FREE: My Bodyguard - DVD

what is this movie about?

Here's the description from the back of the DVD:

Clifford Peach (Chris Makepeace), an easygoing teenager, is finding it less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully (Matt Dillon) terrorizes his classmates and extorts their lunch money. Refusing to pay up, Clifford enlists the aid of an overgrown misfit whose mere presence intimidates students and teachers alike. But their "business relationship" soon turns personal as Clifford and the troubled loner soon forge a winning alliance against their intimidators - and a very special friendship with each other. Ruth Gordon, Martin Mull, Joan Cusack and John Houseman round out "a truly remarkable cast" (Variety) in this delightful coming-of-age comedy and triumphant tribute to the underdog.

This movie is a 20th Century Fox Production, introducing Adam Baldwin.

One of my kid's favorites...of course, now they are all grown0up. It was one of the last theatrical releases for Ruth Gordon (having finished it in 1980, the same year as "Any Which Way You Can...the sequel to "Every Which Way, But Loose," with Clint Eastwood). It is worth the price of admission, just to see this 84 yr.-old shine.

Note of trivia: Chris Makepeace, who plays the lead in this film, played a supporting role in a film of a similar vain 18 years later: "My Giant," with Billy Crystal.