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A couple of thoughts on the show itself.

The acting winners who were present, Hoffman, Page and Blanchett as well as Kaminski and Haynes made gracious, often witty accceptance speehes. Jenkins and the dude who directed Once couldn't stop talking even when they ran out of things to say - made me think the time limits imposed by the bigger awards shows aren't such a bad idea after all. And Julian Schnabel, nice man, but what a rambling speech! Made me wonder if Sean Young didn't have the right idea in yelling at him to get on with it at the DGA after all.
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Big Magilla wrote:Best First Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno

Best Supporting Female
Cate Blanchett

Best Screenplay
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages

Best Cinematography
Janusz Kaminski, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Director
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Female Lead
Ellen Page

Best Feature
Juno

And the Spirits carry on as Oscar's Consolation Prize. Oh, except maybe for the stripper.




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Winners in order of presentation:

Best Supporting Male
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Talk To Me

Best First Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno

Best First Feature
The Lookout

Best Supporting Female
Cate Blanchett

John Cassavetes Award
August Evening

Best Foreign Film
Once

Best Male Lead
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages

Best Screenplay
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages

Best Documentary
Crazy Love

Best Cinematography
Janusz Kaminski, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Robert Altman Award
Todd Haynes, Laura Rosenthal and the cast of I’m Not There

Best Director
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Female Lead
Ellen Page

Best Feature
Juno
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Post by The Original BJ »

Um...given that the Indie Spirits are themselves no more than Oscar precursors, I would be absolutely stunned if Juno didn't win Best Feature and Best Actress. And if Reitman loses it's to fellow Oscar nominee Schnabel.
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Predictions for the winners:

Feature:
I'm Not There

John Cassavetes Award (Feature Under $500,000):
The Pool

Director:
Todd Haynes - I'm Not There

First Feature:
Rocket Science - Jeffrey Blitz

Male Lead:
Frank Langella - Starting Out in the Evening

Female Lead:
Parker Posey - Broken English

Supporting Actor:
Kene Holliday - Great World of Sound

Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There

Screenplay:
The Savages

First Screenplay:
Broken English

Cinematography:
Vanaja

Foreign Film:
Once - Ireland

Documentary:
Manufactured Landscapes
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Post by The Original BJ »

Initial reactions:

Good for Tang Wei. I'd like to see her nominated elsewhere as well.

Nominations for The Savages for Director, Actor, and Screenplay, but not one for Laura Linney. Can't be a good sign. (That said, it's not a death knell -- Halle Berry missed this nod and look how that turned out. Heck, even Laura Linney herself missed an Indie Spirit for Kinsey, and she scored nominations nearly everywhere else.)

A Mighty Heart stays afloat with bids for Picture, Actress, & Screenplay.

I'm Not There does very well (as expected) . . . but where's Ed Lachman's amazing cinematography?




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BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)
* Executive Producers are not listed.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik

I'm Not There
Producers: Christine Vachon, John Sloss, John Goldwyn, James D. Stern

Juno
Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith

A Mighty Heart
Producers: Dede Gardner, Andrew Eaton, Brad Pitt

Paranoid Park
Producers: Neil Kopp, David Cress

BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes
I'm Not There

Tamara Jenkins
The Savages

Jason Reitman
Juno

Julian Schnabel
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Gus Van Sant
Paranoid Park

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
2 Days in Paris
Director: Julie Delpy
Producers: Julie Delpy, Christophe Mazodier, Thierry Potok

Great World of Sound
Director: Craig Zobel
Producers: Melissa Palmer, David Gordon Green, Richard Wright, Craig Zobel

The Lookout
Director: Scott Frank
Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark, Walter Parkes

Rocket Science
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Producers: Effie T. Brown, Sean Welch

Vanaja
Director: Rajnesh Domalpalli
Producer: Latha R. Domalapalli


JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
* Executive Producers are not listed.

August Evening
Writer/Directpr: Chris Eska
Producers: Connie Hill, Jason Wehling

Owl and the Sparrow
Writer/Director: Stephane Gauger
Producers: Nguyen Van Quan, Doan Nhat Nam, Stephane Gauger

The Pool
Director: Chris Smith
Producer: Kate Noble
Writer: Chris Smith & Randy Russell

Quiet City
Director: Aaron Katz
Producers: Brendan McFadden, Ben Stambler
Writers: Aaron Katz, Erin Fisher, Cris Lankenau

Shotgun Stories
Writer/Director: Jeff Nichols
Producers: David Gordon Green, Lisa Muskat, Jeff Nichols

BEST SCREENPLAY
Ronald Harwood
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Tamara Jenkins
The Savages

Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner
Starting Out in the Evening

Adrienne Shelly
Waitress

Mike White
Year of the Dog

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Jeffrey Blitz
Rocket Science

Zoe Cassavetes
Broken English

Diablo Cody
Juno

Kelly Masterson
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

John Orloff
A Mighty Heart

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Angelina Jolie
A Mighty Heart

Sienna Miller
Interview

Ellen Page
Juno

Parker Posey
Broken English

Tang Wei
Lust, Caution

BEST MALE LEAD
Pedro Castaneda
August Evening

Don Cheadle
Talk To Me

Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Savages

Frank Langella
Starting Out in the Evening

Tony Leung
Lust, Caution

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Cate Blanchett
I'm Not There

Anna Kendrick
Rocket Science

Jennifer Jason Leigh
Margot at the Wedding

Tamara Podemski
Four Sheets to the Wind

Marisa Tomei
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Talk To Me

Marcus Carl Franklin
I'm Not There

Kene Holliday
Great World of Sound

Irrfan Khan
The Namesake

Steve Zahn
Rescue Dawn

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mott Hupfel
The Savages

Janusz Kaminski
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Milton Kam
Vanaja

Mihai Malaimare, Jr.
Youth Without Youth

Rodrigo Prieto
Lust, Caution

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)
Crazy Love
Director: Dan Klores

Lake of Fire
Director: Tony Kaye

Manufactured Landscapes
Director: Jennifer Baichwal

The Monastery
Director: Pernille Rose Grønkjær

The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
Directors: Petra Epperlein & Michael Tucker

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Director: Cristian Mungiu
(Romania)

The Band's Visit
Director: Eran Kolirin
(Israel)

Lady Chatterley
Director: Pascale Ferran
(France)

Once
Director: John Carney
(Ireland)

Persepolis
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi
(France)

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to one film's director, casting director and its ensemble cast)
I'm Not There
Director: Todd Haynes
Casting Director: Laura Rosenthal
Ensemble Cast: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bruce Greenwood
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