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
Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate Walter Goodman of "The New York Times" described it as a "sympathetic account of a sort of human frailty that is not easy to talk about, much less make a movie about". The film received awards for Best Documentary at the 1985 USA Film Festival and 1985 Atlanta Film Festival. Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate is a 1985 US documentary film directed by Kirby Dick about the interaction between a sex surrogate and her clients - Dick's first documentary film. "Private Practices" focuses on sex surrogate Maureen Sullivan and