Private Lessons (1981 film)
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| Directed by | Alan Myerson |
| Produced by | R. Ben Efraim |
| Written by | Dan Greenburg |
| Starring | Sylvia Kristel Howard Hesseman Eric Brown Ed Begley, Jr. Pamela Jean Bryant Meridith Baer Peter Elbling |
| Music by | Willie Nile |
| Cinematography | Jan de Bont |
| Editing by | Fred A. Chulack |
| Distributed by | Citadel Films Jenson Farley Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 26, 1981 |
| Running time | 87 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,800,000 (estimated) |
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Private Lessons is the title of an American comedy film released in 1981. The film starred Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown, and Ed Begley Jr..
Released in 1981, Private Lessons was at the time of release and remains today controversial for its plotline which involves a sexual relationship between a boy in his teens and the 30-something Nicole (although this isn't the first American film to explore this -- see Summer of '42). It was one of Kristel's few major American film appearances (she was best known for her Emmanuelle films in Europe). The movie has gone on to achieve cult film status and in early 2006, a 25th anniversary DVD release was issued in North America.
Producer R. Ben Efraim would produce a number of Private... movies over the next decade, including another cult favorite, Private School in 1983, and two in-name-only sequels to Private Lessons in 1993 and 1994.
This was also the only film to be produced by Barry & Enright Productions, a company more known for its game shows on television. The company's primary announcer at the time, Jay Stewart provided narration for the commercials and movie trailers for the film.
[edit] Plot summary
The plot of the film is rooted in European sex farce, with a teenage fantasy twist. Brown plays Philip, the 15-year-old son of a rich businessman. Kristel is a sexy French housekeeper named Nicole with whom Brown's character becomes infatuated. Unknown to Philip, Nicole and a crooked chauffeur played by Hesseman are in fact co-conspirators in a blackmail plot. Nicole sexually seduces Philip and the plan is hatched when she fakes her own death after a night of lovemaking; the idea being to drain Philip's trust fund. (In principle, this is impossible without the connivance of the trustee: Philip couldn't take money out of the fund; he could only wait for the next monthly check.) In the film, Philip does go into his father's safe and remove a considerable amount of cash. But the plot begins to unravel when Nicole starts to fall in love with her victim. This eventually leads to Nicole having sex with the boy.
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