Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle is a 1994 American biographical drama film directed by Alan Rudolph from a screenplay written by Rudolph and Randy Sue Coburn. The film stars Jennifer Jason Leigh as writer Dorothy Parker and depicts the members of the Algonquin Round Table, a group of writers, actors and critics who met almost every weekday from 1919 to 1929 at Manhattan's Algonquin Hotel.
Plot
During the Prohibition era in the United States, the Algonquin Hotel is a hub for the "Vicious Circle," a group of intellectuals. Among them is Dorothy Parker, a successful writer. Dealing with a troubled marriage to a drug addict, she finds solace in the genuine friendship of Robert Benchley, a colleague at Vanity Fair. The "Vicious Circle" successfully stages an improvisational theatrical performance, leading Dorothy to cross paths with Charles MacArthur. Their relationship results in abandonment and an abortion, further shaping her sharp and skeptical character.
Cast
- Andrew McCarthy
- Bruce Dinsmore
- Campbell Scott
- Chip Zien
- Cyndi Lauper
- David Gow
- David Thornton
- Eleanor Noble
- Gary Basaraba
- Gregory Hlady
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Heather Graham
- Jake Johannsen
- James LeGros
- Jane Adams
- Jennifer Beals
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Jon Favreau
- Keith Carradine
- Leni Parker
- Lili Taylor
- Malcolm Gets
- Martha Plimpton
- Matt Malloy
- Matthew Broderick
- Nick Cassavetes
- Peter Benchley
- Peter Gallagher
- Rebecca Miller
- Roc LaFortune
- Sam Robards
- Stanley Tucci
- Stephen Baldwin
- Tom McGowan
- Wallace Shawn
More details
| author | Alan Rudolph |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Alan Rudolph |
| editor | Suzy Elmiger |
| events | Dorothy Parker |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | algonquin hotel cirrhosis drug addict isolated prohibition era prohibition in the united states psychoanalysis troubled marriage vanity fair vicious circle |
| musicBy | Mark Isham |
| producer | Robert Altman |
| productionCompany | Miramax |
| publisher | Fine Line Features |
| recordedAt | Montreal |
| theme | biographical biographical drama independent |