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The 2010 Independent Spirit Award Winners

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (13)

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Anyone catch the 2010 Indepenent Spirit Awards last night? Yeah. Me neither. They aired on West Coast time, which meant they started at 11 EST here. And if they can’t bother to schedule an awards show to accommodate those of us on the East Cast then I’m not going to bother. That’s the deal we made. We get the shitty weather, and in exchange, we get to watch live events in Primetime, while the West Coast gets 75 degree weather every single day of the year and 72 percent of the nation’s pretty population.

Generally, those pretty people are less likely to show up at the Independent Spirit Awards, which award the year’s best Independent movies, by which I mean — those that are distributed by the “art house” arms of major studios. Roger Ebert won a lifetime achievement award last night, and was met with a standing ovation. I’d like to see if Ebert got a standing O at the People’s Choice Awards.

Ben Stiller was the Honorary Chair of the Spirit Awards last night. Because of course he was. Talk about a Champion of Independent Films. Like Meet the Parents. And Along Came Polly. Actually, Stiller was pretty great about it, and delivered the night’s best moments, while all those poor celebrities looked on eating their tuna salad sandwiches brought from home and with the complimentary Shasta.

Stiller kind of rocked the house.


Anyway, here are your winners. And by that, I mean: Precious. Man, it must have been one hell of an upbeat night.


Best Film: Precious

Best Director: Lee Daniels, Precious

Best Actress: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious

Best Supporting Actor: Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

Best Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Best Foreign film: An Education

Best Debut film: Scott Cooper, Crazy Heart

Best First screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious

Best Screenplay: Scott Neustader and Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer

Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins, A Serious Man

John Cassavetes Award: Lynn Shelton, Humpday

Robert Altman Award: A Serious Man









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Comments

That is actually as funny as I've ever seen Ben Stiller. Some very nice (and well-deserved) snark, there.

Posted by: Jerce at March 6, 2010 5:11 PM

Hmmm not so independent if you ask me--many of those movies had widespread releases.

Posted by: grace b at March 6, 2010 5:14 PM

Well they kind of need to be widespread don't they? I mean if no one saw it, what is the point? They might as well add a "Best Indie Horror Flick" and give the award to the "Troll 4 XXX: The Snookie Sex Tape Massacre".

Posted by: Robb at March 6, 2010 5:36 PM

I watched it...some of the acceptances were good..Anvil was great and floored...

Posted by: Luke at March 6, 2010 5:57 PM

To be far, Troll 4 XXX: The Snookie Sex Tape Massacre made up in performances with what it lacked in special effects. I thought the actress who played the role of the Sex Tape was really underrated, even if the cheesy visuals of magnetic tape strangling clueless co-eds looked like a student project.

Posted by: The Wandering Parakeet at March 6, 2010 6:44 PM

I was so excited by these results I was tempted to repress all knowledge of the Oscars and walk around until next spring saying "Precious won Best Picture. What the hell is The Hurt Locker?" Then I realized that would mean denying the one smart American war movie we've had in the past decade and I was back at square one.

Posted by: Robert at March 6, 2010 8:45 PM

I thought the actress who played the role of the Sex Tape was really underrated

We used to see her when she was in a punk band in Minneapolis, and even then we knew she was special.

Posted by: Brenton at March 6, 2010 9:58 PM

Thanks for posting this! We tivoed it for Eddie Izzard but were watching Stiller when our recording ended mid-porn.

Very unsatisfying.

Posted by: mswas at March 7, 2010 9:14 AM

@Robert - Hurt Locker was up last year

Posted by: Luke at March 7, 2010 1:59 PM

We get the shitty weather, and in exchange, we get to watch live events in Primetime, while the West Coast gets 75 degree weather every single day of the year and 72 percent of the nation’s pretty population.

Best. Quote. Ever.

Posted by: Littlejon2001 at March 7, 2010 8:11 PM

@Robert - Hurt Locker was up last year

And the cast and crew of Precious would really like to thank the ISAs for deeming Hurt Locker eligible last year.

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Posted by: Obama21 at March 8, 2010 3:27 AM

FYI Grace B. The criteria to be nominated for a
Spirit Award is if the movie cost under a certain amount with most of the funding coming from outside its studio system. That's what makes these films "independent". BTW, speaking of the wide releases for a lot of these movies: I think it accounts for the fact that people are refusing to waste their hard earned dollars on crap like Cop Out and Dear John and are looking for something with a bit more meat on its bones.

Posted by: Chris at March 8, 2010 7:31 PM