Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

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•2h 5m•5.8/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.8/10(56)

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.

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Production

Fine Line Features, Miramax

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Dorothy Parker

Campbell Scott

Campbell Scott

Robert Benchley

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick

Charles MacArthur

Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher

Alan Campbell

Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals

Gertrude Benchley

Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy

Eddie Parker

Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn

Horatio Byrd

Martha Plimpton

Martha Plimpton

Jane Grant

Sam Robards

Sam Robards

Harold Ross

Lili Taylor

Lili Taylor

Edna Ferber

James LeGros

James LeGros

Deems Taylor

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

Paula Hunt

Nick Cassavetes

Nick Cassavetes

Robert Sherwood

David Thornton

David Thornton

George S. Kaufman

Heather Graham

Heather Graham

Mary Kennedy Taylor

Tom McGowan

Tom McGowan

Alexander Woollcott

Chip Zien

Chip Zien

Franklin P. Adams

Gary Basaraba

Gary Basaraba

Heywood Broun

Jane Adams

Jane Adams

Ruth Hale

Stephen Baldwin

Stephen Baldwin

Roger Spalding

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