Guarding Tess

Romantic comedy starring Nicolas Cage and Shirley MacLaine about a secret service agent who is landed with the dull assignment of protecting the former First Lady. He is desperate to get out of the job, but she has other ideas. Matters become complicated when he uncovers a sinister kidnapping plot and then realises that she may be falling for him. Can he protect the woman and escape her attentions? Dir: Hugh Wilson., An ambitious young secret service agent is assigned the difficult job of guarding a former first lady whose idea of entertainment is keeping the men who protect her on their toes with her difficult behavior., Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle, widow of a former U.S. President, and close personal friend of the President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead return to be her permanent detail. Doug is crushed. He wants off her detail. She is very difficult to guard and makes her detail crazy with her whims and demands. Doug returns with no idea of how to continue dealing with her., A former First Lady causes major headaches for the Secret Service agent assigned to her, by treating him like a servant, and complaining about him to the President., This comedy offers a combination of humor, drama, and thrills as it follows the tumultuous relationship between a young Secret Service agent assigned to protect the feisty widow of a U.S. president. Straight arrow agent Doug Chesnic has been guarding widow Tess Carlisle for three years. He is ecstatic when he is finally transferred to a new assignment. Just when it finally looks as if he will escape for good, he is reassigned to Tess’ Ohio home. He breaks down and tells them it is the worst assignment there is. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have a choice so he grudgingly returns to the high-handed ex-First Lady. He begins his stint with a clear discussion of his duties as presented in his service handbook which Tess blithely ignores. The mulish two engage in a minor power struggle, but when she is kidnapped, agent Chesnic winds up showing his true feelings for her., Romantic comedy about a secret service agent who is landed with the dull assignment of protecting the former First Lady. He is desperate to get out of the job, but she has other ideas. Matters become complicated when he uncovers a sinister kidnapping plot and then realises that she may be falling for him. Can he protect the woman and escape her attentions?, A former First Lady of the US wants a particular Secret Service agent to head her bodyguard detail, even though he can’t stand her., Previewing the Nicolas Cage week later this month, a double bill of his films begins with Guarding Tess. Shirley MacLaine plays a former First Lady, widowed and finding it hard to come to terms without a President for a husband or a specific role in her life. Restless, she starts resorting to bad manners, making bodyguard Nicholas Cage’s life increasingly difficult. Their relationship detiorates until a somewhat inept kidnapper abducts MacLaine, revealing another side of her., Modernised version of Dickens’s classic story. A young painter is haunted by memories of a childhood love, who reappears in his life when he moves to New York to pursue his art. The woman, however, has been influenced by her grandmother, who was once jilted at the altar and left bitter toward men. The artist thus finds himself in the thrall of unrequited love. The film features stunning cinematography., A beloved but cantankerous former First Lady engages in a battle of wills with her bodyguard., Comedy thriller about a secret service agent who is landed with the dull assignment of protecting the former First Lady. The agent resents having to perform menial tasks and finds the job beneath him. Matters become more complicated when he uncovers a sinister kidnapping plot and realises that his charge may be falling for him. Can he protect the woman and escape her attentions at the same time?, A stubborn former first lady causes major headaches for the Secret Service agent assigned to protect her., A former First Lady of the United States wants a particular Secret Service agent to head her bodyguard detail, even though he cannot stand her.