Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

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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(55 votes)

Drama

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.

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64 members

Acting

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Dorothy Parker

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Campbell Scott

Robert Benchley

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Matthew Broderick

Charles MacArthur

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Peter Gallagher

Alan Campbell

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Jennifer Beals

Gertrude Benchley

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Andrew McCarthy

Eddie Parker

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Wallace Shawn

Horatio Byrd

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Martha Plimpton

Jane Grant

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Sam Robards

Harold Ross

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Lili Taylor

Edna Ferber

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James Le Gros

Deems Taylor

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Gwyneth Paltrow

Paula Hunt

Directing

Nick Cassavetes

Robert Sherwood

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David Thornton

George S. Kaufman

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Heather Graham

Mary Kennedy Taylor

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Tom McGowan

Alexander Woollcott

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Chip Zien

Franklin P. Adams

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Gary Basaraba

Heywood Broun

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Jane Adams

Ruth Hale

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Stephen Baldwin

Roger Spalding

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Matt Malloy

Marc Connelly

Directing

Rebecca Miller

Neysa McMein

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Amelia Campbell

Mary Brandon Sherwood

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David Gow

Donald Ogden Stewart

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Leni Parker

Beatrice Kaufman

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Jean-Michel Henry

Harpo Marx

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Stanley Tucci

Fred Hunter

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Mina Badie

Joanie Gerard

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Randy Lowell

Alvan Barach

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Keith Carradine

Will Rogers

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Jon Favreau

Elmer Rice

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Gabriel Gascon

Georges Attends

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Harry Standjofski

Home Movie Director

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Bruce Dinsmore

Assistant Director

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Matt Holland

Propman

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Joe De Paul

Producer

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Arthur Holden

Ward

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Jack Langedijk

Valentine's Day Director

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Howard Rosenstein

Actor

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Eleanor Noble

Actress

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Jesse Evans

Mail Clerk

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Writing

Peter Benchley

Frank Crowninshield

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Phillip Patton

Speakeasy Bartender

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Sam Stone

Cab Driver (1922)

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Natalie Strong

Nurse

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Malcolm Gets

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Barbara Jones

Long Island Hostess

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Maurice Podbrey

Long Island Investor

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Walter Massey

Phillip the Producer

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Gisèle Rousseau

Polly Adler

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Ellen David

New Yorker Secretary

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Domini Blythe

Actress in Mirror

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Gregory Hlady

Russian Director

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Mark Camacho

Writer #1

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Bill Rowat

Writer #2

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Robert Higden

Writer #3

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Vanya Rose

Marcy

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Cary Lawrence

June

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Richard Jutras

Cab Driver (1958)

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James Bradford

Host at Tribute

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Michael McGill

Reporter #1

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Harry Hill

Reporter #2

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Roc LaFortune

Bartender (1958)

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Cyndi Lauper

Picnic Guest (uncredited)

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