The Ten-Year Lunch

The Ten-Year Lunch (1987)

September 28th, 19870h 56min

Documentary, TV Movie
65%

Overview

The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table group included short story and poetry writer Dorothy Parker; comic actor and writer Robert Benchley; The New Yorker founder Harold Ross; columnist and social reformer Heywood Broun; critic Alexander Woollcott; and playwrights George S. Kaufman, Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber and Robert Sherwood.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Bim Bam Boom, Las Luchas Morenas

Bim Bam Boom, Las Luchas Morenas


Released on: 2014-02-07
Documentary

Bim Bam Boom Las Luchas Morenas, is about three Mexican sisters, professional wrestlers, whose lives...

Kati: A Freestyle That Stays

Kati: A Freestyle That Stays


Released on: 2024-07-01
Drama, TV Movie

Four years after the end of the German Democratic Republic, Katarina Witt, two-time Olympic champion...

In the Shadow of War

In the Shadow of War


Released on: 2014-06-09
Documentary

The compelling stories of four young people as they struggle to survive a war that ended nearly 20 y...

Miró, The Painter

Miró, The Painter


Released on: 1979-07-10
Documentary

Short piece for the TV series Aujourd'hui en France [Today in France]. Reporting on a Joan Miró exhi...

What Else Grows on the Palm of Your Hands?

What Else Grows on the Palm of Your Hands?


Released on: 2023-06-01
Documentary

The routines of two women fuse together as their similar gestures get repeated over time. Their hand...

Hitler: A Career

Hitler: A Career


Released on: 1977-07-08
Documentary, History

A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the T...

Das Schreiben und das Schweigen - Die Schriftstellerin Friederike Mayröcker

Das Schreiben und das Schweigen - Die Schriftstellerin Friederike Mayröcker


Released on: 2008-10-22
Documentary

After her first film about Friederike Mayröcker, filmmaker Carmen Tartarotti decided to make a secon...

Nebelland

Nebelland


Released on: 1983-02-19
Drama, TV Movie

Five people in one city, different ways of loving and living, different views on how to experience o...

The Gulf of Silence

The Gulf of Silence


Released on: 2020-12-04
Documentary, Science Fiction

Since 1945, only a select few in the US government have known the truth about UFOs. In 2020, one of ...

In the Splendour of Happiness

In the Splendour of Happiness


Released on: 1990-01-01
Documentary

Citizens of East Germany talk about their experiences and feelings in the face of upcoming elections...

Neues Land

Neues Land


Released on:
Drama, TV Movie

After many years, geologist Ina Sedlitz returns to her home village of Neukirch - a place that has b...

Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost

Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost


Released on: 2007-10-30
TV Movie, Family, Mystery

After moving to an eerie old house in the country, nine-year-old super sleuth Roxy Hunter stumbles i...

Matthew Barney: No Restraint

Matthew Barney: No Restraint


Released on: 2006-12-20
Documentary

How does artist Matthew Barney use 45,000 pounds of petroleum jelly, a factory whaling vessel and tr...

Wo Ai Ni Mommy

Wo Ai Ni Mommy


Released on: 2010-08-31
Documentary

From 2000 to 2008, China was the leading country for U.S. international adoptions. There are now app...

The Lost Valentine

The Lost Valentine


Released on: 2011-01-30
TV Movie, Romance, Drama

A young and cynical female journalist learns love may transcend trials and time as she discovers a s...

Natasha

Natasha


Released on: 2025-06-25
Documentary

After surviving a violent assault by a serving soldier who was convicted but walked free with a susp...

Derailments

Derailments


Released on: 2011-09-12
Documentary

Frederico Fellini's unmade film ll Viaggio di G. Mastorna Detto Fernet became a graphic novel, just ...

Rocking the Foundations

Rocking the Foundations


Released on: 1985-06-01
Documentary

Australian documentary about the New South Wales Builders' Labourers' Federation, 1940-1975.

The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie

The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie


Released on: 1995-04-17
Drama, TV Movie

Carol (Fisher) has had a rough time - a recent divorce, 2 young boys to raise, and close call with c...

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo


Released on: 2009-03-01
Documentary

Untangling the web of cultural and historical ties underlying Japan's deep fascination with insects.