Exchange Lifeguards
| Exchange Lifeguards | |
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| Directed by | Maurice Murphy |
| Written by | Phillip Avalon |
| Produced by | Phillip Avalon |
| Starring | Christopher Atkins Julian McMahon Elliott Gould Martin Cruden |
| Cinematography | Martin McGrath |
| Music by | John Capek |
Release date |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.6 million[1] |
| Box office | A$3,634 (Australia)[2] |
Exchange Lifeguards (American title: Wet and Wild Summer!) is a 1992 Australian-American comedy film[3] directed by Maurice Murphy and starring Christopher Atkins, Julian McMahon and Elliott Gould.[4]
Plot
A property developer wants to take over an Australian beach for a high rise resort. He sends his son to Australia to check out the situation, posing as an exchange lifeguard. He falls in love with a woman who owns the land his father needs for the development and finds himself sympathising with the locals.
Cast
- Christopher Atkins as Bobby McCain
- Julian McMahon as Mick Dooley
- Rebecca Carlton as Julie Thomas
- Vanessa Steele as Charlene
- Elliott Gould as Mike McCain
- Richard Carter as Al Eastman
- Amanda Newman-Phillips as Kylie
- Christopher Pate as Richard Gray
- Lois Larimore as Donna McCain
- Brian M. Logan as Terry
- Mark Hembrow as Max
- Peter Gow as Tishi
- Anthony Lawrence as Clint Eastman
- Ann Brisk as Annie McCain
- Rick Hochman as himself
Production
Avalon says that sales agent Dick Bateman suggested he write and produce a film set around the beach and lifeguards, with humour and a romance. Bateman said he would buy all rights for $1.5 million. Avalon wrote a script Gary Hamilton of Beyond agreed to help finance if Avalon could get Elliot Gould and Chris Atkins to star; Avalon succeeded in doing this and the film was made for $1.6 million.[1]
Reception
In her review of the film Marsha Porter describes the film as a "vulgar Aussie version of Frankie-and-Annette beach movies" and as "sexist, badly acted, and buffoonish".[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Avalon, Phil (2015). From Steel City to Hollywood. New Holland. p. 228.
- ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 12 November 2012
- ^ Exchange Lifeguards review at Variety accessed 9 November 2012
- ^ Robert A. Nowlan, Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan. The Films of the Nineties. McFarland, 2001. ISBN 0786409746.
- ^ Mick Martin, Marsha Porter. Video Movie Guide. Ballantine Books, 1996. ISBN 0345406435.
External links
- Exchange Lifeguards at IMDb
- Exchange Lifeguards at Oz Movies
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