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Director:
Alan Myerson
Writer:
Dan Greenburg (writer)
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Release Date:
26 August 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
When EMANUELLE's Sylvia Kristel is your teacher the bedroom is the classroom [DVD Australia] more
Plot:
An immigrant housemaid seduces a 15-year-old boy and later fakes her own death as part of his chauffeur's blackmail plot. Troubles arise when the two start to fall in love. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Sylvia Kristel ... Nicole Mallow

Howard Hesseman ... Lester Lewis
Eric Brown ... Phillip Fillmore
Meridith Baer ... Miss Phipps
Pamela Jean Bryant ... Joyce
Peter Elbling ... Waiter
Patrick Piccininni ... Sherman

Ed Begley Jr. ... Jack Travis
Ron Foster ... Mr. Fillmore
Dan Barrows ... Green, The Gardener
Marian Gibson ... Florence
Judy Helden ... Miss Kristel's Double
Dan Greenburg ... Hotel Owner
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Australia:(Banned) (original rating) | Australia:R (2006 re-rating) (uncut) | Australia:R (cut) | Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | UK:18 (cut) | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA more
Company:
Barry & Enright Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The trailers and commercials for this film were narrated by Jay Stewart, the TV game show announcer who at the time was working for Barry-Enright Productions, producers of this movie. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Philly's school, "Fredrick Douglass High School," misspells the name of Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895). more
Movie Connections:
Edited into Twisted Sex Vol. 23 (2007) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Tonight's The Night more

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Youthful Reminiscence, 8 February 2006
6/10
Author: kimballtron from United States

The last time I saw this movie before getting the newly-released DVD was back in my childhood, let's say 6th or 7th grade. Back then, the naughty scenes were quite exciting and the plot was good for a giggle. And of course young, awkward boys enjoy some small hope that one day they will become more suave through kind experiences of female beauty. On general principal I thought I should add the DVD to my collection. Overall, I was not disappointed.

One major detraction I didn't remember seeing before was the crude white-paint censor blots in the two full-frontal nude scenes (boooooo!). This film has a few details on refused-classification.com which suggest that it might have been doctored in this way in order to gain its R rating, even back in 1982. I wonder why it was not offered with a "director's cut" as a special feature of the DVD (e.g. "Dressed to Kill") - artistically speaking, I would rather have a scene cut than done up with something so cheesy and distracting as a censor box (shame!).

This movie is what it is - for me it represents just a little piece of my childhood, and contains a few moments that were interesting to revisit. If the features of the DVD had been more complete I would have given it about an 8. I'm hoping I will be amused by the commentary when I hear it.

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