Film Independent gave out its Spirit Awards for the 27th time on Saturday afternoon in Santa Monica, Calif. While the telecast of the ceremony -- hosted by a ribald Seth Rogen -- won't happen until 10 p.m. EST on IFC (tape delaying an awards ceremony in the age of Twitter = SMART!), Moviefone is happy to pass along the winners. As you may have guessed, "The Artist" found a way to dominate, with Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Shailene Woodley and "Margin Call" taking home hardware as well. Check out the full list of Spirit Award honorees below.
BEST FEATURE: "The Artist" BEST DIRECTOR: Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist" BEST MALE LEAD: Jean Dujardin, "The Artist" BEST FEMALE LEAD: Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn" BEST SUPPORTING MALE: Christopher Plummer, "Beginners" BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE: Shailene Woodley, "The Descendants" BEST FIRST FEATURE: "Margin Call" JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Feature Under $500,000): "Pariah" BEST SCREENPLAY: "The Descendants" BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY: "50/50" BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: "The Artist" BEST DOCUMENTARY: "The Interrupters" BEST FOREIGN FILM: "A Separation" ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD: "Margin Call"
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Film Independent gave out its Spirit Awards for the 27th time on Saturday afternoon in Santa Monica, Calif. While the telecast of the ceremony -- hosted by a ribald Seth Rogen -- won't happen until 10...
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good for these awards.. everyone else is scared of h. weinstein.. duh??george should have also won for hiis film..great for michelle as marlyn.. excellent job..the show tonight is a fix job..
dallas5100: good for these awards.. everyone else is scared of h.
Excellent choices, hopefully reflected at the Oscars. Loved Michelle Williams. When I heard she was going to play Marilyn, I though she couldn't pull it off, because she's physically too different and way more "sophisticated" and perfectionist than the "earthly" and instinctive Monroe. Instead, she was absolutely great. In addition, the movie was really really cute.
Congrats Michelle, from one of your biggest fans.
ProudToBeVeryLiberal: Excellent choices, hopefully reflected at the Oscars. Loved Michelle Williams.
The Independent Spirit Awards seem to be the only ceremony I can root for. I sure wish they were available ONLINE instead of cable-only... that would be true Independent Spirit!
SteveDenver: The Independent Spirit Awards seem to be the only ceremony
I wish I had seen The Spirit Awards live. I think Seth Rogan is hilarious. Probably the most successful out of the closet stoner in Hollywood. It doesn't surprise me The Artist took it at The Spirit Awards. I recently did my own Oscar picks: http://movieboozer.com Not sure if my link will work... hope it does. Great post!
Arequipa: I wish I had seen The Spirit Awards live. I
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First Posted: 02/25/2012 7:06 pm Updated: 02/25/2012 7:48 pm