Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Sep 7, 1994

2h 5m

★ 5.8

New York in the 1920's. The only place to be was the Algonquin, and the only person to know was Dorothy Parker.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Fine Line Features

Miramax

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Trailers

Cast

Dorothy Parker

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Robert Benchley

Campbell Scott

Charles MacArthur

Matthew Broderick

Alan Campbell

Peter Gallagher

Gertrude Benchley

Jennifer Beals

Eddie Parker

Andrew McCarthy

Horatio Byrd

Wallace Shawn

Jane Grant

Martha Plimpton

Harold Ross

Sam Robards

Edna Ferber

Lili Taylor

Deems Taylor

James Le Gros

Paula Hunt

Gwyneth Paltrow

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