Underplayed Gems

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
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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.

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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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