Exchange Lifeguards

1992 Australian film

Exchange Lifeguards

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

* 21 June 1992 (1992-06-21)

Country| Australia
Language| English
Budget| $1.6 million[1]
Box office| A$3,634 (Australia)[2]

Exchange Lifeguards, known in the United States as 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]

## Premise

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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

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* 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

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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 Elliott Gould and Chris Atkins to star; Avalon succeeded in doing this and the film was made for $1.6 million.[1]

## Reception

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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

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* Cinema of Australia

## References

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1. ^ a b Avalon, Phil (2015). From Steel City to Hollywood. New Holland. p. 228.
2. ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 November 2012
3. ^ Exchange Lifeguards review at Variety. Retrieved 9 November 2012
4. ^ Robert A. Nowlan, Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan (2001). The Films of the Nineties. McFarland, 2001. ISBN 0786409746.
5. ^ Mick Martin, Marsha Porter (1996). Video Movie Guide. Ballantine Books, 1996. ISBN 0345406435.

## External links

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* Exchange Lifeguards at IMDb
* Exchange Lifeguards at Oz Movies

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Films directed by Phillip Avalon

* Double Dealer (1975) (TV movie)
* Summer City (1977)
* Little Boy Lost (1978)
* Breaking Loose (1988)
* Sher Mountain Killings Mystery (1990)
* Fatal Bond (1991)
* Exchange Lifeguards (1992)
* Signal One (1994)
* Tunnel Vision (1995)
* The Finder (2001)
* The Pact (2003)
* Liquid Bridge (2003)

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