Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
“New York in the 1920's. The only place to be was the Algonquin, and the only person to know was Dorothy Parker.”
1994•R•2h 5m•5.9•Released
Drama
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
Director
Alan Rudolph
Writer
Randy Sue Coburn, Alan Rudolph
Languages
English
Studio
Fine Line Features
Cast
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Dorothy Parker
Campbell Scott
Robert Benchley
Matthew Broderick
Charles MacArthur
Peter Gallagher
Alan Campbell
Jennifer Beals
Gertrude Benchley
Andrew McCarthy
Eddie Parker
Wallace Shawn
Horatio Byrd
Martha Plimpton
Jane Grant
Sam Robards
Harold Ross
Lili Taylor
Edna Ferber
James Le Gros
Deems Taylor
Gwyneth Paltrow
Paula Hunt
Nick Cassavetes
Robert Sherwood
David Thornton
George S. Kaufman
Heather Graham
Mary Kennedy Taylor
Production
Company
Fine Line Features
Company
Miramax
Producer
Robert Altman
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