Private Lessons

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 highly controversial at the time of its release, and it remained controversial in more modern times, for its plot line, which involves a sexual relationship between a boy in his teens and the 30-something Nicole, that culminates in the two having sex. It w... more

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 highly controversial at the time of its release, and it remained controversial in more modern times, for its plot line, which involves a sexual relationship between a boy in his teens and the 30-something Nicole, that culminates in the two having sex. 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. Even though Dan Greenburg, who wrote the source novel, Philly, dramatized it for the screen, and even appeared as the manager of a fleabag motel in the film, was American, the plot of the film was rooted in European bedroom farce, with a teenage fantasy twist during summer vacation. In the film, Eric Brown... less