Private Function

Private Function
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November 9, 1984 ( 1984-11-09 ) (United Kingdom)

Michael Palin as Gilbert Chilvers
Maggie Smith as Joyce Chilvers
Denholm Elliott as Dr. Swaby
Richard Griffiths as Allardyce
Tony Haygarth as Sutcliff
John Normington as Lockwood
Bill Paterson as Wormold
Liz Smith as Mother
Alison Steadman as Mrs Allardyce
Jim Carter as Inspector Noble
Pete Postlethwaite as Nuttal
Reece Dinsdale as P.C. Penny
Don Estelle as Barraclough, the butcher

^ "A Private Function" . boxofficemojo.com. 1985 . Retrieved 28 January 2021 .

^ Earnshaw, Tony; Jim Moran (2008). Made in Yorkshire (PDF) . Guerilla Books. ISBN 978-0-9554943-1-4 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2008 . Retrieved 28 June 2009 .

^ "Festival de Cannes: Quilombo" . festival-cannes.com . 1985 . Retrieved 28 June 2009 .

^ "Story Of The Scene: 'A Private Function', Malcolm Mowbray, 1984" . The Independent . 24 April 2008.

^ Clarke, Roger (25 April 2008). "Story Of The Scene: 'A Private Function', Malcolm Mowbray, 1984" . The Independent . Retrieved 28 June 2009 .

^ Waymark, Peter (10 November 1984). "Ration books and pork talk". The Times . p. 22.

^ "Heartbreaker, The Hit, Alamo Bay, A Private Function, 1985" . Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews. 5 February 2019 . Retrieved 17 April 2020 .

^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF) . British Film Institute . 2005. p. 27.

^ "Alan Bennett's 'A Private Function' hits the stage" . telegraph.co.uk . 13 April 2011 . Retrieved 7 October 2020 .

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 . [2] The film was also screened in the section of Un Certain Regard at the May 1985 Cannes Film Festival . [3]

In a small town in Northern England in 1947, the citizens endure continuing food rationing . Some local businessmen want to hold a party to celebrate the royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip and illegally decide to raise a pig for that occasion. However, the pig is stolen by Gilbert Chilvers, who was encouraged to do so by his wife Joyce. Meanwhile, the local food inspector is determined to stop activities circumventing the food rationing.

Three pigs were used in the filming of A Private Function which were all named Betty. Producer Mark Shivas was advised by Intellectual Animals UK that the pigs used should be female and six months old so as to not be too large or aggressive. However, the pigs were “unpredictable and often quite dangerous”. [4]

During filming of one of the kitchen scenes, Maggie Smith was hemmed in by one of the pigs and needed to vault over the back of it in order to escape. [5]

The film had a Royal Charity Premiere on 21 November 1984 before being screened at the London Film Festival on 22 November, and opening at the Odeon Haymarket in London on 30 November. [6]

On Sneak Previews in 1985, both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the movie two thumbs up. They called it one “really funny movie” and one “flat out winner.” Siskel said it “had perfectly believable characters” and Ebert said “just beneath this veneer of respectability is utter madness.” [7]

The film made £1,560,000 in the United Kingdom. [8]

The film won three BAFTA Film Awards : Best Actress for Maggie Smith, Best Supporting Actress for Liz Smith and Best Supporting Actor , for Denholm Elliott. It was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay ( Alan Bennett ) and Best Film .

A musical based on the film opened in the West End in April 2011 under the new title Betty Blue Eyes . It was produced by Cameron Mackintosh and ran for several months at the Novello Theatre . It starred Reece Shearsmith as Gilbert and Sarah Lancashire as Joyce. [9]

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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 (Denholm Elliott), accountant Henry Allardyce (Richard Griffiths) and solicitor Frank Lockwood (John Normington) are fattening a black-market pig for the big day. Egged on by his wife (Maggie Smith), meek Gilbert Chilvers (Michael Palin) steals the swine, but the couple must conceal it from inspector Morris Wormold (Bill Paterson).

Alan Bennett ,

Malcolm Mowbray

Michael Palin

Gilbert Chilvers

Maggie Smith

Joyce Chilvers

Denholm Elliott

Dr. Charles Swaby

Liz Smith

Joyce's Mother

Richard Griffiths

Henry Allardyce the Accountant

John Normington

Frank Lockwood the Solicitor

Bill Paterson

Morris Wormold the Meat Inspector

Tony Haygarth

Leonard Sutcliff the Farmer

Alison Steadman

Mrs. Allardyce

Pete Postlethwaite

Douglas J. Nuttol the Butcher

Jim Carter

Inspector Noble

Malcolm Mowbray

Director

Alan Bennett

Writer

Malcolm Mowbray

Writer

Mark Shivas

Producer

George Harrison

Executive Producer

Denis O'Brien

Executive Producer

Tony Pierce-Roberts

Cinematographer

Barrie Vince

Film Editor

John Du Prez

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