Private Lessons (1981)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Alan Myerson

Writer:

Dan Greenburg (writer)

Release Date:

26 August 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

When EMANUELLE's Sylvia Kristel is your teacher the bedroom is the classroom [DVD Australia]

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.

Plot Keywords:

Chauffeur | Blackmail | Love | Housemaid | Sex

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 14	1:35 AM	TMC
Tue. Nov. 17	3:00 AM	TMC

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

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:(Banned) (original rating) | Australia:R (cut) | Australia:R (2006 re-rating) (uncut) | Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | UK:18 (cut) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Barry & Enright Productions

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.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Philly's school, "Fredrick Douglass High School," misspells the name of Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895).

Movie Connections:

Edited into Twisted Sex Vol. 23 (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

I Don't Want To Talk About It

Unintentionally hilarious male teenage fantasy flick

Eric Brown stars in this unintentionally hilarious male teenage fantasy flick. The delectable Sylvia Kristel appears as a French maid hired by Brown's rich parents to look after the house while they are away.

Howard Hessemann, the brilliant D.J. from W.K.R.P in Cincinatti plays the role of the family chauffeur who gets involved in a comical plot which not even a kindergarten inmate could dream up.

Watch out for the obligatory seduction scene. The fortunate Eric Brown more than made up for his modest acting ability by appearing in a number of movies where he was seduced by beautiful older women. "They're Playing with Fire" with Sybil Danning is an example.