot on location at the Ambassador East Hotel, now called the Omni Ambassador East Hotel. This famous hotel has been in operation since 1926. It is located in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago's Near North Side at 1301 North State Parkway Chicago, Illinois 60610. The hotel dining and bar scenes were filmed in the Pump Room of the Ambassador East Hotel The Ambassodor is now owned by the Omni Hotel chain. The rowing scene with Cliffy, his redhead friend, and a 16-year-old Joan Cusak was filmed in the Lincoln Park Lagoon near the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago; The "fight and flight" scene where Adam Baldwin gets beaten up by "Mike", gets his bike thrown into the lagoon, then runs away, was also filmed in Lincoln Park near the Lincoln Park zoo; The "Motorcycle" scene where Cliffy and Adam Baldwin ride their rebuilt motorbike for the first time was filmed in various parts of Chicago's Lincoln Park, the Lakefront, West Loop and downtown Loop area. The name of the huge orange structure that they zigzag in and out on their bike of is none other than the famous "Flamingo" sculpture by Alexander Calder. This particular scene was filmed on locaton at the John C. Kluczynski Federal Plaza located at 230 S. Dearborn Street in the Loop. The plaza is bounded by the USPS Loop Post office, the Kluczynski Federal Building and the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, and Calder's "Flamingo" is considered the centerpiece.[Thanks to Kim] The Italian Village restaurant is still there at 71 W. Monroe Street. [Thanks to Bethany Lankin] Can you help? Do you know any of the Chicago, Illinois (or any other) filming locations used for My Bodyguard? [Please send them in] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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