Private School (1983) on Netflix
Christine Ramsey studies at the Cherryvale Academy for Girls and loves Jim Green of the Freemount Academy for Men nearby. Her classmate Jordan Leigh-Jensen wants him for herself.
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Plot summary
In Northern California, Christine Ramsey shares a room with Betsy at the Cherryvale Academy for Girls. Boys from the Freemount Academy for Men nearby, Jim Green and his friend Bubba Beauregard among them, slip into Cherryvale to watch the girls; Jordan Leigh-Jensen spots them and gets Christine and Betsy to drive them away. At a co-ed dance, Christine tells Jim, her boyfriend, that she has decided to give him her virginity. Jordan, who wants Jim too, dances alone and plots against her. Bubba and Betsy slip away to the headmistress's office to drink and are caught there. The next day, after aerobics and a class on sex education, Christine books a hotel room for herself and Jim.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Private School (1983)
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- Universal built the film almost entirely from audience surveys, market-testing the story, tone, casting and even the advertising, yet the film still underperformed, taking in only $14 million against a predicted $30 million.
- Pop star Paula Abdul, then head choreographer for the Laker Girls, received her first film credit for choreography on Private School.
- Though not a direct sequel to the previous film, Private School kept several parties from it, including producer R. Ben Efraim, screenwriter Dan Greenburg and star Sylvia Kristel, who played a cameo as a new character.
