Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
- Director: Alan Rudolph
- Writer: Alan Rudolph; Randy Sue Coburn
- Producer: Robert Altman; Scott Bushnell
CGiii Comment
A beautiful production with a shambolic central performance.
Jennifer Jason Leigh's voice...it's like a cat's claws being dragged down a gargantuan blackboard. Horrible.
The direction, look at the producer...it's that Altman influence AGAIN!
Insufferable.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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.
Cast & Characters
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 LeGros 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