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6.1/10   2,525 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Alan Rudolph (written by) &
Randy Sue Coburn (written by)
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Release Date:
23 November 1994 (USA) more
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At the center of the circle is a woman ahead of her time. more
Plot:
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations more
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2009 Gotham Awards Announce Career Tributes
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The Dark Side of Fame... more (35 total)

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Also Known As:
Mrs. Parker and the Round Table
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Runtime:
126 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Peter Benchley, the grandson of humorist and featured character Robert Benchley, plays editor Frank Crowninshield. more
Quotes:
Dorothy Parker: I'd kiss you, but I'm not sure it'd come out right. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995) (TV) more

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17 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
The Dark Side of Fame..., 26 June 2000
Author: Mari-36 from CA

I found this movie totally enjoyable from start to finish. Maybe because Jennifer Jason Leigh is one of the most superb actresses of our time (and of course ignored!!!). Or maybe because I love period pieces with lavish attention to detail in the costumes and production designing. Or maybe because I am always entertained by true stories of humanity. I think in this movie's case, it is all three. This is another portrait of the dark side of fame. Leigh did a wonderful job being Mrs. Dorothy Parker, a 1920s poet and magazine writer who drank (during prohibition New York) and caroused with a large, mouthy group of professionals in the writing and stage business. It's easy for anyone to relate to the lonliness Mrs. Parker feels in this boisterous "circle" of shallow, back-stabbing people. In spite of her gift for smooth, haunting, beautiful poetry (much of it recited in this movie), Mrs. Parker is not happy or fulfilled. Rather she is misunderstood, isolated and self-depreciating. She ends up losing a job over salary disputes, losing her husband to alcohol, and falling deeply and hopelessly in love with the married Charles McArthur (Matthew Broderick), who impregnates and betrays her. Mrs. Parker's only comfort in life is the friendship she has with Bob Benchley (an excellent Campbell Scott). Leigh, speaking with a facinating accent, brings sadness and cynicism to Mrs Parker with perfection.

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