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They will always love you From: Video Business magazine Submitted by: Lisa Date: January 6, 2005 By Mayna Bergmann The Bodyguard Warner, color, R, 130 min. plus supplements, Dolby Digital 5.1, widescreen, Street: Feb. 1, $19.96; First Run: W, Nov. 1992, $121 mil. Although the 1992 blockbuster romance The Bodyguard already can be had on DVD, the masses who flocked to it in theatrical release will be thrilled to see a new special edition -- but they will be disappointed by what they get. Besides the music video for Whitney Houston's rendition of "I Will Always Love You" and the theatrical trailer, the only extra here is the 25-minute featurette "Memories of The Bodyguard ," by Jeffrey Lerner at New Wave. "Memories" has no new footage or interviews with the diva Houston herself but only some clips from interviews during the filming of the movie more than a decade ago. Viewers are treated to a somewhat defensive Kevin Costner, the film's leading man and one of its producers, who seems bitter about his past glory days as one of Hollywood's leading stars. "I played every guy in the world at that moment," he says about his role, a man who "wasn't going to let a woman walk all over him." The story of the film's production is re-hashed by writer Lawrence Kasdan, producer Jim Wilson and director Mick Jackson. Originally written as a vehicle for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross, the script bounced around until Costner picked it up, got behind it and got it made. Also discussed are Costner's "controversial" hair cut ("I cut it short on purpose"), the issue of race in the film and, of course, the music. Houston's song will be a perennial favorite at weddings everywhere, and as composer and soundtrack producer David Foster puts it, "The Bodyguard [soundtrack] was selling a million copies a week. Cha-ching!"