Directed by:
Malcolm MowbrayCinematography:
Tony Pierce-RobertsComposer:
John Du PrezCast:
Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths, Pete Postlethwaite, Bill Paterson, Alison Steadman, Jim Carter, Reece Dinsdale (more)VOD (1)
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During a time of extreme food rationing in England following World War II, one town's upper class bends the rules by illegally fattening a prize pig for a feast to celebrate the upcoming royal wedding. When a timid foot doctor (Michael Palin) and his bossy wife (Maggie Smith) get wind of the plan, they seize the chance to climb the social ladder by kidnapping the pig who has a few unpleasant surprises of its own in store. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Michael Palin
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) (theatrical recording)
Life of Brian (1979)
Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010) (theatrical recording)
Maggie Smith
UK
Best movies:
Denholm Elliott
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Bangkok Hilton (1989) (series)
Richard Griffiths
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Gandhi (1982)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Pete Postlethwaite
UK
Best movies:
Inception (2010)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Bill Paterson
UK
Best movies:
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Chaplin (1992)
Alison Steadman
UK
Best movies:
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Shirley Valentine (1989)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Jim Carter
UK
Best movies:
Black Beauty (1994)
Cranford (2007) (series)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
Reece Dinsdale
UK
Best movies:
Threads (1984) (TV movie)
Hamlet (1996)
The Secret Adversary (1983) (TV movie)
Queen Elizabeth II
UK
Best movies:
Dead Alive (1992) - a.f.
The Brain (1969)
A Private Function (1984)
Philip Mountbatten (a.f.)
Greece
Best movies:
Underground (1995) - a.f.
Swimming Upstream (2003) - a.f.
A Private Function (1984) - a.f.
Susan Porrett
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
After Thomas (2006) (TV movie)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Denys Hawthorne
UK
Best movies:
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
Tony Haygarth
UK
Best movies:
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Hornblower: Duty (2003) (TV movie)
Chicken Run (2000)
Liz Smith
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Between the Sheets (2003) (series)
Paula Tlbrook
UK
Best movies:
A Private Function (1984)
Butterfly Kiss (1995)
Bernard Wrigley
UK
Best movies:
Brassed Off (1996)
A Private Function (1984)
Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1986)
Christian Hanft
Best movies:
Group Portrait with a Lady (1977)
A Private Function (1984)
Tom of Finland (2017)
Donald Eccles
UK
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
The Dresser (1983)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Charles McKeown
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
Brazil (1985)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)