TY - ADVS AU - Davis,Andrew AU - Flynn,Beau AU - Vinson,Tripp AU - Brinkerhoff,Ron L. AU - Costner,Kevin AU - Kutcher,Ashton AU - Ward,Sela AU - Sagemiller,Melissa AU - Brown,Clancy AU - Hardwick,Omari AU - Daniels,Alex AU - De la Pe�na,Adam AU - Arquette,Joe AU - Heard,John AU - Hill,Dul�e. AU - McDonough,Neal AU - Geraghty,Brian AU - StJohn,Stephen AU - Nordberg,Thomas J. AU - Virkler,Dennis AU - Rabin,Trevor AU - Peterson,Mark AU - Ahmad,Maher ED - Beacon Pictures. ED - Contrafilm (Firm) ED - A School Productions (Firm) ED - Firm Films. ED - Touchstone Pictures. ED - Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm) ED - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) TI - The guardian SN - 0788868810 AV - PN1995.9.A3 G8373536 2006 U1 - 791.43/72 22 PY - 2007///] CY - Burbank, CA PB - Touchstone Home Entertainment, Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment KW - United States KW - Coast Guard KW - Drama KW - fast KW - sears KW - Rescue work KW - Survival swimming KW - Drowning KW - Prevention KW - Lifesaving KW - Adventure films KW - Suspense films KW - United States. Coast Guard KW - Nataci�on KW - Teatro KW - bidex KW - T�ecnicas de supervivencia KW - Thriller KW - Feature KW - migfg KW - Feature films KW - Survival KW - Action and adventure films KW - Films for the hearing impaired KW - Thrillers (Motion pictures) KW - gsafd KW - lcgft KW - Adventure KW - DVD-Video discs N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 2006; Special features: Never-before-seen alternate ending with on-camera introduction by Andrew Davis; deleted scenes with optional commentary by director Andrew Davis and writer Ron L. Brinkerhoff; "Unsung heroes": a tribute to the real-life U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers; "Making waves": the making-of 'The guardian'; audio commentary with director Andrew Davis and writer Ron L. Brinkerhoff; 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; Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy Brown, Omari Hardwick, Alex Daniels, Adam Pe�na, Joe Arquette, John Heard, Neal McDonough, Brian Geraghty, Dule Hill; MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense sequences of action/peril, brief strong language and some sensuality; Canadian Home Video rating: PG N2 - 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 young man's past, links are found that make him a psychic twin to the older man ER -