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| Title: | Baywatch |
| Genres: | Action Comedy |
| Directed by: | Seth Gordon |
| Written by: | Damian Shannon; Mark Swift; Jay Scherick; David Ronn; Thomas Lennon; Robert Ben Garant |
| Produced by: | Ali Bell; Michael Berk; Gregory J. Bonann; David Ellison; Beau Flynn; Dany Garcia; Hiram Garcia; Dana Goldberg; Don Granger; Dwayne Johnson; Tom Pollock; Ivan Reitman; Mary Rohlich; Louise Rosner-Meyer; Eli Roth; Douglas Schwartz |
| Music by: | Christopher Lennertz |
| Cinematography: | Eric Steelberg |
| Edited by: | Peter S. Elliot |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Paramount Pictures |
| Released: | May 25th, 2017 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 116 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Baywatch is an American feature film of the action and comedy genres. It was directed by Seth Gordon with a screenplay written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift based on a story treatment by Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Thomas Lennon, and Robert Ben Garant. The movie was produced by Paramount Pictures and released theatrically in the United States on May 25th, 2017. Baywatch is a big-screen remake of the popular 1990s television series of the same name. The TV show starred David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson, both of whom appear in this movie as well. The remake stars Dwayne Johnson as muscular lifeguard Mitch Buchanan with Zac Efron as upstart protegé Matt Brody.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Dwayne Johnson | Mitch Buchanan |
| Zac Efron | Matt Brody |
| Priyanka Chopra | Victoria Leeds |
| Alexandra Daddario | Summer Quinn |
| Kelly Rohrbach | CJ Parker |
| Ilfenesh Hadera | Stephanie Holden |
| Jon Bass | Ronnie Greenbaum |
| Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | Sergeant Ellerbee |
| Hannibal Buress | Dave the tech |
| Rob Huebel | Captain Thorpe |
| Amin Joseph | Frankie |
| Jack Key | Leon |
| Oscar Nuñez | Councilman Rodriguez |
| David Hasselhoff | The Mentor |
| Pamela Anderson | Casey Jean Parker |
| Clem Cheung | Murray Chen |
| Belinda | Carmen |
| Charlotte McKinney | Julia |
| Izabel Goulart | Amber |
| Arian Foster | Arian Foster |
| Vernon Davis | Vernon Davis |
| Eros Exarhou | Frosty |
| Maxie G. Rosales | Pier teenage girl |
| Karin Silvestri-Coye | Pier mom |
| Vincenzo Hinckley | Pete |
| Brandon Larracuente | Skateboarder |
| Kelvin Witherspoon | Skateboarder |
| Welder Santos | Huntley Club member |
| David Weiss | Cell phone customer |
| Damien LeRoy | Kite surfer |
| Pedro Anaya Perez | Huntley waiter |
| Louis John Ruth | Pier boy |
| Brenda Lowe | Surfer |
| Jackson Geach | Billy |
| Brandon Lee | Scull rower |
| James A. Sutton | Huntley security guard |
| Juliette Mathis | High chair baby girl |
| Samantha Harris | Interviewer |
| Seth Gordon | Helicopter pilot |
Notes[]
Alexandra Daddario as Summer Quinn.
- Baywatch is based on an action/drama television series of the same name that originally aired for a single season on NBC, but found rejuvenated life in syndication, where it continued for another ten seasons, spanning a total of 242 episodes. It was later overhauled as Baywatch: Hawaii, and also produced a spin-off series Baywatch Nights.
- The tagline to this film is "Don't worry, Summer is coming".
- Production on Baywatch began on February 24th, 2016.
- Executive producer Louise Rosner is credited as Louise Rosner-Meyer in this film.
- Actress Karin Silvestri is credited as Karin Silvestri-Coye in this film.
- Actor Peter Anaya is credited as Pedro Anaya Perez in this film.
- Actor L.J. Ruth is credited as Louis John Ruth in this film.
- Although the film takes place in Southern California, it was actually filmed in parts of Miami and Boca Raton, Florida. The Baywatch lifeguard building was shot at Deerfield Beach in Florida.
Fun Facts[]
- The characters of Mitch Buchanan, C.J. Parker, Stephanie Holden, Matt Brody, Summer Quinn and Captain Don Thorpe are all re-imagined versions of characters who appeared on the original Baywatch television series.
- Actors David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson make cameo appearances in this film. Both actors starred on the original Baywatch television series in the respective roles of Mitch Buchanan and C.J. Parker.
- Captain Don Thorpe is a character who is in a position of authority, who is later revealed to be a villain. Another film based on a TV series that uses a similar trope is Mission: Impossible, in which Mister Phelps is revealed to be an antagonist by the end of the film.
- This is the second film that stars both Dwayne Johnson and Alexandra Daddario. They also starred together in the 2015 action film San Andreas.
Explicit content[]
- Profanity: Strong profanity used consistently throughout the film by several characters. Numerous uses of the word "fuck".
- Male frontal nudity: There is a prolonged scene in a morgue that shows a corpse with a flaccid penis. Scrotum is also visible. This is likely a prosthetic prop however and not actual nudity.