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Its actors include four actual relatives who grew up in Michigan, and they are shown in one early scene — a dinner party that starts out like the many informal get-togethers they frequently host in real life. Julie Hermelin Frank and Karen Hermelin Borman along with Lisa Spector and Mia Weinberg are two sets of sisters (four cousins) who take on fictional identities as the sisters of Barry Egan, Sandler's character. Although the cousins grew up with strong Jewish identities and were involved with many events at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, religion stays out of this picture. The cousins, relocated to California at various times, got their parts after meeting with the casting director, Cassandra Kulukundis, known through yet another relative. The four had to read for writer-director-producer Paul Thomas Anderson for final approval. Just as Sandler was new to the type of serious role he plays as a bachelor look- ing for a relationship, the cousins were new to the star treatment they enjoyed starting almost two years ago, as the project was launched. In the course of the film, Sandler's character gets mixed up with phone-sex predators using vio- lence in an extortion scheme. "Casting some non-professionals in films is something Paul regularly does," says Spector, 37, who has done social work but is now a full-time wife and mother in a blended family of five chil- dren. "It was so much fun and so unex- pected, and it was great being with Mia, Julie and Karen." Spector, who attended Eastern Michigan University and the University of Michigan after graduating from West Bloomfield High School, had a bit of a heads-up on acting. She is the daughter of Henrietta Hermelin Weinberg, who has a strong stage career in Michigan and currently is appearing in Shear Madness at the Gem Theatre in Detroit. "Although I had a tinge of nervousness when I first went in, I didn't feel nervous throughout the rest of the time," says Spector, whose husband, Neal Spector, is Working `Comedian' New Jerry Seinfeld film reveals the makings of standup — as he brings his live act to Detroit. I ANY DELI SANDWICH (YOUR CHOICE OF 8) 1 COUPON PER CUSTOMER expires 10/31/02 L ..... .1 T Celebrating our 26th year! (Of) Farmington Hills 31005 Orchard Lake Road Just South of 14 Mile • 248-855-4866 wrowym,,Aremmoisammiamoviogifqx•INIAN . Click," Shop 10/18 2002 96 jowl scout ERIN PODOLSKY Special to the Jewish Nezvs " IPMI he film Comedian is not the first documentary to be made about Jerry Seinfeld — it was preceded by HBO's Jerry Seinfeld: IM Telling You for the Last Time in 1998 — and it probably won't be the last. Timed to open just as Seinfeld embarks on his latest standup tour and produced by the team that made those amusing American Express ads with the former king of Thursday night TV, Comedian hits Detroit on Friday, Oct. 25. It provides an inside look at what has become, in his years away from the small screen, the Seinfeld mys- tique. The 48-year-old Seinfeld, who last performed in Detroit just over a year ago, returns to the Fox Theatre for three shows Oct. 25-26. He has spent his post-Seinfild years becoming the happily married man and father his commitment-phobic TV alter ego could never be. Seinfeld married Jessica Sklar in 1999. They are expecting their second child this spring. This is not to say that Seinfeld has a partner in Creative Domain and heads up marketing initiatives. "My mom was incredibly excited for us and reminded me how we used to help her memorize lines." Kind Of Crazy Kulukundis found the non-actors by word of mouth with some of those words spoken by Aaron Weinberg, brother of Spector and Weinberg. Three Spector children — Mason, Isaac and Lola — also were filmed for the scene. "I went to meet with these two sis- ters and in talking, discovered they had two cousins (in California)," Kulukundis says. "So, of the seven sis- ters in the film, six are non-actors and four are related. It was kind of crazy, especially given that we asked some of the women to bring their husbands along, but they all jelled perfectly. "Paul didn't want to hire actors because he wanted to capture the raw awkwardness of family, where people nag and talk over each other and don't wait for their cues." Mia Weinberg, 34 and single, didn't know quite what to expect, but she was glad to be with family and have an assigned trailer during the time the film was made. She said she was starstruck during the whole experi- ence and was happy to watch Emily Watson as co-star in the project that later would bring Anderson recogni- tion as best director at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. lost any of the neuroses that made his series one of the greatest comedies in television history. Rather, he has expanded his repertoire and used his latest life experiences to create an entirely new standup routine. The old foibles are still there, bol- stered by a passel of new observations on the inherent absurdity in pretty much anything we do. Even during the "Must See TV" years, Seinfeld never forgot his standup roots — just look at the intro-outro sequences of many a Seinfeld episode. Standup, with a soundtrack and commercials. The gestation and constant evolu- tion of that new routine is chronicled in Comedian, which follows Seinfeld as he builds and hones his act leading up to and during his 2000 comedy tour. While the film contains snippets of Seinfeld's stage show, Comedian is less concert film and more behind- the-scenes musing. Think Madonna's Truth or Dare, but with less sexual