The film was an Official Selection at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Palme d'Or . The film was a critical but not a commercial success . Peter Benchley , who played editor Frank Crowninshield , was the grandson of Robert Benchley , the humorist who once worked underneath Crowninshield . Actor Wallace Shawn is the son of William Shawn , the longtime editor of '' The New Yorker ''
1994 Cannes Film Festival
1994 Cannes Film Festival
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle