Speaking Parts

Speaking Parts

Infobox Film
name = Speaking Parts


caption =
director = Atom Egoyan
producer = Atom Egoyan, Camelia Frieberg (delegate producer)
eproducer =
aproducer = Donald Ranvaud
writer = Atom Egoyan
starring = Michael McManus, Arsinée Khanjian
music = Mychael Danna
cinematography = Paul Sarossy
editing = Bruce McDonald
distributor = Manuel Salvador, Zeitgeist Films (1990) (USA)
released = Canada September 8, 1989 (Toronto Film Festival)
Netherlands July 27, 1990
Australia August 18, 1991
runtime = 93 min.
country = Canada
awards = 1989 Vancouver International Film Festival for Best Canadian Screenplay (Atom Egoyan)
language = English
budget = $350,000 (estimated)
imdb_id = 0098368

"Speaking Parts" is a 1989 Canadian drama film from Atom Egoyan. It earned a Best Motion Picture nomination, including five others, at the 1989 Genie Awards.

Plot

"Speaking Parts" involves a struggling, bit-part actor's (McManus) job as a hotel custodian is a front for his real job as a gigolo by his female supervisor. A female co-worker is obsessed with him, but he ignores and avoids her. He leaves his acting resumé in the hotel room of a woman screenwriter, who is casting for a television movie based on the true story of her deceased brother. She hires him to play the lead and the two begin an affair. She becomes increasingly distraught as it becomes evident that the movie's producer is changing her story.

Cast

* Michael McManus ... as Lance
* Arsinée Khanjian ... as Lisa
* Gabrielle Rose ... as Clara
* Tony Nardi ... as Eddy
* David Hemblen ... as Producer
* Patricia Collins ... as Housekeeper

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