Mar 8th
A Private Function*
GB 1984. HandMade Films. 94m.
A aspiring chiropodist tries to climb the social ladder by stealing an off-the-ration pig from his betters.
Nostalgically observed 1940's Yorkshire comedy which rambles along and ultimately goes nowhere plotwise, with plenty of its author's quaint lavatorial humour. The pig steals the show.
Written by: Alan Bennett.
Producer: Mark Shivas.
Director: Malcolm Mowbray.
Starring: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths, Bill Paterson, Liz Smith, Alison Steadman, Tony Haygarth, Jim Carter, Pete Postlethwaite, Betty.
Photography: Tony Pierce-Roberts.
Music: John Du Prez.
Preceded by:
Fluttering Hearts**
(US 1927. 20m. bw. silent; A golf millionaire tries to please his prospective father-in-law by outwitting a blackmailer.; w: H.M. Walker; d: James Parrott; s: Charley Chase, Martha Sleeper, Oliver Hardy, Eugene Pallette, William Burress.)
A Private Function*
GB 1984. HandMade Films. 94m.
A aspiring chiropodist tries to climb the social ladder by stealing an off-the-ration pig from his betters.
Nostalgically observed 1940's Yorkshire comedy which rambles along and ultimately goes nowhere plotwise, with plenty of its author's quaint lavatorial humour. The pig steals the show.
Written by: Alan Bennett.
Producer: Mark Shivas.
Director: Malcolm Mowbray.
Starring: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths, Bill Paterson, Liz Smith, Alison Steadman, Tony Haygarth, Jim Carter, Pete Postlethwaite, Betty.
Photography: Tony Pierce-Roberts.
Music: John Du Prez.
Preceded by:
Fluttering Hearts**
(US 1927. 20m. bw. silent; A golf millionaire tries to please his prospective father-in-law by outwitting a blackmailer.; w: H.M. Walker; d: James Parrott; s: Charley Chase, Martha Sleeper, Oliver Hardy, Eugene Pallette, William Burress.)
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