Malcolm Mowbray, the British director of “A Private Function,” died June 23, producer Deniz Erel confirmed to Variety. He was 74.
Mowbray was known for directing “The Revengers’ Comedies,” “Meeting Spencer,” “Out Cold” as well as the 1984 feature “A Private Function.”
Maggie Smith, Michael Palin, Richard Griffiths, Denholm Elliott, John Normington and Tony Haygarth starred in “A Private Function,” which Mowbray co-wrote. The dark comedy followed the citizens of a small English town in 1947 who were awaiting the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. The citizens had to ration their food, but the royal celebration was the one exception. They gathered to prepare and raise a pig for the celebratory meal — but a couple, Smith’s Joyce and Palin’s Gilbert, decide to steal the pig in an act of rebellion. The film garnered six BAFTA wins, including original screenplay and best film.
In 1989, Mowbray directed the black comedy “Out Cold,...
Mowbray was known for directing “The Revengers’ Comedies,” “Meeting Spencer,” “Out Cold” as well as the 1984 feature “A Private Function.”
Maggie Smith, Michael Palin, Richard Griffiths, Denholm Elliott, John Normington and Tony Haygarth starred in “A Private Function,” which Mowbray co-wrote. The dark comedy followed the citizens of a small English town in 1947 who were awaiting the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. The citizens had to ration their food, but the royal celebration was the one exception. They gathered to prepare and raise a pig for the celebratory meal — but a couple, Smith’s Joyce and Palin’s Gilbert, decide to steal the pig in an act of rebellion. The film garnered six BAFTA wins, including original screenplay and best film.
In 1989, Mowbray directed the black comedy “Out Cold,...
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- Variety Film + TV
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- 7/1/2020
- by Blake Harris
- Slash Film
See the trailer and poster for Meeting Spencer starring Jeffrey Tambor, Jesse Plemons, Melinda McGraw, and Yvonne Zima. Malcolm Mowbray (1990's Don't Tell Her It's Me) directs the comedy scripted by Andrew Kole, Andrew Delaplaine and Scott Kasdin, which opens April 8th in New York City. Also in the cast are William Morgan Sheppard, Mark Harelik, Jill Marie Jones, Markus Flanagan, Julian Bailey, Caroline Aaron and Ralph Martin. Meeting Spencer is a contemporary comedy that plays like a screwball farce while spying on the lives and entanglements of a coterie of Broadway insiders during one fateful night in Manhattan. Famed director Harris Chappell (Jeffrey Tambor) plans to relaunch his Broadway career after suffering a humiliating series of flops in Hollywood. He arrives at Frankie & Johnnie’s restaurant anxious to see his former flame Didi (Melinda McGraw) and meet a struggling young actor, Spencer West (Jesse Plemons), as a favor to an old friend.
- 3/23/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See the trailer and poster for Meeting Spencer starring Jeffrey Tambor, Jesse Plemons, Melinda McGraw, and Yvonne Zima. Malcolm Mowbray (1990's Don't Tell Her It's Me) directs the comedy scripted by Andrew Kole, Andrew Delaplaine and Scott Kasdin, which opens April 8th in New York City. Also in the cast are William Morgan Sheppard, Mark Harelik, Jill Marie Jones, Markus Flanagan, Julian Bailey, Caroline Aaron and Ralph Martin. Meeting Spencer is a contemporary comedy that plays like a screwball farce while spying on the lives and entanglements of a coterie of Broadway insiders during one fateful night in Manhattan. Famed director Harris Chappell (Jeffrey Tambor) plans to relaunch his Broadway career after suffering a humiliating series of flops in Hollywood. He arrives at Frankie & Johnnie’s restaurant anxious to see his former flame Didi (Melinda McGraw) and meet a struggling young actor, Spencer West (Jesse Plemons), as a favor to an old friend.
- 3/23/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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