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The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch

IMDb ID: tt0094119 · Year: 1987 · Rating: 6.6 (240 votes)

Genres: Documentary · Biography · History

Surely one of the most profound and outrageous influences on the times following World War I, was the group of a dozen or so taste-makers who lunched together at New York City's Algonquin Hotel.

IMDb Details

Content TypeTVEpisodeAlternate TitlesNo alternate titles listed on IMDb.Content RatingTV-14Release Date1987-09-28Runtime56 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews7Critic Reviews1Countries / RegionsUnited StatesLanguagesEnglishKeywordssatire
friendship
1920s
writer
sarcasmFilming LocationsRose Room, Algonquin Hotel - 59 W. 44th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USAProduction Companies1515 Productions Limited
American Masters Pictures
American MastersIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094119/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/00/tt0094119.jpgUpdated At2025-11-25T01:50:06

Stars

Heywood Hale Broun
Marc Connelly
Margalo Gillmore
Ruth Gordon
Averell Harriman
Helen Hayes
Franklin P. Adams
Robert Benchley
Edna Ferber
Raoul Fleischman

Directors

Aviva Slesin

Writers

Peter Foges
Mary Jo Kaplan

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Heywood Hale Broun | Character: Self - Host
Actor: Marc Connelly | Character: Self
Actor: Margalo Gillmore | Character: Self
Actor: Ruth Gordon | Character: Self
Actor: Averell Harriman | Character: Self
Actor: Helen Hayes | Character: Self
Actor: Franklin P. Adams | Character: Self
Actor: Robert Benchley | Character: Self
Actor: Edna Ferber | Character: Self
Actor: Raoul Fleischman | Character: Self
Actor: Harpo Marx | Character: Self
Actor: Dorothy Parker | Character: Self
Actor: Robert E. Sherwood | Character: Self
Actor: Alexander Woollcott | Character: Self
Actor: Fred Gwynne | Character: George S. Kaufman

[Directors Group]
Name: Aviva Slesin | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Peter Foges | Role: Writer
Name: Mary Jo Kaplan | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Stephen Samuels | Role: Producer
Name: Aviva Slesin | Role: Producer

[Editing Group]
Name: Donna Marino | Role: Editor

[Sound Department]
Name: Lee Dichter | Role: Sound Department
Name: Peter Miller | Role: Sound Department
Name: Morning Slayter | Role: Sound Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Minda Novek | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

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Release Schedule

United States: September 28, 1987

Awards

Winner | 1988 | Academy Awards, USA | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Aviva Slesin, The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch
Nominee | 1988 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming | Peter Foges, Mary Jo Kaplan, The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch
Winner | 1987 | Los Angeles Women in Film Festival | Lilian Gish Award | Excellence in Documentary | Aviva Slesin, The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch

Box Office

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