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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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User Comments:
A great erotic scene amongst an uncomfortable movie more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
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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Additional Details

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

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Near the beginning, after Philip is watching Sylvia through binoculars he is looking through a fashion magazine with half-naked women. The model he is looking at in the pages is Gia Carangi, who was a famous model in the early 80's, and whom the movie “Gia” is based on. 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:
I Need A Lover more

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7 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
A great erotic scene amongst an uncomfortable movie, 20 November 2001
Author: Glenn Andreiev (gandreiev@aol.com) from Huntington, NY

PRIVATE LESSONS is an endurance is sit through. We see Sylvia Kristal, who seems to be approaching 30, seducing a child half her age! There is one scene where this little boy spies on his rich daddies' maid (Sylvia) as she starts to undress. She catches him, and invites him in to a private show. It is a well paced, seductive scene, but we know we are watching an illegal act! The little boy's fat friend loudly fondling tennis balls is something out of a John Waters film, and the touchy-feely scene in a movie theatre is just ... brrrr! Note: In the above mentioned seduction scene- Sylvia and Junior are alone in her bedroom. Check out the enormous crew member huddled in the her closet trying to stay out of the camera lens' path!

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