• Director(s)

    ALAN MYERSON

  • Production Year

    1981

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy

  • Approx. running minutes

    87m

  • Cast

    Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown

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Private Lessons

child sexual abuse

PRIVATE LESSONS is a US 1980s comedy in which 15-year-old Philly is seduced by a housekeeper and her accomplice in an attempt to get their hands on his father's money.…

PRIVATE LESSONS is a US 1980s comedy in which 15-year-old Philly is seduced by a housekeeper and her accomplice in an attempt to get their hands on his father's money.

sexual violence and sexual threat
The plot centres on a ruse in which an older woman working as a housekeeper seduces a 15-year-old boy in an attempt to steal his father's money. There are scenes in which the woman takes advantage of the boy's sexual curiosity and manipulates the feelings that he develops for her, leading to the two being intimate and eventually sleeping together. In one sequence, a woman feigns death during sex with the teenager, which includes bloody detail. The latter and other sexual scenes place emphasis on female breast and buttock nudity. Other sexually abusive and sexist behaviour involves teenage boys leering at women, sometimes in states of undress, through bedroom windows, binoculars and from photographs. Although the treatment of these issues can be considered as a reflection of the time period in which the film is set, the behaviour is not clearly condemned.
additional issues
Characters occasionally make discriminatory comments in relation to people of other ethnicities.

  • Director(s)

    ALAN MYERSON

  • Production Year

    1981

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy

  • Approx. running minutes

    87m

  • Cast

    Sylvia Kristel, Howard Hesseman, Eric Brown

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One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

Classified Date:
21/01/1982
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Sun Classic Prods
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
child sexual abuse
Classified Date:
22/05/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Media Sales UK Ltd
Cuts:
This work required compulsory cuts to indecent images of children. Cuts were made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines, policy, and the Protection of Children Act 1978.
sexual violence and sexual threat
The plot centres on a ruse in which an older woman working as a housekeeper seduces a 15-year-old boy in an attempt to steal his father's money. There are scenes in which the woman takes advantage of the boy's sexual curiosity and manipulates the feelings that he develops for her, leading to the two being intimate and eventually sleeping together. In one sequence, a woman feigns death during sex with the teenager, which includes bloody detail. The latter and other sexual scenes place emphasis on female breast and buttock nudity. Other sexually abusive and sexist behaviour involves teenage boys leering at women, sometimes in states of undress, through bedroom windows, binoculars and from photographs. Although the treatment of these issues can be considered as a reflection of the time period in which the film is set, the behaviour is not clearly condemned.
additional issues
Characters occasionally make discriminatory comments in relation to people of other ethnicities.
Contains strong sex references
Classified Date:
10/02/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Cinema Club
Classified Date:
24/03/1992
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Braveworld Ltd
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Classified Date:
25/09/1987
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
CIC Video
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Classified Date:
04/08/2005
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Cinema Club

  • Classified date

    22/05/2024

  • Language

    English