The Bodyguard goofs

For someone portrayed as a trained professional, Frank breaches at least two fundamental firearms safety rules by pointing a loaded weapon at people he doesn't intend to shoot. First, during a discussion about security with Henry, he points his Browning High Power straight at Henry. Then, in the cabin incident, the moment he chambers a round into the High Power he trains it squarely at Nicki's face while telling her to stay still.

As Frank explains to the limousine chauffeur the latter's new role as his assistant, he inexplicably points one of his pistols straight at him. A former Secret Service agent would always be mindful of where the muzzle was aimed and would never, under any circumstances, point a weapon at someone absentmindedly.

In the closing scene where Frank is acting as security at the political function, the clergy are asked to deliver the "benediction" at the start of the meeting. A benediction is customarily given at the end of a service, not at its beginning. The prayer offered at the outset of a service or meeting of this nature is correctly termed the "invocation."

Marron's son Fletcher is said to be unable to swim at the lake; however, he has a swimming pool at his home and owns swimming trunks.

There appears to be some confusion about the lead character's name throughout the film. In the credits she is listed as "Rachel Marron", yet her surname is spelt differently in some of the death-threat notes. Additionally, when the limousine pulls up outside the club midway through the film a fan holds up a brightly coloured sign that reads "We Love Rachael" — with an extra "a".

When Rachel looks at Frank's football photo, he says he played as an end, but at the cabin his father claimed he was the finest wide receiver.

When Frank takes Fletcher out on the motorboat, he doesn't fit him with a lifejacket, despite Rachel having said that "Fletcher isn't a very good swimmer". Given Frank's duty as Fletcher's bodyguard and protector, it seems improbable that he would neglect to do so.

When trying to leave the club in a hurry, Frank rings Henry to have the limousine brought round, using the standard soft‑plastic in‑ear radio earpieces. It is impossible to converse with one another inside the club because the speakers are so loud they prevent any communication, as shown when Henry could not hear Frank say 'change of plan'.

While Rachel watches Frank watching a clip from her film, he is leaning forwards from Rachel's point of view; however, when it cuts to a close-up of Frank he is leaning back in the chair and then starts to lean forwards.

On the return from the funeral, a sign reading "FUNERAL" was visible on the left side of the windscreen — two seconds later it appeared on the right.

After Frank tucks Rachel into bed, he moves all the dolls to one side; yet when she's settled there is still a solitary doll sitting upright beside her.

Frank Farmer approaches Ray to request assistance from the Secret Service. While Frank straightens Ray's collar, Ray has a cigarette alight between his lips. Yet when the camera cuts to a side-on shot of Ray smiling, the cigarette is no longer there.

After Frank rescues Fletcher and is hauled from the lake, the boat continues to drift because the engine is still ticking over. Mere moments later, immediately after Henry asks how they can retrieve it, the boat abruptly comes to a standstill, poised to explode.

Frank arrives at the mansion for the first time and is speaking with Henry. The camera frames him from the front as he begins to fasten his suit jacket. A close-up then shows Frank looking down as if finishing that action. The next shot captures him from behind, hands in his trouser pockets — the jacket clearly unfastened. He withdraws his hands and starts to do up the jacket, and while he is still doing so the camera cuts back to a frontal view where the jacket is already done up and his hands are at his sides.

Nicki tells Frank that she's the only person in their family who gets any exercise, but it later emerges that Rachel goes jogging.

When Delaney employs Frank there's a sprinkler spinning in the background. In the following shot the sprinkler and its hose have vanished.

The camera can be seen reflected in the window of the hotel room.

At Frank's cabin, as Frank escorts Rachel upstairs to her room, the shadow of a microphone/camera is visible on the left-hand wall.

Towards the end of the scuffle in Frank's kitchen, a crew member is visible in the reflection on the cupboard door as Tony withdraws the knife from its holder.

In the final scene, the sign for the "Iowa Rapids" roundabout appears as Kevin Costner is protecting his next client. There is no town by that name; instead the region is represented by Iowa City & Cedar Rapids, two larger communities situated approximately 25 miles apart.

After being shot, when Frank is wheeled out he isn't wearing an oxygen mask despite having I.V. fluids running. This is presumably done so viewers can see his face. In real life, however, because blood loss is an obvious consequence of a gunshot wound, a casualty would almost certainly be fitted with an oxygen mask.

Nominees for the Best Actor & Best Actress Oscars customarily sit in the first few rows at the ceremony. When Rachel is announced as Best Actress and stands, she is seated roughly in the twentieth row. With the camera tracking her in slow motion, Rachel walks down the aisle, shaking hands with people across several rows who are congratulating her. This is obviously done for dramatic effect, as it gives the camera time to focus on who is attempting to shoot her.

A mock-up of the Hollywood Reporter carries a notice declaring Whitney Houston's character has received an Academy Award nomination on the same pages that display the score from Game One of the World Series. However, Academy Award nominations are revealed in February, several months before the World Series takes place in the autumn.

As they enter the Oscars ceremony, there are two separate shots showing pink armbands being scanned. In the first, a bar code on the band is correctly scanned. In the second shot, though, the scanner passes only over the band’s perforated tab, which would not register anything.

The Oscars ceremony is traditionally staged in the evening. Owing to the time difference between the US West Coast and the US East Coast, the event begins in the afternoon on the West Coast so it can be broadcast live during prime-time for viewers on the East Coast.

At Frank's home, when Rachel is handling the katana, the blade shows a regular scalloped pattern ("hamon"), signalling that it is not a genuine katana but an inexpensive ornamental replica. Authentic katanas display an irregular hamon, yet that does not mean the replica cannot be sharp.

In the seedy pub scene where Frank takes Rachel out on a date, an extra appears to look directly at the camera and lifts his pint towards it as the pair head for the dance floor. On closer inspection, he’s actually cheering to the blonde woman at the front.

In the opening scene in the garage, just before the lights come up, you hear four closely spaced pistol shots. On the soundtrack only the discharges themselves are present. In a real shooting, given how close the firearm and its surroundings are, one would certainly also hear the spent cartridge cases striking the side of the nearby car and the floor of the garage.

The film's storyline centres on safeguarding an A-list actress and singer who has been receiving death threats by post, and is besieged by frenzied fans at live performances. Yet this narrative thread is abandoned in scenes where she can stroll along a street and dine at a restaurant, largely unrecognised by the public.

If you watch closely as Rachel, Fletcher, Sy, Devaney and Tony exit the mansion en route to The Mayan nightclub, you will observe that the actor portraying Fletcher is not DeVaughn Nixon but a different performer.

When Frank flicks Rachel's scarf into the air so that it drops over the sword's edge and is cleaved in half, the scarf is plainly staged for the take. Had it not been prepared, the scarf would not have enough weight to be severed on a horizontally held blade; it would either have had to be heavier, required an extra downward pull, or the blade would have to be angled so the fabric could slide along the edge.

At several points during the kitchen fight between Tony and Frank, cheap plastic tumblers, bowls and other items of crockery can be seen bouncing around, despite the soundtrack containing the sound of glass shattering.