A Private Function
“When a clandestine party goes wild, it's all about pork... and prestige.”
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 the couple must conceal it from inspector Morris Wormold.
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Cast
30 people
Michael Palin
Gilbert Chilvers
Known for
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Maggie Smith
Joyce Chilvers
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Downton Abbey
Denholm Elliott
Dr. Swaby
Known for
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Trading Places
Richard Griffiths
Allardyce
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Tony Haygarth
Sutcliff
Known for
Chicken Run
Holocaust
John Normington
Lockwood
Known for
Atonement
David Copperfield
Bill Paterson
Wormold
Known for
House of the Dragon
Fleabag
Liz Smith
Mother
Known for
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Alison Steadman
Mrs. Allardyce
Known for
Pride and Prejudice
Gavin & Stacey
Jim Carter
Inspector Noble
Known for
Downton Abbey
Knightfall
Pete Postlethwaite
Nuttol
Known for
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Inception
Eileen O'Brien
Mrs. Sutcliff
Also in
Boys from the Blackstuff
The Cage
Malcolm Mowbray Director · Alan Bennett Screenplay John Du Prez Composer
Worldwide gross $2.5M · United States release March 1, 1985 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,527,088
Production
Handmade Films
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 9, 1984
Theatrical
United States · March 1, 1985
Theatrical
Australia
August 29, 1985 · Theatrical
Germany
December 12, 1985 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 24, 1985 · Theatrical
October 28, 2003 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
March 10, 1988 · TV · Channel 4
June 27, 2016 · Physical · DVD
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