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Title A private function / HandMade Films presents ; produced by Mark Shivas ; written by Alan Bennett ; from a story by Alan Bennett & Malcolm Mowbray ; directed by Malcolm Mowbray.

Publication Info. Santa Monica, Calif. : MGM Home Entertainment, 2003.
1984.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Granby, F.H. Cossitt Branch - Comedy  COMEDY DVD PRI    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD PRIVATE FUNCTION    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Note Videodisc release of the 1984 motion picture by HandMade Films.
Cast Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliot.
Credits Music by, John Du Prez.
Audience MPAA rating: R.
Summary In this delicious comedy which takes place in a little-known Yorkshire town during the thin times of 1947, plans are afoot to fatten a contraband pig destined for the centerpiece of a celebration banquet. However, chaos ensues when a social climbing middle-class couple steal the pig to impress their friends at their own banquet.
Language English dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Rationing -- England -- Drama.
Swine -- Drama.
Yorkshire (England) -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Palin, Michael.
Smith, Maggie, 1934-
Elliott, Denholm.
Bennett, Alan.
Du Prez, John.
Shivas, Mark.
Mowbray, Malcolm.
Handmade Films.
MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
ISBN 0792855140
Music No. 1004371 MGM Home Entertainment
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