Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
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Dorothy Parker recalls the glory days of the Algonquin Round Table, where brilliant wit masked alcoholism, failed romances, and creeping despair.
Why watch: Leigh stayed at the Algonquin and studied Parker's only two surviving recordings.
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Cast
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Dorothy Parker
Campbell Scott as Robert Benchley
Matthew Broderick as Charles MacArthur
Peter Gallagher as Alan Campbell
Jennifer Beals as Gertrude Benchley
Andrew McCarthy as Eddie Parker
Wallace Shawn as Horatio Byrd
Martha Plimpton as Jane Grant
Sam Robards as Harold Ross
Lili Taylor as Edna Ferber
James Le Gros as Deems Taylor
Gwyneth Paltrow as Paula Hunt
Nick Cassavetes as Robert Sherwood
David Thornton as George S. Kaufman
Heather Graham as Mary Kennedy Taylor
Crew
Alan Rudolph — Director
Alan Rudolph — Writer
Randy Sue Coburn — Writer
Ira Deutchman — Executive Producer
Scott Bushnell — Executive Producer
Allan F. Nicholls — Co-Producer
Robert Altman — Producer
Pam Dixon — Casting
Jan Kiesser — Director of Photography
Suzy Elmiger — Editor
François Séguin — Production Design
James Fox — Art Direction
Renée April — Costume Design
John Hay — Costume Design
Mark Isham — Original Music Composer
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