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Protecting the King

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2007 · 94 min Action Adventure Drama
5.3 / 10 · TMDB

Sex, drugs and violence--they're all part of the job when you're protecting The King of Rock & Roll. And when you're only 16, the on-the-job training comes in ways that can't be taught in school. The story of David Stanley, stepbrother and bodyguard of The King. Through the dizzying highs and lows of life on the road with unlimited excess, he experienced it all...and barely survived.

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Year 2007
Country United States of America
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
Director D. Edward Stanley
Runtime 94 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.3/10 (3 votes)

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The film constructs its narrative around a central paradox: guarding a man who is his own greatest threat. It explores a coming-of-age story where the excesses of fame are the only curriculum.

What lingers after viewing is not the glamour, but the portrait of a corrupted guardianship and the personal cost of life in the gilded cage. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: D. Edward Stanley

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Watch late at night for a gritty drama that strips the glamour from rock & roll legend.

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