Private Lessons (1981 film)

Private Lessons
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlan Myerson
Written byDan Greenburg
Based onPhilly
1969 novel
by Dan Greenburg
Produced byR. Ben Efraim
Starring
CinematographyJan de Bont
Edited byFred A. Chulack
Music byWillie Nile
Production
company
Distributed byJensen Farley Pictures
Release date
  • August 28, 1981 (1981-08-28) (United States)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.1 million[1]
Box office$26.3 million[2] or $12 million[3]

Private Lessons is a 1981 American sex comedy film starring Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown, and Ed Begley Jr.[4]

The screenplay was written by Dan Greenburg, who wrote the original source novel, Philly. Greenburg appears as the manager of a motel in the film.

Private Lessons was one of Kristel's few major American film appearances; she was better known to European audiences for her Emmanuelle films which had only limited distribution in the United States. In early 2006, a 25th anniversary DVD release was issued in North America.

  1. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-8357-1776-2.
  2. ^ "Private Lessons (1981)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  3. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-8357-1776-2. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  4. ^ Corry, John (August 30, 1981). "Private Lessons (1980) RISQUE COMEDY, 'PRIVATE LESSONS'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 9, 2023. Retrieved February 12, 2017.