The guardian

Resource Information

The work The guardian represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The guardian

Statement of responsibility

Touchstone Pictures and Beacon Pictures present ; a Contrafilm/Firm Films production ; produced by Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson ; written by Ron L. Brinkerhoff ; directed by Andrew Davis

Creator

• Guardian (Motion picture : 2006)

Contributor

• A School Productions (Firm)
• Beacon Pictures
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Contrafilm (Firm)
• Firm Films (Firm)
• Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Touchstone Pictures
• Ahmad, Maher
• Arquette, Joe
• Brinkerhoff, Ron L
• Brown, Clancy
• Costner, Kevin
• Daniels, Alex, 1956-
• Davis, Andrew, 1946-
• Flynn, Beau
• Geraghty, Brian
• Hardwick, Omari, 1974-
• Heard, John, 1945-
• Hill, Dulé
• Kutcher, Ashton, 1978-
• McDonough, Neal
• Nordberg, Thomas J
• Peterson, Mark
• Peña, Adam
• Rabin, Trevor
• Sagemiller, Melissa, 1974-
• St. John, Stephen
• Vinson, Tripp
• Virkler, Dennis
• Ward, Sela

Subject

• Action and adventure films
• Drowning -- Prevention -- Drama
• Feature films
• Lifesaving -- Drama
• Natación -- Teatro
• Rescue work -- Drama
• Survival swimming -- Drama
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• Técnicas de supervivencia -- Teatro
• United States, Coast Guard -- Drama
• United States, Coast Guard -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videodiscs

Genre

• Action and adventure films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Teatro
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

An aging United States Coast Guard rescue swimmer's team is killed in a horrific rescue mission. Just prior to this same mission his wife announces that she cannot take anymore. This leaves him an emotional wreck. His commander gives him a choice - quit or take a position as an instructor at the USCG training facility in Louisiana. Reluctantly he takes the position and moves into the school. Once there he immediately increases the 18 week curriculum that routinely fails half of the people that attend. He meets a young man with unlimited potential, but with some secret that seems to hold him back as a team player. Delving into the young man's past, links are found that make him a psychic twin to the older man

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Stephen St. John ; edited by Thomas J. Nordberg, Dennis Virkler ; music by Trevor Rabin ; costume designer, Mark Peterson ; production designer, Maher Ahmad ; art directors, Andrew M. Cahn and Austin Gorg ; visual effects producer, Susan Zwerman

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense sequences of action/peril, brief strong language and some sensuality

Language note

English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue and English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.A3

LC item number

G8373536 2006

PerformerNote

Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy Brown, Omari Hardwick, Alex Daniels, Adam Peña, Joe Arquette, John Heard, Neal McDonough, Brian Geraghty, Dule Hill

Runtime

139

Target audience

general

Technique

live action