
Once Upon a Time in America(1984)
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.


“New York in the 1920's. The only place to be was the Algonquin, and the only person to know was Dorothy Parker.”
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.

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
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle is a drama film released in 1994 exploring themes of new york city, prohibition era, alcohol, biography, romance, flashback. Directed by Alan Rudolph, it stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick. 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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