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| Directed by | Atom Egoyan |
| Written by | Atom Egoyan |
| Produced by | Atom Egoyan Camelia Frieberg (delegate producer) |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Paul Sarossy |
| Edited by | Bruce McDonald |
| Music by | Mychael Danna |
| Distributed by | Manuel Salvador,Zeitgeist Films (1990) (USA) |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800,000 |
Speaking Parts is a 1989 Canadiandrama film directed byAtom Egoyan. It earned aBest Motion Picture nomination, and five other nominations, at the1989 Genie Awards. It was also nominated forGold Hugo in 1989Chicago International Film Festival, and won Best Canadian Screenplay inVancouver International Film Festival.
Speaking Parts involves a struggling,bit-partactor Lance (Michael McManus), whose job as ahotelcustodian is afront for his real job as agigolo by his female supervisor (Patricia Collins). A female co-worker Lisa (Arsinée Khanjian) is obsessed with him, but he avoids her.[1] Meanwhile, Lisa's obsession with Lance has led her to rent all video tapes of films in which Lance play as an extra, from Eddy's (Tony Nardi) video store. (He never plays any "speaking parts"). Lance notices a film script in a hotel room and decides to leave his actingresumé in the room, whose occupant turns out to be ascreenwriter Clara (Gabrielle Rose) for a forthcomingtelevision movie based on the true story of her deceased brother and herself. Clara recommends Lance to play thelead and the two begin anaffair. She becomes increasingly distraught as it becomes evident that the movie's producer (David Hemblen) is changing the story which is very personal to Clara. As the film progresses towards the end, the inner worlds of Lance, Lisa and Clara and the tangle of relationships start to unravel
Onreview aggregatorRotten Tomatoes, the film holds a score of 100% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10.[3]
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