March 31, 2007 -- ONE of the best moments in the documentary "A Table in Heaven" - a behind-the-scenes chronicle of the creation of the new Le Cirque - shows a woman in a slinky dress slipping Woody Allen her card on the eatery's opening night. While his wife Soon-Yi looks on, Allen sheepishly puts the card into the breast pocket of his tweed blazer. Director Andrew Rossi was given unprecedented access to the Maccionis as well as their loyal clientele, including Donald Trump, Martha Stewart, Robert De Niro, Joan Collins, Bill Cosby and Rudy Giuliani. In other scenes: Sirio gets advice from Henry Kissinger on where to locate the new restaurant; Ron Perelman and Ellen Barkin make one of their last appearances together as husband and wife at a dinner party hosted by Claudia Cohen; Sirio works out at the gym while wearing his trademark blue-tinted glasses; and the Maccioni family wolfs down Big Macs at McDonald's.

SIRIO SUPERSTAR

May 15, 2006 -- SIRIO Maccioni is ready for big-screen stardom. A camera has been following the restaurateur around since November 2004, just before he closed Le Cirque in the Palace Hotel. Andrew Rossi, whose first film was "Eat This New York," is directing "A Table in Heaven," which he calls "a combination biopic/fly-on-the-wall documentary." Rossi has traveled from Las Vegas to Montecatini, Italy, compiling 200 hours of footage, including interviews with Robert De Niro, Henry Kissinger, Rudy Giuliani and Ron Perelman. At Thursday's opening party for the new Le Cirque on East 58th Street, Rossi will have four cameras shooting, one each for Sirio and sons Mario, Marco and Mauro. Rossi intends to screen "A Table in Heaven" at next year's film festivals.