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A Private Function (1984) [R]

Release Date:
November 9, 1984

Original Title:
A Private Function

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
Handmade Films

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  GB: 15  NL: 12  US: R 

Runtime: 96

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Art Direction:
Judith Lang
Michael Porter

Assistant Editor:
Scott Thomas

Assistant Sound Editor:
Clive Barrett

Camera Car:
Mark White

Camera Operator:
Malcolm MacIntosh

Casting:
Michelle Guish
Debbie McWilliams

Clapper Loader:
Derek Suter
Peter James

Conductor:
John Du Prez

Construction Manager:
Jack Carter

Continuity:
Alison Thorne

Costume Design:
Phyllis Dalton

Director:
Malcolm Mowbray

Director of Photography:
Tony Pierce-Roberts

Dressing Prop:
Jeffrey Witts

Editor:
Barrie Vince

Electrician:
John Cantwell
Peter Arnold

Executive Producer:
George Harrison
Denis O'Brien

Finance:
Liz Ferwell

First Assistant Director:
Guy Travers

Gaffer:
Micky Woolaard

Generator Operator:
Larry Knox

Grip:
Joe Felix

Hairstylist:
Jan Archibald
Elizabeth Moss

Location Manager:
Joanna Gollins

Makeup Artist:
Joan Hills
Anita Pickles

Makeup Supervisor:
Christine Beveridge

Music Producer:
Ray Cooper

Original Music Composer:
John Du Prez

Painter:
Tom Hughes
Frank Berlin

Producer:
Mark Shivas

Producer's Assistant:
Tamara Ingram

Production Accountant:
Brian Brockwell

Production Assistant:
Ginny Roncoroni

Production Design:
Stuart Walker

Production Manager:
Ann Wingate

Property Master:
Alan Bailey

Publicist:
Wendy Tayler

Screenplay:
Alan Bennett

Sound Assistant:
Rosie Straker

Sound Editor:
Michael Redfern
Stephen Janisz
Robert Gavin
Nigel Galt

Sound Recordist:
Tony Jackson

Standby Carpenter:
Trevor Dyer

Still Photographer:
David Farrell

Story:
Malcolm Mowbray
Alan Bennett

Technical Advisor:
Billy Bell

Third Assistant Director:
Nick Godden

Title Designer:
Richard Morrison

Translator:
Quico Rovira-Beleta

Wardrobe Assistant:
Ken Crouch

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Janet Tebrooke

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