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Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick and Gwyneth Paltrow in...

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

( Catalog Number ID3000LI )
(2.35:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Commentary by Director Alan Rudolph
48-Minute Documentary - "The Infamous Dorothy Parker"
TV Spot
Original Trailer

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994 - 123 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Robert Altman produced this evocative portrait of renowned writer and wit Dorothy Parker that chronicles her boozy adventures both in Manhattan as a writer for The New Yorker and member of the celebrated Algonquin roundtable and later in Hollywood as a screenwriter. Jennifer Jason Leigh delivers a stunning performance as the drunken, depressed, but undeniably clever Mrs. Parker, and she's ably assisted by a stellar supporting cast, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Peter Gallagher, Stephen Baldwin, Wallace Shawn, Matthew Broderick, Lili Taylor, Jennifer Beals, and Campbell Scott as her main partner in crime, the equally besotted wit Robert Benchley. Director Alan Rudolph captures the brilliance as well as the tragedy of these literary celebrities. The result is an unsparingly honest portrait of alcoholism and ego, and a loving celebration of Parker's gutsy battle against sexual discrimination and her own romantic failures in pursuit of artistic expression. Featuring sumptuous photography that conveys the decadence of the period and a great score by Mark Isham, the film is a treat for the eyes and ears as well as the mind.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Jennifer Jason Leigh offers an acclaimed performance as humorist Dorothy Parker, who together with such 1920s luminaries as Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcott and George S. Kaufman, was a charter member of the legendary Algonquin Round Table. The story is related in flashback form, as Mrs. Parker, in Hollywood to cowrite the 1937 feature A Star is Born with her second husband Alan Campbell (Peter Gallagher), recalls her glory days as an Algonquinite. A great deal of attention is afforded Parker's vituperative bon mots, her alcoholism, her self-destructiveness, her suicide attempts, and her affairs with such literary contemporaries as Charles MacArthur (an uncharacteristically unsympathetic Matthew Broderick) and Robert E. Sherwood (Nick Cassavetes). The one person Parker truly seems to care about is humorist Robert Benchley (Campbell Scott), who prefers to keep their friendship platonic. Director Alan Rudolph attempts to convey the ambience of the 1920s by having dozens of that decade's luminaries appear in fleeting cameos, from Will Rogers (Keith Carradine) to Harpo Marx. Also featured in Mrs. Parker are Tom McGowan as the waspish Alexander Woollcott and Andrew McCarthy as Dorothy's near-invisible first husband, Eddie Parker. --- Hal Erickson

Jennifer Jason Leigh turns in a fascinatingly odd performance in this depressing but lovingly crafted film about the acerbic Dorothy Parker. Tracing her life in flashbacks, the film wisely focuses on the halcyon days of the Algonquin Round Table, where New York's top writers drank, laughed, and traded virulently witty put-downs. In these sequences, director Alan Rudolph presents a keenly observed look at the incestuous and ultimately destructive nature of the tightly-knit group, as the fun times soon turn to betrayal, alcoholism, and attempted suicide. The cast is wonderful, with surprisingly good turns from Matthew Broderick and Andrew McCarthy, among others, but some of the film's artistic conceits and its downbeat tone may turn off potential viewers. Its effect depends primarily on whether you buy Leigh's interpretation of her role, which is unusual to say the least. If you do, you'll find this quirky, offbeat picture to be richly rewarding despite its uneven pace. --- Robert Firsching

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Cast for Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Jennifer Jason Leigh - Dorothy Parker
Matthew Broderick - Charles MacArthur
Campbell Scott - Robert Benchley
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
Tom McGowan - Alexander Woollcott
Chip Zien - Franklin P. Adams
Gary Basaraba - Heywood Broun
Stephen Baldwin - Roger Spalding
Matt Malloy - Marc Connelly
Rebecca Miller - Neysa McMein
Jake Johannsen - John Peter Toohey
Amelia Campbell - Mary Brandon Sherwood
David Gow - Donald Ogden Stewart
Leni Parker - Beatrice Kaufman
J.M. Henry - Harpo Marx
Stanley Tucci - Fred Hunter
Mina Badie - Joanie Gerard
Randy Lowell - Alvan Barach
Keith Carradine - Will Rogers
Jane Adams - Ruth Hale
John Cusack
Peter Benchley - Frank Crowninshield
Jon Favreau - Elmer Rice
Gabriel Gascon - Georges Attends

Crew for Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Alan Rudolph - Director / Screenwriter
Robert Altman - Producer
Randy Sue Coburn - Screenwriter
Jan Kiesser - Cinematographer
Mark Isham - Composer (Music Score)
Suzy Elmiger - Editor
Francois Seguin - Production Designer
James Fox - Art Director
James Mclindon - Associate Producer
Scott Bushnell - Executive Producer
Ira Deutchman - Executive Producer
Richard Nichol - Musical Direction/Supervision / Sound/Sound Designer
Frances Calder - Set Designer
Renee April - Costume Designer
John M. Hay - Costume Designer
Micheline Trepanier - Makeup
Jacques Godbout - Special Effects
Allan Nicholls - First Assistant Director

Awards for Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

In Competition Alan Rudolph 1994 Cannes Film Festival
Best Actress (Drama) (nom) Jennifer Jason Leigh 1995 Golden Globe
Best Actor (nom) Campbell Scott 1995 Independent Spirit
Best Actress (nom) Jennifer Jason Leigh 1995 Independent Spirit
Best Director (nom) Alan Rudolph 1995 Independent Spirit
Best Film (nom) Robert Altman 1995 Independent Spirit
Best Screenplay (nom) Randy Sue Coburn 1995 Independent Spirit
Best Screenplay (nom) Alan Rudolph 1995 Independent Spirit

Feature Details

Title: Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Feature Release Date: 1994
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 123 Minutes
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 2.35:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

Catalog Number: ID3000LI
UPC: 014381300062
Manufacturer: Technidisc
Publisher: Image Entertainment

Sides: 3
Cover: Gatefold Jacket
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: ID3000LI-N
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Rare Factory-Sealed, Dolby Surround Sound, Widescreen, Special LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint Condition with Gatefold Jacket with a compressed corner and a small tear in shrink-wrap

Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick and Gwyneth Paltrow in...

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

( Catalog Number ID3000LI )
(2.35:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Commentary by Director Alan Rudolph
48-Minute Documentary - "The Infamous Dorothy Parker"
TV Spot
Original Trailer

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994 - 123 min. - Color
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Robert Altman produced this evocative portrait of renowned writer and wit Dorothy Parker that chronicles her boozy adventures both in Manhattan as a writer for The New Yorker and member of the celebrated Algonquin roundtable and later in Hollywood as a screenwriter. Jennifer Jason Leigh delivers a stunning performance as the drunken, depressed, but undeniably clever Mrs. Parker, and she's ably assisted by a stellar supporting cast, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Peter Gallagher, Stephen Baldwin, Wallace Shawn, Matthew Broderick, Lili Taylor, Jennifer Beals, and Campbell Scott as her main partner in crime, the equally besotted wit Robert Benchley. Director Alan Rudolph captures the brilliance as well as the tragedy of these literary celebrities. The result is an unsparingly honest portrait of alcoholism and ego, and a loving celebration of Parker's gutsy battle against sexual discrimination and her own romantic failures in pursuit of artistic expression. Featuring sumptuous photography that conveys the decadence of the period and a great score by Mark Isham, the film is a treat for the eyes and ears as well as the mind.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Jennifer Jason Leigh offers an acclaimed performance as humorist Dorothy Parker, who together with such 1920s luminaries as Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcott and George S. Kaufman, was a charter member of the legendary Algonquin Round Table. The story is related in flashback form, as Mrs. Parker, in Hollywood to cowrite the 1937 feature A Star is Born with her second husband Alan Campbell (Peter Gallagher), recalls her glory days as an Algonquinite. A great deal of attention is afforded Parker's vituperative bon mots, her alcoholism, her self-destructiveness, her suicide attempts, and her affairs with such literary contemporaries as Charles MacArthur (an uncharacteristically unsympathetic Matthew Broderick) and Robert E. Sherwood (Nick Cassavetes). The one person Parker truly seems to care about is humorist Robert Benchley (Campbell Scott), who prefers to keep their friendship platonic. Director Alan Rudolph attempts to convey the ambience of the 1920s by having dozens of that decade's luminaries appear in fleeting cameos, from Will Rogers (Keith Carradine) to Harpo Marx. Also featured in Mrs. Parker are Tom McGowan as the waspish Alexander Woollcott and Andrew McCarthy as Dorothy's near-invisible first husband, Eddie Parker. --- Hal Erickson

Jennifer Jason Leigh turns in a fascinatingly odd performance in this depressing but lovingly crafted film about the acerbic Dorothy Parker. Tracing her life in flashbacks, the film wisely focuses on the halcyon days of the Algonquin Round Table, where New York's top writers drank, laughed, and traded virulently witty put-downs. In these sequences, director Alan Rudolph presents a keenly observed look at the incestuous and ultimately destructive nature of the tightly-knit group, as the fun times soon turn to betrayal, alcoholism, and attempted suicide. The cast is wonderful, with surprisingly good turns from Matthew Broderick and Andrew McCarthy, among others, but some of the film's artistic conceits and its downbeat tone may turn off potential viewers. Its effect depends primarily on whether you buy Leigh's interpretation of her role, which is unusual to say the least. If you do, you'll find this quirky, offbeat picture to be richly rewarding despite its uneven pace. --- Robert Firsching

Thanks for Visiting DaDon's !

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Cast for Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Jennifer Jason Leigh - Dorothy Parker
Matthew Broderick - Charles MacArthur
Campbell Scott - Robert Benchley
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
Tom McGowan - Alexander Woollcott
Chip Zien - Franklin P. Adams
Gary Basaraba - Heywood Broun
Stephen Baldwin - Roger Spalding
Matt Malloy - Marc Connelly
Rebecca Miller - Neysa McMein
Jake Johannsen - John Peter Toohey
Amelia Campbell - Mary Brandon Sherwood
David Gow - Donald Ogden Stewart
Leni Parker - Beatrice Kaufman
J.M. Henry - Harpo Marx
Stanley Tucci - Fred Hunter
Mina Badie - Joanie Gerard
Randy Lowell - Alvan Barach
Keith Carradine - Will Rogers
Jane Adams - Ruth Hale
John Cusack
Peter Benchley - Frank Crowninshield
Jon Favreau - Elmer Rice
Gabriel Gascon - Georges Attends

Crew for Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Alan Rudolph - Director / Screenwriter
Robert Altman - Producer
Randy Sue Coburn - Screenwriter
Jan Kiesser - Cinematographer
Mark Isham - Composer (Music Score)
Suzy Elmiger - Editor
Francois Seguin - Production Designer
James Fox - Art Director
James Mclindon - Associate Producer
Scott Bushnell - Executive Producer
Ira Deutchman - Executive Producer
Richard Nichol - Musical Direction/Supervision / Sound/Sound Designer
Frances Calder - Set Designer
Renee April - Costume Designer
John M. Hay - Costume Designer
Micheline Trepanier - Makeup
Jacques Godbout - Special Effects
Allan Nicholls - First Assistant Director

Awards for Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

In Competition Alan Rudolph 1994 Cannes Film Festival
Best Actress (Drama) (nom) Jennifer Jason Leigh 1995 Golden Globe
Best Actor (nom) Campbell Scott 1995 Independent Spirit
Best Actress (nom) Jennifer Jason Leigh 1995 Independent Spirit
Best Director (nom) Alan Rudolph 1995 Independent Spirit
Best Film (nom) Robert Altman 1995 Independent Spirit
Best Screenplay (nom) Randy Sue Coburn 1995 Independent Spirit
Best Screenplay (nom) Alan Rudolph 1995 Independent Spirit

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