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The Ten-Year Lunch (1987)

The Ten-Year Lunch poster
Directed by
Aviva Slesin
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
56 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of a group of writers and critics who met for lunch at a New York hotel in the 1920s. It covers their friendships, rivalries, and the jokes and sayings they became famous for.

nostalgicwittylivelyconversationalaffectionateinformalbittersweet

What happens

The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table is a 1987 American documentary film by Aviva Slesin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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