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The Guardian
Promotional film poster
Directed by	William Friedkin
Produced by	Joe Wizan
Written by	Stephen Volk William Friedkin
Starring	Jenny Seagrove Dwier Brown Carey Lowell
Music by	Jack Hues
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	April 27, 1990
Running time	92 min.
Country	U.S.
Language	English
Gross revenue	$17,037,887

The Guardian is a 1990 film directed by William Friedkin and starring Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown and Carey Lowell. A cable television version of the film was credited to "Alan Von Smithee", indicating that Friedkin wished to disassociate himself from its release.

This ended up as Friedkin's last film not to be distributed by Paramount Pictures until 2007's Bug, distributed by Lionsgate.

Plot summary

This film is the story of a family who employs a nanny to take care of their child. The nanny turns out to really be a Druid-like tree spirit worshipper, who is into sacrificing newborn babies to the tree deity.

Soundtrack

Music for this film was written by Jack Hues of Wang Chung fame, and is his second collaboration with director Friedkin after 1985's To Live and Die in L.A..

External links

• The Guardian at the Internet Movie Database
• The Guardian at Allmovie