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With Great Britain in the grip of post-war rationing, a chiropodist steals a contraband pig being fattened secretly by the town's dignitaries. But his squeamishness, his wife's incontinence and his mother-in-law's senility leads to the discovery of the double-dealing.Product Identifiers
EAN5060020620775
eBay Product ID (ePID)3947719
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleA Private Function
ActorLiz Smith, Alison Steadman, Michael Palin, Richard Griffiths, Charles Mckeown, Denholm Elliott, Pete Postlethwaite, Maggie Smith
DirectorMalcolm Mowbray
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
Release Year2003
FeaturesCommentary Track Featuring Michael Palin And Malcolm Mowbray And Alan Bennett\Cast Biographies\Film Notes, Widescreen
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\16:9 Wide Screen
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Run Time92 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
ReviewsVariety - ...A neat comedy rooted in uniquely English eccentricities....With excellent production design, camerawork and musical score credits, it makes for an ace eccentric [picture]..., New York Times - ...High-hearted....A comedy of immense if often scatological charm...
Additional InformationThis satiric British comedy follows the efforts of a small community to fatten a pig during the time following the Second World War when ham was contraband due to short supplies. Michael Palin and Maggie Smith star.
Movie/TV TitleA Private Function
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1\Dolby Surround 2.0\DTS