Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 7.738 |
Directed By
Alan Rudolph
Crew
Alan Rudolph
Alan Rudolph
Randy Sue Coburn
François Séguin
Allan F. Nicholls
Scott Bushnell
Ira Deutchman
James McLindon
Mark Isham
Pam Dixon
James Fox
Frances Calder
Renée April
John Hay
Estelle Lemieux
Irene Litinsky
Buck Deachman
Leslie Grierson
Allan F. Nicholls
André Duval
Réjean Goderre
Roseline Hoffman
Adrien Morot
David Robin
Micheline Trépanier
Nathalie Trépanier
Jan Kiesser
Suzy Elmiger
Robert Altman
TOP CAST
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Dorothy Parker
Campbell Scott
Robert Benchley
Matthew Broderick
Charles MacArthur
Peter Gallagher
Alan Campbell
Jennifer Beals
Gertrude Benchley
Andrew McCarthy
Eddie Parker
Wallace Shawn
Horatio Byrd
Martha Plimpton
Jane Grant
Sam Robards
Harold Ross
Lili Taylor
Edna Ferber
James Le Gros
Deems Taylor
Gwyneth Paltrow
Paula Hunt
Nick Cassavetes
Robert Sherwood
David Thornton
George S. Kaufman
Heather Graham
Mary Kennedy Taylor
Tom McGowan
Alexander Woollcott
Chip Zien
Franklin P. Adams
Gary Basaraba
Heywood Broun
Jane Adams
Ruth Hale
Stephen Baldwin
Roger Spalding
Matt Malloy
Marc Connelly
Rebecca Miller
Neysa McMein
Amelia Campbell
Mary Brandon Sherwood
David Gow
Donald Ogden Stewart
Leni Parker
Beatrice Kaufman
Jean-Michel Henry
Harpo Marx
Stanley Tucci
Fred Hunter
Mina Badie
Joanie Gerard
Randy Lowell
Alvan Barach
Keith Carradine
Will Rogers
Jon Favreau
Elmer Rice
Gabriel Gascon
Georges Attends
Harry Strandjofski
Home Movie Director
Bruce Dinsmore
Assistant Director
Matt Holland
Propman
Joe De Paul
Producer
Arthur Holden
Ward
Jack Langedijk
Valentine's Day Director
Howard Rosenstein
Actor
Eleanor Noble
Actress
Jesse Evans
Mail Clerk
Peter Benchley
Frank Crowninshield
Phillip Patton
Speakeasy Bartender
Sam Stone
Cab Driver (1922)
Natalie Strong
Nurse
Malcolm Gets
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Barbara Jones
Long Island Hostess
Maurice Podbrey
Long Island Investor
Walter Massey
Phillip the Producer
Gisèle Rousseau
Polly Adler
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