A Private Function A Private Function A Private Function is a 1984 British comedy film starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. The film was predominantly filmed in Ilkley, Ben Rhydding, and Barnoldswick, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. In a small Northern English town in 1947 the citizens endure continuing food rationing. Some local businessmen want to hold a party to celebrate the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip and illegally decide to raise a pig for that occasion. However, the pig gets stolen by
The Meeting (1984 film) The Meeting (1984 film) The Meeting (, trans. Vstrecha) is a 1984 Soviet animation science fiction short film, produced by Ukrainian film studio Kievnauchfilm. The film tells the story that an alien is sent to Earth to investigate whether humans believe the probability of the arrival of Aliens on the planet. The alien, disguised as a man in formal attire, has a conversation with a fisherman on the topic in a log cabin, and then draws the conclusion that humans don't believe such probability. However, the fisherman turns out to be another disguised alien who comes to Earth studying the