Exchange Lifeguards

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]

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]

Premise

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 Elliott 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

• Cinema of Australia