Chris from a girls' boarding school loves Jim from a nearby boys' boarding school. Jordan also wants Jim and plays dirty. Jim and two friends visit the girls' school posing as girls.Chris from a girls' boarding school loves Jim from a nearby boys' boarding school. Jordan also wants Jim and plays dirty. Jim and two friends visit the girls' school posing as girls.Chris from a girls' boarding school loves Jim from a nearby boys' boarding school. Jordan also wants Jim and plays dirty. Jim and two friends visit the girls' school posing as girls.
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- TriviaBetsy Russell said that filming her topless scene on horseback wasn't easy. It was out in the open in a huge pasture with several people around watching. "It was a weird feeling flashing out there in the middle of a field on horseback," she said in an interview. "It was a freezing day and I caught cold. We had to do the scene three times. The first horse almost ran away with me, and they decided to improve the second take, so we did it a third time. I got the feeling the only reason they shot it so many times was so the producers could keep watching my tits bounce around." To make matters more stressful, old acquaintances showed up on the day she was shooting her topless scene. "I hadn't seen these people in years. They turned up on the set, outdoors in the middle of nowhere. The director made them leave. It was hysterical. I learned that day not to take it all too seriously."
- GoofsDuring the beach scene with Jim (Matthew Modine) and Chris (Phoebe Cates), gaffers tape is visible on Phoebe's left breast.
- Quotes
Christine Ramsey: Jordan thinks that length is the most important. What do you think?
Betsy: I think width.
Christine Ramsey: Why width?
Betsy: Because Jordan thinks length.
- Alternate versionsThe TV version adds footage deleted from the theatrical release:
- A scene of Christine and Jim having dinner at the hotel they've come to lose their virginity at.
- Shots of Jim and Christine taking turns jogging from their car into a drugstore to buy condoms.
- The scene at the end where the girls moon Miss Dutchbok is replaced by a shot where the girls moon her wearing their underwear instead.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Teenage Sex Movies (1983)
- SoundtracksYou're Breaking My Heart
Performed by Harry Nilsson
Composed by Harry Nilsson
Published by Blackwood Music, Inc.
Courtesy of RCA Records
Featured review
This movie is all about Cates, and Russel, but there're good amount of flesh in between too.
The movie basically is about sexual interest the boys have in the girls that are in the same private school they're in. There're very little other plots to the story.
The movie basically revolves around Christine (Phoebe Cates), and Jordan (Betsy Russel). While Cates is severely limited in her range of emotions, Russel carries most of the interesting parts of the story.
For a movie that has almost no story to it, it's sure entertaining. The movie is basically a prototypical "cute" movies of the '80s, where raw power of the '70s started to take back seat to smaller social settings, and more charming behavior of the '80s.
The movie is certainly one of the classic teen movie of all times, and is still entertaining to watch. ≈
The movie basically is about sexual interest the boys have in the girls that are in the same private school they're in. There're very little other plots to the story.
The movie basically revolves around Christine (Phoebe Cates), and Jordan (Betsy Russel). While Cates is severely limited in her range of emotions, Russel carries most of the interesting parts of the story.
For a movie that has almost no story to it, it's sure entertaining. The movie is basically a prototypical "cute" movies of the '80s, where raw power of the '70s started to take back seat to smaller social settings, and more charming behavior of the '80s.
The movie is certainly one of the classic teen movie of all times, and is still entertaining to watch. ≈
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Escuela privada... para chicas
- Filming locations
- Whittier College - 13406 Philadelphia Street, Whittier, California, USA(Freemount Academy, Stadium and Gymnasium)
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,049,540
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,411,861
- Jul 31, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $14,049,540
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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