Rachel Getting Married just may follow in the footsteps of Juno (another film about a misfit young female protagonist) as it goes into this year's Independent Spirit Awards with a leading six nominations. Joining Jonathan Demme's dysfunctional family drama with a half dozen nods a piece (including Best Feature notice) are the lesser known Frozen River and Ballast. Rounding out the top five are Wendy and Lucy (starring Michelle Williams) and The Wrestler (starring Mickey Rourke).Glaringly missing from the Best Feature and Best Director lists is Gus Van Sant's Milk, which did receive four nominations, including acting nods for Sean Penn and James Franco and a "First Screenplay" nomination for Dustin Lance Black.
The 24th Annual Independent Spirit Awards will be presented in a televised ceremony on February 21 (the day before the Oscars). For a quick look at the nominees, see the comments section below.
Feature Film:
ReplyDeleteBallast
Frozen River
Rachel Getting Married
Wendy and Lucy
The Wrestler
First Feature:
Afterschool
Medicine for Melancholy
Sangre De Mi Sangre
Sleep Dealer
Synecdoche, New York
Actor:
Javier Bardem in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
Sean Penn in Milk
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker
Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
Actress:
Summer Bishil in Towelhead
Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
Melissa Leo in Frozen River
Tarra Riggs in Ballast
Michelle Williams in Wendy and Lucy
Supporting Actor:
James Franco in Milk
Anthony Mackie in The Hurt Locker
Charlie McDermott in Frozen River
JimMyron Ross in Ballast
Haaz Sleiman in The Visitor
Supporting Actress:
Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rosemarie DeWitt in Rachel Getting Married
Rosie Perez in The Take
Misty Upham in Frozen River
Debra Winger in Rachel Getting Married
Director:
Tom McCarthy for The Visitor
Jonathan Demme for Rachel Getting Married
Courtney Hunt for Frozen River
Ramin Bahrani for Chop Shop
Lance Hammer for Ballast
Screenplay:
Sangre De Mi Sangre
Savage Grace
Sugar
Synecdoche, New York
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
First Screenplay:
Ballast
Frozen River
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
The Wackness
Cinematography:
Ballast
Chop Shop
Medicine for Melancholy
Milk
The Wrestler
Foreign Film:
The Class
Gomorra
Hunger
Secret of the Grain
Silent Light
Documentary:
The Betrayal
Encounters at the End of the World
Man on Wire
The Order of Myths
Up the Yangtze
John Cassavetes Award (Best Feature Under $500K):
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Prince of Broadway
The Signal
Take Out
Turn the River
Truer Than Fiction Award:
Medicine for Melancholy
My Effortless Brilliance
Sita Sings the Blues
Someone to Watch Award:
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Loot
The Order of Myths
Robert Altman Award:
Synecdoche, New York