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 Animal World (film) even though, as Harryhausen pointed out, the film's live action sequences show fights between lions and gazelles and the like. For many years, still shots from the segment were included in View-Master slide show reels. Some of the footage was reused for portions of the "Night Gallery" season 2 episode "The Painted Mirror," as well as in the 1970 film "Trog", and the entire sequence was released as an extra on the 2003 DVD release of "The Black Scorpion". The Animal World (film) The Animal World is a 1956 documentary film that was produced, written and directed by Irwin Allen.