{{Short description|1987 television film}} {{For|the program|student exchange program}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Student exchange print ad 1987.jpg | image_size = 250 | image_alt = | caption = Print advertisement | genre = {{hlist|Comedy|Family}} | writer = William Davies<br />Debra Frankel<br /> William Osborne | director = Mollie Miller | starring = Viveka Davis<br>Todd Field<br>Mitchell Anderson<br>Heather Graham<br>Maura Tierney<br>Gavin MacLeod<br>Lisa Hartman<br>O. J. Simpson<br>Lindsay Wagner | music = Phil Marshall | country = United States | language = English | executive_producer = | producer = Charles Milhaupt | editor = Paul Dixon<br />John Woodcock | cinematography = Fred J. Koenekamp | runtime = 88 minutes | company = Walt Disney Television | budget = | network = ABC | first_aired = {{Start date|1987|11|29}}<ref name=ratings>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|page=120|date=October 5, 1988|title=Made-For-TV Movies Ratings '87-'88}}</ref> | last_aired = {{end date|1987|12|6}}<ref name=ratings/> }}
'''''Student Exchange''''' is a 1987 American two-part made-for-television comedy film directed by Mollie Miller and produced by Walt Disney Television. It originally aired November 29, 1987 and December 6, 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.<!-- a {{RT data|score}} approval rating based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average score of {{RT data|average}}.-->
==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.
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://movies.disney.com/student-exchange}} * [http://disneydvd.disney.go.com/student-exchange.html ''Student Exchange'' DVD] * {{IMDb title|id=0094063|title=Student Exchange}}
{{William Davies}}
Category:1987 television films Category:1987 films Category:1987 comedy films Category:American Broadcasting Company original films Category:1980s teen comedy films Category:American teen comedy films Category:Fiction about student exchange Category:Disney television films Category:Films with screenplays by William Davies Category:1987 English-language films Category:1987 American films Category:American comedy television films Category:Films with screenplays by William Osborne (writer) Category:English-language teen comedy films