Student Exchange
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Genre	Comedy Family
Written by	William Davies Debra Frankel William Osborne
Directed by	Mollie Miller
Starring	Viveka Davis Todd Field Mitchell Anderson Heather Graham Maura Tierney Gavin MacLeod Lisa Hartman O. J. Simpson Lindsay Wagner
Music by	Phil Marshall
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Charles Milhaupt (producer) Richard Luke Rothschild (associate producer)
Cinematography	Fred J. Koenekamp
Editors	Paul Dixon John Woodcock
Running time	88 minutes
Production company	Walt Disney Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	November 29, 1987 (1987-11-29)

Student Exchange is a 1987 American made-for-television comedy film directed by Mollie Miller and produced by Walt Disney Television. It originally aired November 29, 1987 as a presentation of The Disney Sunday Movie on ABC.

Plot

Carole and Neil, two nerdy teenagers, get only perfect grades but have no social skills. When Carole learns that two foreign exchange students from France and Italy have gone to another school, they grab their chance and dress up as the exchange students. For their last semester, they see a fresh start to become popular as the Italian Adriano and French Simone. But for how long can the scheme go on?

Cast

• Viveka Davis as Carole Whitcomb / Simone Swaare
• Todd Field as Neil Barton / Adriano Parbritzzi
• Maura Tierney as Kathy Maltby
• Gavin MacLeod as Vice Principal Durfner
• Mitchell Anderson as Rod
• Heather Graham as Dorrie Ryder
• Kim Walker as Kit
• Lee Garlington as Mrs. Whitcomb
• David Selburg as Mr. Whitcomb
• Nancy Lenehan as Mrs. Barton
• Glenn Shadix as Mr. Barton
• Virginya Keehne as Lucy Whitcomb
• Lisa Hartman as Peggy Whitcomb
• Nancy Fish as Mrs. Vera
• Edward Edwards as Mr. Gordon
• Rob Estes as Beach
• Moon Unit Zappa as Biker Joe
• O. J. Simpson as Soccer Coach
• Lindsay Wagner as Principal

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes there is no critic consensus but audience reactions were favorable.

Home media

Disney released a DVD-on-Demand version of the film as part of their "Disney Generations Collection" line of DVDs on June 26, 2011.