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 Private War of Major Benson by the antics of a group of grade school cadets. The picture featured a full battalion of St. Catherine's students. This movie was said to be one of the inspirations for Damon Wayans' 1995 film "Major Payne", and possibly also for the 1984 TV movie "Hard Knox" (starring Robert Conrad). Screenwriters Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story. The Private War of Major Benson The Private War of Major Benson is 1955 comedy film starring Charlton Heston, Julie Adams, Sal Mineo and Tim Hovey, about a tough-talking U.S. Army officer who must shape