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Film Finders: Award-Winning Films

5th Independent Spirit Awards: Films Released in 1989

           Sex, Lies and Videotape movie posterDrugstore Cowboy movie posterHeathers DVD coverMy Left Foot DVD cover

Best Feature

Drugstore Cowboy, DVD 15731

Heat and Sunlight

Mystery Train, DVD 544

sex, lies, and videotape, DVD 472

True Love

Best Director

Jim Jarmusch, Mystery Train; DVD 544

Charles Lane, Sidewalk Stories; DVD 15006

Nancy Savoca, True Love

Steven Soderbergh, sex, lies, and videotape; DVD 472

Gus Van Sant, Drugstore Cowboy; DVD 15731

 

Best Male Lead

Nicolas Cage, Vampire's Kiss; DVD 10810

Matt Dillon, Drugstore Cowboy; DVD 15731

Charles Lane, Sidewalk Stories; DVD 15006

Randy Quaid, Parents

James Spader, sex, lies, and videotape; DVD 472

 

Best Female Lead

Youki Kudoh, Mystery Train; DVD 544

Kelly Lynch, Drugstore Cowboy; DVD 15731

Andie MacDowell, sex, lies, and videotape; DVD 472

Winona Ryder, Heathers; DVD 1197

Annabella Sciorra, True Love

Best Supporting Male

Steve Buscemi, Mystery Train; DVD 544

Scott Coffey, Shag

Gary Farmer, Powwow Highway

Max Perlich, Drugstore Cowboy; DVD 15731

Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Mystery Train; DVD 544

 

Best Supporting Female

Bridget Fonda, Shag

Heather Graham, Drugstore Cowboy; DVD 15731

Laura San Giacomo, sex, lies, and videotape; DVD 472

Mare Winningham, Miracle Mile

Mary Woronov, Scenes from the Class Struggle

in Beverly Hills

 

Best First Feature

84 Charlie Mopic

Heathers, DVD 1197

Powwow Highway

Sidewalk Stories, DVD 15006

Talking to Strangers

 

Best Screenplay

Drugstore Cowboy, DVD 15731

84 Charlie Mopic

Heathers, DVD 1197

Miracle Mile

Mystery Train, DVD 544

 

Best Cinematography

Drugstore Cowboy, DVD 15731

Earth Girls Are Easy

Mystery Train, DVD 544

Powwow Highway

Talking to Strangers

 

Best Foreign Film

Distant Voices, Still Lives (UK), VHS 9406

Hanussen (Hungary/West Germany/Austria), VHS 3522

High Hopes (UK)

My Left Foot (Ireland/UK), eVideo; DVD 4498

Rouge (Hong Kong), DVD 23218

4th Independent Spirit Awards: Films Released in 1988

         Stand and Deliver movie posterMystic Pizza DVD coverThe Unbearable Lightness of Being movie posterWings of Desire DVD cover

 

Best Feature

Hairspray, DVD 2226

Patti Rocks

Stand and Deliver, eVideo; DVD 18867

The Thin Blue Line, eVideo; DVD 1843; HDDVD 406

Torch Song Trilogy, DVD 4167

Best Director

David Burton Morris, Patti Rocks

Ramón Menéndez, Stand and Deliver; eVideo; DVD 18867

Errol Morris, The Thin Blue Line; eVideo; DVD 1843;

HDDVD 406

Oliver Stone, Talk Radio

John Waters, Hairspray; DVD 2226

 

Best Male Lead

Eric Bogosian, Talk Radio

Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy; DVD 4167

Chris Mulkey, Patti Rocks

Edward James Olmos, Stand and Deliver; eVideo; 

DVD 18867

James Woods, The Boost

Best Female Lead

Jodie Foster, Five Corners

Ricki Lake, Hairspray; DVD 2226

Nobu McCarthy, The Wash

Julia Roberts, Mystic Pizza; DVD 10531

Meg Ryan, Promised Land

 

Best Supporting Male

Ernest Borgnine, Spike of Bensonhurst

Divine, Hairspray; DVD 2226

John Lone, The Moderns

Lou Diamond Phillips, Stand and Deliver; eVideo; 

DVD 18867

John Turturro, Five Corners

Best Supporting Female

Bonnie Bedelia, The Prince of Pennsylvania

Rosana De Soto, Stand and Deliver; eVideo; DVD 18867

Debbie Harry, Hairspray; DVD 2226

Amy Madigan, The Prince of Pennsylvania

Patti Yasutake, The Wash

 

Best First Feature

Border Radio

The Chocolate War, DVD 10560

Mystic Pizza, DVD 10531

The Prince of Pennsylvania

The Wash

Best Screenplay

Five Corners

Hairspray, DVD 2226

The Moderns

Patti Rocks

Stand and Deliver, eVideo; DVD 18867

 

Best Cinematography

The Moderns

Patti Rocks

Stand and Deliver, eVideo; DVD 18867

Talk Radio

The Unbearable Lightness of Being, DVD 4693

 

Best Foreign Film

Bagdad Cafe (West Germany), DVD 10973

The Kitchen Toto (UK)

Wings of Desire (West Germany), DVD 1672

A World Apart (UK)

Yeelen = Brightness (Mali), DVD 3519

3rd Independent Spirit Awards: Films Released in 1987

     The Dead DVD coverMatewan DVD coverDirty Dancing DVD coverMy Life as a Dog DVD coverThe Big Easy DVD cover

 

 

Best Feature

The Big Easy, DVD 5956

The Dead, eVideo; DVD 7819

Matewan, DVD 2454; HDDVD 820

River's Edge, DVD 15442

Swimming to Cambodia, DVD 4023

Tough Guys Don't Dance

Best Director

Jonathan Demme, Swimming to Cambodia;

DVD 4023

Tim Hunter, River's Edge; DVD 15442

John Huston, The Dead; eVideo; DVD 7819

Jim McBride, The Big Easy; DVD 5956

John Sayles, Matewan; DVD 2454; HDDVD 820

 

Best Male Lead

Spalding Gray, Swimming to Cambodia;

DVD 4023

Terry O'Quinn, The Stepfather

Dennis Quaid, The Big Easy; DVD 5956

Mickey Rourke, Barfly

James Woods, Best Seller

Best Female Lead

Lillian Gish, The Whales of August; DVD 9944

Sally Kirkland, Anna

Debra Sandlund, Tough Guys Don't Dance

Louise Smith, Working Girls; DVD 4102

Joanne Woodward, The Glass Menagerie; VHS 752

 

Best Supporting Male

Morgan Freeman, Street Smart; DVD 16358

Wings Hauser, Tough Guys Don't Dance

James Earl Jones, Matewan; DVD 2454; HDDVD 820

Vincent Price, The Whales of August; DVD 9944

David Strathairn, Matewan; DVD 2454; HDDVD 820

 

Best Supporting Female

Karen Allen, The Glass Menagerie; VHS 752

Kathy Baker, Street Smart; DVD 16358

Anjelica Huston, The Dead; eVideo; DVD 7819

Martha Plimpton, Shy People

Ann Sothern, The Whales of August; DVD 9944

 

Best First Feature

Anna

Dirty Dancing, DVD 6665

Hollywood Shuffle, HDDVD 969

Siesta

Waiting for the Moon

Best Screenplay

Anna

The Dead, eVideo; DVD 7819

Matewan, DVD 2454; HDDVD 820

River's Edge, DVD 15442

Swimming to Cambodia, DVD 4023

Best Cinematography

Barfly

The Dead, eVideo;  DVD 7819

Matewan, DVD 2454; HDDVD 820

Slam Dance, DVD 7424

Tough Guys Don't Dance

 

Best Foreign Film

Au Revoir les Enfants (France/West Germany),

DVD 2519

Hope and Glory (UK), DVD 3930

My Life as a Dog (Sweden), DVD 5199

Prick Up Your Ears (UK), DVD 10740

Tampopo (Japan), eVideo; DVD 18273; HDDVD 493

2nd Independent Spirit Awards: Films Released in 1986

       Platoon DVD coverShe's Gotta Have It movie posterA Room with a View DVD coverBlue Velvet DVD coverSalvador movie poster

 

 

Best Feature

Blue Velvet, eVideo; DVD 419; HDDVD 157

Down by Law, DVD 1936; HDDVD 662

On Valentine's Day

Platoon, DVD 2801; HDDVD 877

Salvador, eVideo; DVD 4754

Stand by Me, eVideo; DVD 619

Best Director

Jim Jarmusch, Down by Law; DVD 1936; HDDVD 662

David Lynch, Blue Velvet; eVideo; DVD 419; HDDVD 157

Rob Reiner, Stand by Me; eVideo; DVD 619

Oliver Stone, Platoon, DVD 2801; HDDVD 877

Oliver Stone, Salvador; eVideo; DVD 4754

Best Male Lead

Roberto Benigni, Down by Law; DVD 1936; HDDVD 662

Willem Dafoe, Platoon, DVD 2801; HDDVD 877

Dennis Hopper, Blue Velvet; eVideo; DVD 419; HDDVD 157

Victor Love, Native Son

James Woods, Salvador; eVideo; DVD 4754

 

 

Best Female Lead

Elpidia Carrillo, Salvador; eVideo; DVD 4754

Patricia Charbonneau, Desert Hearts; DVD 822

Laura Dern, Blue Velvet; eVideo; DVD 419; HDDVD 157

Tracy Camilla Johns, She's Gotta Have It;

DVD 4666

Isabella Rossellini, Blue Velvet; eVideo; DVD 419;

HDDVD 157

 

Best First Feature

Belizaire the Cajun

A Great Wall

Hoosiers, eVideo; DVD 38

She's Gotta Have It, DVD 4666

True Stories

 

Best Screenplay

Blue Velvet, eVideo; DVD 419; HDDVD 157

A Great Wall

Platoon, DVD 2801; HDDVD 877

Salvador, eVideo; DVD 4754

Stand by Me, eVideo; DVD 619

 

Best Cinematography

Blue Velvet, eVideo; DVD 419; HDDVD 157

Down by Law, DVD 1936; HDDVD 662

Platoon, DVD 2801; HDDVD 877

Salvador, eVideo; DVD 4754

True Stories

 

Special Distinction Award

28 Up, DVD 2981

Men...,VHS 3421

Mona Lisa, DVD 14779

My Beautiful Laundrette, eVideo; DVD 3206

A Room with a View, DVD 249; HDDVD 430