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style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Altman" title="Robert Altman">Robert Altman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Jason_Leigh" title="Jennifer Jason Leigh">Jennifer Jason Leigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_Scott" title="Campbell Scott">Campbell Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Broderick" title="Matthew Broderick">Matthew Broderick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Gallagher" title="Peter Gallagher">Peter Gallagher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Beals" title="Jennifer Beals">Jennifer Beals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_McCarthy" title="Andrew McCarthy">Andrew McCarthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Shawn" title="Wallace Shawn">Wallace Shawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Plimpton" title="Martha Plimpton">Martha Plimpton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Robards" title="Sam Robards">Sam Robards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lili_Taylor" title="Lili Taylor">Lili Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_LeGros" title="James LeGros">James LeGros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwyneth_Paltrow" title="Gwyneth Paltrow">Gwyneth Paltrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heather_Graham" title="Heather Graham">Heather Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Baldwin" title="Stephen Baldwin">Stephen Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_McGowan" title="Tom McGowan">Tom McGowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Miller" title="Rebecca Miller">Rebecca Miller</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Kiesser" title="Jan Kiesser">Jan Kiesser</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Suzy Elmiger</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Isham" title="Mark Isham">Mark Isham</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/wiki/Miramax" title="Miramax">Miramax Films</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fine_Line_Features" title="Fine Line Features">Fine Line Features</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>September 7, 1994<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1994-09-07</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">126 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$7 million<sup id="cite_ref-EW_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$2,144,667<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle</b></i> is a 1994 American <a href="/wiki/Biographical_film" title="Biographical film">biographical</a> <a href="/wiki/Drama_(film_and_television)" title="Drama (film and television)">drama film</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Rudolph" title="Alan Rudolph">Alan Rudolph</a> from a screenplay written by Rudolph and Randy Sue Coburn. The film stars <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Jason_Leigh" title="Jennifer Jason Leigh">Jennifer Jason Leigh</a> as writer <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Parker" title="Dorothy Parker">Dorothy Parker</a> and depicts the members of the <a href="/wiki/Algonquin_Round_Table" title="Algonquin Round Table">Algonquin Round Table</a>, a group of writers, actors and critics who met almost every weekday from 1919 to 1929 at Manhattan's <a href="/wiki/Algonquin_Hotel" title="Algonquin Hotel">Algonquin Hotel</a>. </p><p>The film was an Official Selection at the <a href="/wiki/1994_Cannes_Film_Festival" title="1994 Cannes Film Festival">1994 Cannes Film Festival</a> and was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Palme_d%27Or" title="Palme d'Or">Palme d'Or</a>. The film was a critical but not a commercial success. Leigh won the <a href="/wiki/National_Society_of_Film_Critics_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress">National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Peter_Benchley" title="Peter Benchley">Peter Benchley</a>, who plays editor <a href="/wiki/Frank_Crowninshield" title="Frank Crowninshield">Frank Crowninshield</a>, was the grandson of humorist <a href="/wiki/Robert_Benchley" title="Robert Benchley">Robert Benchley</a>, who once worked underneath Crowninshield. Actor <a href="/wiki/Wallace_Shawn" title="Wallace Shawn">Wallace Shawn</a> is the son of <a href="/wiki/William_Shawn" title="William Shawn">William Shawn</a>, the longtime editor of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mrs._Parker_and_the_Vicious_Circle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" title="Prohibition in the United States">Prohibition era</a> in the United States, the Algonquin Hotel is a hub for the "Vicious Circle," a group of intellectuals. Among them is Dorothy Parker, a successful writer. Dealing with a troubled marriage to a drug addict, she finds solace in the genuine friendship of Robert Benchley, a colleague at <i><a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)" title="Vanity Fair (magazine)">Vanity Fair</a></i>. The "Vicious Circle" successfully stages an improvisational theatrical performance, leading Dorothy to cross paths with Charles MacArthur. Their relationship results in abandonment and an abortion, further shaping her sharp and skeptical character. </p><p>Amidst depression, Dorothy attempts suicide, but Robert intervenes, choosing not to pursue a romantic involvement due to fear of potential heartbreak. Without the prospect of love, Dorothy and Robert navigate separate paths, seeking solace in different relationships and experiences. In 1945, Dorothy discovers Robert's death from <a href="/wiki/Cirrhosis" title="Cirrhosis">cirrhosis</a> of the liver, adding another layer of hardship. Attempts at <a href="/wiki/Psychoanalysis" title="Psychoanalysis">psychoanalysis</a> fail to alleviate the darkness within her. In 1958, aged and increasingly isolated in New York, she receives a significant literary award. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mrs._Parker_and_the_Vicious_Circle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;min-width: min(25em, 100%);"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Jason_Leigh" title="Jennifer Jason Leigh">Jennifer Jason Leigh</a> as <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Parker" title="Dorothy Parker">Dorothy Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_Scott" title="Campbell Scott">Campbell Scott</a> as <a href="/wiki/Robert_Benchley" title="Robert Benchley">Robert Benchley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Broderick" title="Matthew Broderick">Matthew Broderick</a> as <a href="/wiki/Charles_MacArthur" title="Charles MacArthur">Charles MacArthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Gallagher" title="Peter Gallagher">Peter Gallagher</a> as <a href="/wiki/Alan_Campbell_(screenwriter)" title="Alan Campbell (screenwriter)">Alan Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Beals" title="Jennifer Beals">Jennifer Beals</a> as Gertrude Benchley</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_McCarthy" title="Andrew McCarthy">Andrew McCarthy</a> as Eddie Parker (Edwin Pond Parker II)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Shawn" title="Wallace Shawn">Wallace Shawn</a> as Horatio Byrd</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Plimpton" title="Martha Plimpton">Martha Plimpton</a> as <a href="/wiki/Jane_Grant" title="Jane Grant">Jane Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Robards" title="Sam Robards">Sam Robards</a> as <a href="/wiki/Harold_Ross" title="Harold Ross">Harold Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lili_Taylor" title="Lili Taylor">Lili Taylor</a> as <a href="/wiki/Edna_Ferber" title="Edna Ferber">Edna Ferber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_LeGros" title="James LeGros">James LeGros</a> as <a href="/wiki/Deems_Taylor" title="Deems Taylor">Deems Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwyneth_Paltrow" title="Gwyneth Paltrow">Gwyneth Paltrow</a> as Paula Hunt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Cassavetes" title="Nick Cassavetes">Nick Cassavetes</a> as <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Sherwood" title="Robert E. Sherwood">Robert Sherwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Thornton_(actor)" title="David Thornton (actor)">David Thornton</a> as <a href="/wiki/George_S._Kaufman" title="George S. Kaufman">George S. Kaufman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heather_Graham" title="Heather Graham">Heather Graham</a> as Mary Kennedy Taylor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_McGowan" title="Tom McGowan">Tom McGowan</a> as <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Woollcott" title="Alexander Woollcott">Alexander Woollcott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chip_Zien" title="Chip Zien">Chip Zien</a> as <a href="/wiki/Franklin_P._Adams" title="Franklin P. Adams">Franklin P. Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Basaraba" title="Gary Basaraba">Gary Basaraba</a> as <a href="/wiki/Heywood_Broun" title="Heywood Broun">Heywood Broun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Adams_(actress,_born_1965)" title="Jane Adams (actress, born 1965)">Jane Adams</a> as <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Hale_(feminist)" title="Ruth Hale (feminist)">Ruth Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Baldwin" title="Stephen Baldwin">Stephen Baldwin</a> as Roger Spalding</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Malloy" title="Matt Malloy">Matt Malloy</a> as <a href="/wiki/Marc_Connelly" title="Marc Connelly">Marc Connelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Miller" title="Rebecca Miller">Rebecca Miller</a> as <a href="/wiki/Neysa_McMein" title="Neysa McMein">Neysa McMein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jake_Johannsen" title="Jake Johannsen">Jake Johannsen</a> as <a href="/wiki/John_Peter_Toohey" title="John Peter Toohey">John Peter Toohey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amelia_Campbell" title="Amelia Campbell">Amelia Campbell</a> as Mary Brandon Sherwood</li> <li>David Gow as <a href="/wiki/Donald_Ogden_Stewart" title="Donald Ogden Stewart">Donald Ogden Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leni_Parker" title="Leni Parker">Leni Parker</a> as <a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Kaufman" title="Beatrice Kaufman">Beatrice Kaufman</a></li> <li>J. M. Henry as <a href="/wiki/Harpo_Marx" title="Harpo Marx">Harpo Marx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Tucci" title="Stanley Tucci">Stanley Tucci</a> as <a href="/wiki/Newt_Hunter" title="Newt Hunter">Newt Hunter</a></li> <li>Mina Badie as Joanie Gerard</li> <li>Randy Lowell as <a href="/wiki/Alvan_Barach" title="Alvan Barach">Alvan Barach</a></li></ul></div> <p>Given the historical impact of many of the people portrayed in the film, the ensemble nature of the cast led to opening credits displaying all 30 actors listed above. Other historical characters, in brief appearances, included portrayals by <a href="/wiki/Keith_Carradine" title="Keith Carradine">Keith Carradine</a> as <a href="/wiki/Will_Rogers" title="Will Rogers">Will Rogers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Favreau" title="Jon Favreau">Jon Favreau</a> as <a href="/wiki/Elmer_Rice" title="Elmer Rice">Elmer Rice</a>, lead character <a href="/wiki/Robert_Benchley" title="Robert Benchley">Robert Benchley</a>'s grandson – <i><a href="/wiki/Jaws_(novel)" title="Jaws (novel)">Jaws</a></i> author <a href="/wiki/Peter_Benchley" title="Peter Benchley">Peter Benchley</a> – as <a href="/wiki/Frank_Crowninshield" title="Frank Crowninshield">Frank Crowninshield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Gets" title="Malcolm Gets">Malcolm Gets</a> as <a href="/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald" title="F. Scott Fitzgerald">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a> and Gisele Rousseau as <a href="/wiki/Polly_Adler" title="Polly Adler">Polly Adler</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mrs._Parker_and_the_Vicious_Circle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mrs._Parker_and_the_Vicious_Circle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Director <a href="/wiki/Alan_Rudolph" title="Alan Rudolph">Alan Rudolph</a> was fascinated with the <a href="/wiki/Algonquin_Round_Table" title="Algonquin Round Table">Algonquin Round Table</a> as a child when he discovered <a href="/wiki/Gluyas_Williams" title="Gluyas Williams">Gluyas Williams</a>' illustrations in a collection of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Benchley" title="Robert Benchley">Robert Benchley</a>'s essays.<sup id="cite_ref-carpenter_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carpenter-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speaking in 1995, he said "the Algonquin Hotel round table, what it symbolised, and the ripple effect that went out from it, was probably up there in the 50 most significant events of the century".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After making <i><a href="/wiki/The_Moderns" title="The Moderns">The Moderns</a></i>, a film about American expatriates in <a href="/wiki/1920s_Paris" class="mw-redirect" title="1920s Paris">1920s Paris</a>, Rudolph wanted to tackle a fact-based drama set in the same era. He began work on a screenplay with novelist and former <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Star" title="The Washington Star">Washington Star</a></i> journalist Randy Sue Coburn about legendary writer <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Parker" title="Dorothy Parker">Dorothy Parker</a>. In 1992, Rudolph attended a Fourth of July party hosted by filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Robert_Altman" title="Robert Altman">Robert Altman</a>, who introduced him to actress <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Jason_Leigh" title="Jennifer Jason Leigh">Jennifer Jason Leigh</a>. Rudolph was surprised by her physical resemblance to Parker and was impressed by her knowledge of the <a href="/wiki/Jazz_Age" title="Jazz Age">Jazz Age</a>. Leigh was so committed to doing the film that she agreed to make it for "a tenth of what I normally get for a film".<sup id="cite_ref-carpenter_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carpenter-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The screenplay originally focused on the platonic relationship between Parker and Robert Benchley, but this did not appeal to any financial backers.<sup id="cite_ref-carpenter_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carpenter-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There still was no interest even when Altman came on board as producer. The emphasis on Parker was the next change to the script, but Rudolph still had no luck finding financing for "a period biography of a literate woman."<sup id="cite_ref-carpenter_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carpenter-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Altman used his clout to persuade <a href="/wiki/Fine_Line_Features" title="Fine Line Features">Fine Line Features</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miramax" title="Miramax">Miramax</a>—two studios he was making films for—to team, with the former releasing <i>Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle</i> domestically and the latter handling foreign distribution.<sup id="cite_ref-carpenter_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carpenter-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Altman claimed that he forced the film to be made by putting his own money into it, adding, "I put other projects of mine hostage to it. I did a lot of lying."<sup id="cite_ref-weinraub_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weinraub-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filming">Filming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mrs._Parker_and_the_Vicious_Circle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rudolph shot the film in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a> because the building facades in its old city most closely resembled period New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-carpenter_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carpenter-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Full financing was not acquired until four weeks into principal photography.<sup id="cite_ref-EW_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film's large cast followed Leigh's lead and agreed to work for much lower than their usual salaries. Rudolph invited them to write their own dialogue, which resulted in a chaotic first couple of days of principal photography. Actor <a href="/wiki/Campbell_Scott" title="Campbell Scott">Campbell Scott</a> remembered "Everyone hung on to what they knew about their characters and just sort of threw it out there."<sup id="cite_ref-carpenter_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carpenter-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Actress <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Beals" title="Jennifer Beals">Jennifer Beals</a> discussed this in her appearance on the <a href="/wiki/Jon_Favreau" title="Jon Favreau">Jon Favreau</a> program <i><a href="/wiki/Dinner_for_Five" title="Dinner for Five">Dinner for Five</a></i>, where she stated that while much dialogue was improvised in the style of the real-life characters the actors were playing, many of these characters were not integral to the plot. As such, many of the actors had much larger parts that were edited down to nearly nothing in the film’s final cut.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the film’s 40-day shoot, the cast stayed in a run-down hotel dubbed Camp Rudolph and engaged in all-night poker games. Leigh chose not to participate in these activities, preferring to stay in character on and off camera. She did a great amount of research for the role and said "I wanted to be as close to her as I possibly could."<sup id="cite_ref-carpenter_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carpenter-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To this end, Leigh stayed at the <a href="/wiki/Algonquin_Hotel" title="Algonquin Hotel">Algonquin Hotel</a> for a week and read Parker's entire body of work. In addition, the actress listened repeatedly to the two existing audio recordings of Parker in order to perfect the writer's distinctive voice. Leigh found that Parker "had a sensibility that I understand very, very well. A sadness. A depression."<sup id="cite_ref-carpenter_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carpenter-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mrs._Parker_and_the_Vicious_Circle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, it has a 76% approval rating based on 33 reviews, with an average score of 6.3/10.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A rough cut of <i>Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle</i> was screened at the <a href="/wiki/1993_Cannes_Film_Festival" title="1993 Cannes Film Festival">1993 Cannes Film Festival</a> where it divided film critics. It was rumored afterwards that Leigh re-recorded several scenes that were too difficult to understand because of her accent but she denied that this happened.<sup id="cite_ref-EW_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was an Official Selection at the <a href="/wiki/1994_Cannes_Film_Festival" title="1994 Cannes Film Festival">1994 Cannes Film Festival</a> and was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Palme_d%27Or" title="Palme d'Or">Palme d'Or</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-festival-cannes.com_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-festival-cannes.com-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For her performance in the film, Leigh was nominated for both the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Drama" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama">Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Award_for_Best_Female_Lead" title="Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead">Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_lists">Year-end lists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mrs._Parker_and_the_Vicious_Circle&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Year-end lists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>4th – Michael Mills, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Palm_Beach_Post" title="The Palm Beach Post">The Palm Beach Post</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>6th – <a href="/wiki/Desson_Howe" class="mw-redirect" title="Desson Howe">Desson Howe</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>10th – Scott Schuldt, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Oklahoman" title="The Oklahoman">The Oklahoman</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Jimmy Fowler, <i><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Observer" title="Dallas Observer">Dallas Observer</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Top 10 (not ranked) – Betsy Pickle, <i><a href="/wiki/Knoxville_News-Sentinel" class="mw-redirect" title="Knoxville News-Sentinel">Knoxville News-Sentinel</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Honorable mention – Jeff Simon, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Buffalo_News" title="The Buffalo News">The Buffalo News</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Honorable mention – Glenn Lovell, <i><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Mercury_News" class="mw-redirect" title="San Jose Mercury News">San Jose Mercury News</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Honorable mention – <a href="/wiki/Michael_MacCambridge" title="Michael MacCambridge">Michael MacCambridge</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Austin_American-Statesman" title="Austin American-Statesman">Austin American-Statesman</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mrs._Parker_and_the_Vicious_Circle&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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