Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven

Le Cirque: A Table In Heaven is a 2007 American documentary film directed by Andrew Rossi about the reopening of the Le Cirque restaurant in New York City.[1][2][3] Before being released by HBO, the film premiered at the 2007 Full Frame Film Festival and went on to play at the 2007 Hamptons Film Festival, the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival, and the 2008 Sarasota Film Festival, among others.[4]

Le Cirque: A Table In Heaven
Directed byAndrew Rossi
Produced byGregory P. Heyman
Charles Marquardt
Kate Novack
StarringSirio Maccioni
Woody Allen
Tony Bennett
Billy Joel
Donald Trump
Melania Trump
Mario Maccioni
Marco Maccioni
Mauro Maccioni
Egidiana Maccioni
Soon Yi Previn
Bill Cosby
Joan Collins
Robert De Niro
CinematographyAndrew Rossi
Edited byCharles Marquardt
Jim Mol
Andrew Rossi
Music byStephen O'Reilly
Distributed byHBO
Release date
  • April 11, 2007 (2007-04-11) (Full Frame Film Festival)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Critical reception

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SFGate said "The squabbling among a family of restaurateurs may not amount to a hill of haricots verts in the greater scheme of things. Yet the real appeal of Rossi's film, in the end, isn't so much whether Le Cirque rises or falls but rather the story of a father trying nobly to hold on to his traditions against inevitability. That makes "Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven" appealing to every taste."[5]

Variety wrote "Director Andrew Rossi assembles the story as if building a puzzle in quadrants, suggesting each section is just as important as the next. The story does not turn dramatic until conflicts arise over the new Le Cirque, and even those are hardly life-shattering.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Le Cirque: A Table In Heaven". The New York Times. 2008-12-26.
  2. ^ "A Table in Heaven: Le Cirque Doc Screens at Maccionis". NBC. December 4, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Variety Staff (December 29, 2008). "Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven". Variety. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009.
  4. ^ "Atableinheaven.com". 2007. Archived from the original on December 26, 2008.
  5. ^ Wiegand, David (December 27, 2008). "TV review: 'Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven'". SFGate.
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