Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle was a film released in 1994. It was written and directed by Alan Rudolph and starred Jennifer Jason Leigh as the writer Dorothy Parker.

Related Topics:
Film released in 1994 - Alan Rudolph - Jennifer Jason Leigh - Writer - Dorothy Parker

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The film revolves around Parker's life, career, and romances. Parker was known in the 1920s for her acerbic wit; she was also a suicidal pessimist and drunk who got into deadbeat relationships with her colleagues.

Related Topics:
1920s - Suicidal - Pessimist

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Parker started a daily lunch meeting with other notable writers of the era in the restaurant of the hotel she lived in, the Algonquin Hotel. The get-togethers became known as the Algonquin Round Table.

Related Topics:
Algonquin Hotel - Algonquin Round Table

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The following actors played the participants in the meetings:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• Campbell Scott played Robert Benchley
• Matthew Broderick played Charles MacArthur
• Peter Gallagher played Alan Campbell
• Jennifer Beals played Gertrude Benchley
• Andrew McCarthy played Eddie Parker
• Martha Plimpton played Jane Grant
• Sam Robards played Harold Ross
• Lili Taylor played Edna Ferber
• James LeGros played Deems Taylor
• Gwyneth Paltrow played Paula Hunt
• Nick Cassavetes played Robert Sherwood
• David Thornton played George S. Kaufman
• Heather Graham played Mary Kennedy Taylor

The film was a critical but not commercial success. Some complained that Leigh mumbled her way through the film and was difficult to understand; in fact this was a dead-on affectation of .

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The film was a Palme d'Or nominee.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

 
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle: External links ►