Precious cleaned up at last night’s Independent Spirit Awards, bringing home trophies for best feature, best director (Lee Daniels), best first screenplay (Geoffrey Fletcher), best female lead (Gabourey Sidibe), and best supporting female (Mo’Nique). So every award Precious was nominated for, it won. Not bad! The best actor trophy (a bird sitting on top of a pole) went to Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart, and Woody Harrelson won for best supporting actor for The Messenger. But the biggest award of the night went to a film not even nominated for an Oscar. That’s right, Anvil! The Story of Anvil! won best documentary. Metal!
Best Feature: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Best Director: Lee Daniels, Precious
Best Male Lead: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Female Lead: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Best Supporting Male: Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Best Supporting Female: Mo’Nique, Precious
Best First Feature: Crazy Heart
Best Screenplay: Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of
Summer
Best First Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious
Best Cinematography: A Serious Man
Robert Altman Award: A Serious Man
Best Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Best Foreign Film: An Education
John Cassavetes Award (best feature made for under $500,000): Humpday
Acura Someone to Watch Award: Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Easier With Practice
Chaz & Roger Ebert: Truer Than Fiction Award (emerging director of non-fiction features): Bill Ross and Turner Ross, 45365
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