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Alan Bennett. Screenplay, Story. In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Charles Swaby, accountant Henry Allardyce and solicitor Frank Lockwood are fattening a black-market pig for the big day. Egged on by his wife, meek Gilbert Chilvers ...
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A Private Function was the first feature film directed by Malcolm Mowbray, one of whose relatives kept an unlicensed pig during the postwar rationing. He provides precise pacing and several sight gags. The chiropodist played by…
A Private Function. An ambitious couple and a V.I.P. (Very Important Pig) collide in his outrageous comedy of manners! 315 IMDb 6.5 1 h 36 min 1985. R. Comedy. This video is currently unavailable. to watch in your location. Details.
Synopsis. In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Charles Swaby, accountant Henry Allardyce and solicitor Frank Lockwood are fattening a black-market pig for the big day. Egged on by his wife, meek Gilbert Chilvers steals the swine, but ...
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A Private Function. Directed by Malcolm Mowbray • 1984 • United Kingdom. Starring Maggie Smith, Michael Palin, Bill Paterson. 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 ...
