Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.1/10   

Réalisateur:

Alan Rudolph

Writers (WGA):

Alan Rudolph (written by) &
Randy Sue Coburn (written by)

Release Date:

23 novembre 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Biographie | Drame

Accroche:

At the center of the circle is a woman ahead of her time.

Plot:

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit...

Plot Keywords:

Alcohol | Algonquin Round Table | Jazz Age | Psychotherapy | Writing

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

A fine period/bio-pic about a timless writer

Ensemble

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 LeGros	...	Deems Taylor
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Paula Hunt
Nick Cassavetes	...	Robert Sherwood
David Thornton	...	George S. Kaufman
Heather Graham	...	Mary Kennedy Taylor

Autre(s) titre(s):

Mrs. Parker and the Round Table
Mme Parker et le cercle vicieux (Canada: French title) [fr]
Mrs Parker et le cercle vicieux (France) [fr]

Durée:

126 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc | Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Iceland:L | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Germany:12 | Australia:M | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Finland:K-16

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Algonquin Hotel - 59 W. 44th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Fine Line Features

Anecdotes:

Peter Benchley, the son of humorist and featured character Robert Benchley, plays editor Frank Crowninshield.

Guillemet:

Dorothy Parker: I'll wear my heart on my sleeve like a wet, red stain.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Game-On: (#3.2)" (1998)

A fine period/bio-pic about a timless writer

This movie gave a very revealing account of Dorothy Parker and her rapport with the denizens of the Algonquin Round Table. Done in flashback, this movie is easy on the psyche and filled with ascerbic darts that are bounced among the members of the Round Table. One could feel the pain felt by Mrs. Parker as she fights to survive as a writer, and a person, searches for a meaning to life, and wonders why true love is as elusive as masterpiece poetry and short stories roll from her pen.