Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle was a film released in 1994. It was written and directed by Alan Rudolph and starred Jennifer Jason Leigh as the writer Dorothy Parker. This is a list of film-related events in 1994. ... Jennifer Jason Leigh (born February 5, 1962) is an American actress. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Dorothy Parker (also known as Dot or Dottie) was born Dorothy Rothschild in the West End district of Long Branch, New Jersey, on August 22, 1893. ...

The film revolves around Parker's life, career, and romances. Parker was known in the 1920s for her acerbic wit; she was also a suicidal pessimist and drunk who got into dead-end relationships with her colleagues. Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act. ... Pessimism, generally, describes a belief that things are bad, and tend to become worse; or that looks to the eventual triumph of evil over good; it contrasts with optimism, the contrary belief in the goodness and betterment of things generally. ...

Parker started a daily lunch meeting with other notable writers of the era in the restaurant of the hotel in which she lived, the Algonquin Hotel in New York City. The get-togethers became known as the Algonquin Round Table. A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging, usually on a short-term basis and especially for tourists. ... The Algonquin Hotel was built in 1902. ... New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, and the most densely populated major city in North America. ... The Algonquin Round Table was a group of some of the most brilliant writers of the 1920s and 1930s, though it endured long after that. ...

The following actors played the participants in the meetings:

• Campbell Scott played Robert Benchley
• Matthew Broderick played Charles MacArthur
• Peter Gallagher played Alan Campbell
• Jennifer Beals played Gertrude Benchley
• Andrew McCarthy played Eddie Parker
• Martha Plimpton played Jane Grant
• Sam Robards played Harold Ross
• Lili Taylor played Edna Ferber
• James LeGros played Deems Taylor
• Gwyneth Paltrow played Paula Hunt
• Nick Cassavetes played Robert Sherwood
• David Thornton played George S. Kaufman
• Heather Graham played Mary Kennedy Taylor
• Tom McGowan played Alexander Woollcott
• Rebecca Miller played Neysa McMein
• J.M. Henry played Harpo Marx

The film was a critical but not commercial success. Some complained that Leigh mumbled her way through the film and was difficult to understand; in fact this was a dead-on affectation of Parker's own voice. Campbell Scott (born July 19, 1961 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American actor. ... Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts – November 21, 1945) was an American humorist, newspaper columnist, film actor, and drama editor. ... Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962 in New York, New York) is an American film and stage actor who is perhaps most widely known for his role as the protagonist in Ferris Buellers Day Off although the most successful film where he has a starring role is The Lion... Charles MacArthur (November 5, 1895 _ April 21, 1956) was an American playwright and screenwriter, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. ... Peter Gallagher At i Cucini Restaurant, Santa Monica. ... You might want Alan Campbell (pastor) Alan Campbell (screenwriter) Alan Campbell (politician) Alan Campbell (sculler) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jennifer Beals in Flashdance (1983) Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film actress. ... Andrew McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American actor who appeared in several films during the 1980s. ... Martha Plimpton (3rd from the left) with the Goonies Cast 2004 Reunion Martha Plimpton (born Martha Carradine on November 16, 1970 in New York City) was born to famous actor parents Keith Carradine and Shelley Plimpton. ... Sam Robards is an American actor. ... Harold Wallace Ross (November 6, 1892 - December 6, 1951) was an American journalist and founder of The New Yorker magazine, which he edited from 1925 to his death. ... Lili Taylor Lili Taylor (born February 20, 1967 in Glencoe, Illinois, USA) is an American film and television actress. ... Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 - April 16, 1968), Jewish-American novelist, author, and playwrite. ... James LeGros (born April 27, 1962) is a film and television actor who has appeared in films such as Point Break (1991), Enemy of the State (1998) and November (2004). ... Deems Taylor (born Joseph Taylor) (1885 - 1966) was a U.S. composer and music critic. ... In Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 28, 1972) is an Oscar-winning American actress. ... Nick Cassavetes is an American actor and director. ... Robert Emmet Sherwood (4 April 1896–14 November 1955) American playwright, editor, and screenwriter. ... David Thornton plays Solo Euphonium for the famous Black Dyke Mills Band When asked to comment on David Thornton, Howard Snell (conductor and former princial trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra) said, He is that rare kind of musician - a true artist whose qualities transcend the instrument itself. ... George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 - June 2, 1961) was a playwright, director, producer, humorist, and drama critic noted for his many collaborations with other writers and his contributions to 20th century American comedy. ... Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970) is an American actress, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Alexander Woollcott, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (January 19, 1887 - January 23, 1943) was a critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. ... The actress, director, film editor, director and screenwriter Rebecca Miller was born on 15 September 1962 in Roxbury, Connecticut. ... Neysa at her artists easel in the early 1920s Neysa McMein (1888-1949) was an American artist. ... Harpo Marx as rendered by Dalí Adolph Arthur Marx, popularly known as Harpo Marx, (November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) was one of the Marx Brothers, a group of Vaudeville entertainers who later achieved fame as comedians in the Motion Picture industry. ...

The film was a Palme d'Or nominee. The Palme dOr (Golden Palm) is the name of the highest prize given to a film at the Cannes Film Festival. ...

External links

• Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle at the Internet Movie Database