Private School (1983)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Noel Black

Writers:

Dan Greenburg (writer) &
Suzanne O'Malley (writer)

Release Date:

29 July 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

You won't believe what goes on and what comes off in ... Private School

Plot:

Christine (Phoebe Cates), a student at an exclusive all-girls private school, is in love with Jim, who attends an academy for boys nearby...

Plot Keywords:

Breaking The Fourth Wall | Peeping Tom | Mooning | Leg | Female Nudity

Cast

Phoebe Cates	...	Christine Ramsey
Betsy Russell	...	Jordan Leigh-Jenson
Matthew Modine	...	Jim Green
Michael Zorek	...	Bubba Beauregard
Fran Ryan	...	Miss Dutchbok
Kathleen Wilhoite	...	Betsy
Ray Walston	...	Chauncey
Sylvia Kristel	...	Ms. Regina Copoletta
Jonathan Prince	...	Roy
Kari Lizer	...	Rita
Richard Stahl	...	Mr. Flugel
Julie Payne	...	Coach Whelan
Frank Aletter	...	Mr. Leigh-Jensen
Frances Bay	...	Birdie Fallmouth
Bill Wray	...	Bandleader

Also Known As:

Private School... for Girls (USA)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Singapore:(Banned) | Australia:M | South Korea:18 | USA:R

Company:

Unity Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: During the riding class, in one shot Jordan can be seen riding with a hat on, topless. In the next shot, the hat is gone and her hair is down.

Quotes:

Mr. Flugel: What class are you in?
Ms. Copoletta: I'm not in any class. I'm a teacher here.
Mr. Flugel: Whaddya teach?
Ms. Copoletta: Sex education.
Mr. Flugel: What?
Ms. Copoletta: Sex education.
Mr. Flugel: Sex education? That's my favorite subject!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Saturday Night Live: Robin Williams/James Taylor (#13.9)" (1988)

Soundtrack:

You're Breaking My Heart

Not a great movie, butt...

And I mean butts. Three of the best rears to grace the movies are shown in this one. Betsy Russell, Brinke Stevens, and Phoebe Cates (hers may have been a body double--but it looked like I had always imagined Phoebe's would look like) show us the goods, and they are good!

There are also some funny gags that not only the boys play on the girls, but also the girls play on each other and on the school faculty.

All the "established" actors are doing their best to drag this movie out of the muck and they just barely do it. (If you want to see how bad teen sex movies can get, just watch "ScrewBalls" and you will see that this movie is really a cut above)

Overall a pretty good "Animal House" rip-off that works much better.