Exchange Lifeguards
| Exchange Lifeguards | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Maurice Murphy |
| Produced by | Phillip Avalon |
| Written by | Phillip Avalon |
| Starring |
Christopher Atkins Julian McMahon Elliott Gould Martin Cruden |
| Music by | John Capek |
| Cinematography | Martin McGrath |
Release date |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Box office | A$3,634 (Australia)[1] |
Movie poster in America
Exchange Lifeguards is a 1992 Australian-American comedy film[2] directed by Maurice Murphy and starring Christopher Atkins, Julian McMahon and Elliott Gould.[3] The american title is Wet and Wild Summer!
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 Cross 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
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".[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria 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.
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