Baywatch the Movie: Forbidden Paradise

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Baywatch the Movie:
Forbidden Paradise
Directed by Douglas Schwartz
Written byDeborah Schwartz
Based on Baywatch
by Michael Berk
Douglas Schwartz
Gregory J. Bonann
Produced byDavid W. Hager
James Pergola
Paul Cajero
Starring David Hasselhoff
Pamela Anderson
David Charvet
Yasmine Bleeth
Jaason Simmons
Alexandra Paul
CinematographyJames Pergola
Edited byDavid Latham
Music by Cory Lerios
John D'Andrea
Distributed by Live Home Video
Release date
  • June 27, 1995 (1995-06-27)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Baywatch the Movie: Forbidden Paradise is a 1995 American direct-to-video action comedy film which was about the characters of the popular series Baywatch vacationing in Hawaii. [1] In the film, The Baywatch lifeguards moves to Hawaii for a tropical adventure. The team is threatened when Matt is stung by a fish and captured by Hawaiian villagers.

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It was later released as a two-part episode of the series during the sixth season. It was also released as a theatrical film in Europe and other parts of the world.

The film is followed by a sequel, Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay (1998).

Plot

Baywatch lifeguards Mitch, Stephanie, C.J., Matt, Caroline and Logan travel to Oahu, Hawaii for a vacation and get caught up in a series of misadventures.

Stephanie teamed up with a local lifeguard. Logan became obsessed with competing in a surfing competition which left no time for his girlfriend and fellow lifeguard Caroline.

C.J. was called back to Baywatch , while Mitch and Matt took a boat trip to a remote part of Kauai where they were stranded after Matt was stung by a poisonous scorpion fish, and then they were captured in a remote village of local Hawaiians who had gone native.

It also serves as David Charvet's last Baywatch appearance, spelling an end to his popular character Matt Brody.

Cast

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References

  1. "Baywatch the Movie: Forbidden Paradise". Entertainment Weekly. June 23, 1995. Retrieved 2010-10-15.