A Private Function Gilbert Chilvers (Michael Palin), who was encouraged to do so by his wife Joyce (Maggie Smith). Meanwhile a food inspector is determined to stop activities circumventing the food rationing. Three pigs were used in the filming of "A Private Function", all named Betty. Producer Mark Shivas was advised by Intellectual Animals UK that the pigs used should be female and six months old so as to not be too large or aggressive. However, the pigs were "unpredictable and often quite dangerous". During filming of one of the kitchen scenes, Maggie Smith was hemmed in by one of the pigs and
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