March 6, 2010

Precious swept the Indie Spirit awards last night/this morning!

Here are the full results, in case you missed the Live Blog of the event earlier:

  • BEST FEATURE: Precious
  • BEST DIRECTOR: Lee Daniels for Precious
  • BEST FEMALE LEAD: Gabby Sidibe for Precious
  • BEST MALE LEAD: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
  • BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE: Mo’Nique for Precious
  • BEST SUPPORTING MALE: Woody Harrelson for The Messenger
  • BEST FIRST FEATURE: Crazy Heart
  • JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD: Humpday
  • BEST SCREENPLAY: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber for 500 Days of Summer
  • BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY: Geoffrey Fletcher for Precious
  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roger Deakins for A Serious Man
  • BEST DOCUMENTARY: Anvil!
  • BEST FOREIGN FILM: An Education
  • ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD: Director and Cast of A Serious Man
  • PRODUCERS AWARD: Karen Chien (The Exploding Girl, Santa Mesa)
  • SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD: Kyle Patrick Alvarez for Easier With Practice
  • TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD: Bill Ross, Turner Ross for 45365
-Thoughts?

14 comments:

  1. I was pleased to see (500) Days of Summer win something, for a change...

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  2. Why does everybody love precious?

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  3. Well, I certainly don't love Precious, but I agree with the majority of people that think the acting is very strong.

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  4. Some people love Precious for the same reason that others love The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, Inglourious Basterds, and dozens of others: they respond to what's on screen and think it's effective despite some of the flaws. I loved the film, and many didn't, but I could also see the opposite effect with many other films that others love and I didn't. It's just a matter of taste.

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  5. Yea "(500) Days of Summer" and Roger Deakins!!!

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  6. Very glad to see (500) Days of Summer and Anvil! walk away with something. I feel like these two phenomenal films got overlooked this season.

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  7. Very much agreed. I really loved (500) Days of Summer, and I would without question put it among 2009's best films. It's really too bad it didn't fair well at the oscars.

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  8. Shit.

    There goes my 'brilliant' Firth Oscar upset prediction. I'm still sticking with it out of desperation, but if he can't even win the Indy Spirit, then I guess it isn't his time.

    btw, I can't be the only one that thought 500 Days of Summer was pretentious hipster drivel, can i?

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  9. Well, I'm sure you're not alone, but you're likely in the minority...

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