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Mar 1, 1985 · A Private Function: Directed by Malcolm Mowbray. With Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths. In post-World War II Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.
A Private Function is a 1984 British comedy film starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. The film was predominantly filmed in Ilkley, and Ben Rhydding in West Yorkshire. The film was also screened in the section of Un Certain Regard at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.
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A Private Function. In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Charles Swaby (Denholm...
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A Private Function (1984) - Original Trailer. Michael Palin teams up with Dame Maggie Smith in this uproarious comedy where the laughs come fast and the upper class becomes furious!
A Private Function. An ambitious couple and a V.I.P. (Very Important Pig) collide in his outrageous comedy of manners! 314 IMDb 6.5 1 h 36 min 1985. R. Comedy.
Harkening back to the classic Ealing comedies, this shrewd social satire (scripted by Alan Bennett) features marvelous performances from Maggie Smith and Michael Palin as Joyce and Gilbert Chilvers, a husband and wife living through the stringent food rationing of post–World War II England.
