Speaking Parts with Michael McManus: DVD Cover
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Speaking Parts Director: Atom Egoyan Cast: Michael McManus, Arsinée Khanjian, Gabrielle Rose, David Hemblen

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  • DVD Release Date: 06/26/2001
  • Original Release: 1989
  • Rating: Not Rated

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Audio commentary with director Atom Egoyan; video interview with Egoyan; deleted scenes; biography; filmography; image gallery

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Opening Credits [5:26]
2. Housekeeping [2:39]
3. Obsession [4:04]
4. Just an Extra [2:54]
5. At the Hotel [2:30]
6. Production Meeting [2:48]
7. Audition [4:51]
8. Taking Chances [1:19]
9. Running Late [5:47]
10. Keeping Distance [1:13]
11. Stay in Touch [4:16]
12. The Party [6:25]
13. Script Revisions [4:31]
14. The Wedding [5:24]
15. Bridal Interview [8:31]
16. Suicide [7:06]
17. Cut Out [2:02]
18. Hallucinations [1:36]
19. Demands [5:30]
20. New Scenes [10:33]
21. End Credits [1:59]

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Editorial Reviews

"In my films, you're always encouraged to remember that you're watching a collection of designed images." Thus spake Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan in describing his calculatedly non-realistic style. In keeping with his earlier works, Egoyan's Speaking Parts, though grounded in reality, could never be confused with the facts of life. Arsinee Khanjian plays a near-somnambulistic maid who carries a torch for aspiring actor Michael McManus. She obsesses on McManus by renting tapes of the films in which he's appeared as a non-speaking extra. As McManus ignores Khanjian while wooing would-be filmmaker Gabrielle Rose (he wants to star in a film based on Rose's life-saving organ donation), Khanjian develops a sort of rapport with video store manager Tony Nardi, who also harbors dreams of becoming a filmmaker. The most curious (and, to some, maddening) aspect of Speaking Parts is that all the characters physically resemble one another. What this has to do with Egoyan's "message"--if any--is unclear, but it sure works towards the director's goal of assuring that the viewers are constantly aware that they're watching a movie and not Real Life. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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