• Film ID:
  • 559
  • Availability:
  • DVD Available from Shop
  • Film cert:
  • Running time:
  • DVD=92 min.
  • Nationality(ies):
  • Britain.
  • Primary Language(s):
  • English.
A PRIVATE FUNCTION (1984)
Cast
Michael Palin. Maggie Smith. Denholm Elliott. Liz Smith.
Director(s)
Malcolm Mowbray.
Categories
Comedy. 01 Mel's Must Sees. BAFTA (Best Female Lead). Drama. 1940s. Recommended.
Review
Winner of three British Academy Awards. A satire on post-war Britain as food-rationing gives way to a new materialism. Michael Palin steals a pig destined for the table of the town's top folk. The screenplay is by Alan Bennet and the whole reminiscent of the best of Ealing farce.
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