
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle with Special Guest Campbell Scott
- Sun, May 18
Director: Alan Rudolph Run Time: 125 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1994
Starring: Campbell Scott, Jennifer Beals, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Matthew Broderick, Peter Gallagher
Cigarette smoke and laughter … the hollow clink of martini glasses and biting one-liners … This was the famed lunch scene at the Algonquin Hotel’s Round Table of the 1920s, home to a circle of mutually supportive young artists that defined the heyday of New York sophistication and a literate era of wit and intellect. At the heart of the round table sat Mrs. Dorothy Parker (Jennifer Jason Leigh), one of the sharpest, most biting wits of the past century. But beneath the raucous laughter is a darker and richer tale filled with passionate affairs, friendship and tragedy, all captured in this striking masterpiece of unrequited love and self-destructive impulses from critically acclaimed director Alan Rudolph (The Secret Life of Dentists, Choose Me).
A Q&A with Campbell Scott follows the film.
Campbell Scott is an award-winning actor, director and producer best known for his work in the films Longtime Companion, Singles, Big Night (which he co-directed with Stanley Tucci and won the New York Film Critics Circle Award), The Spanish Prisoner and Roger Dodger for which he won the Best Actor Award from the National Board of Review.
On television he has appeared on Damages, House of Cards and Billions.
For his role as Robert Benchley in Mrs. Parker, Campbell was nominated for Best Actor by the Independent Spirit Awards. He is a graduate of John Jay High School.