February 27, 2005

Indie Spirits. Awards.

Paul Giamatti accepts Pretty much a Sideways sweep at the 20th Independent Spirit Awards. The film nabbed one out of three awards to be had: Best Feature, Director, Screenplay, Male Lead, Supporting Female and Supporting Male. Scan the full list at IFP or head straight to indieWIRE, where Eugene Hernandez sets the scene and notes the quotables of the afternoon ceremony.

David Poland, who's happy for Paul Giamatti, notes that "every single category that had an Oscar nominee in it was won by the Oscar nominee." Already, he's eliciting quite a string of comments.

Meanwhile, the cinetrix forges on at the pace of what basically amounts to three columns a day over at Bravo and they all read like dessert. It's been a long, hard awards season, so carry on treating yourself through Monday.

Update: Aaron Dobbs saw every film nominated and explains in well-thought-through detail how he voted in each category and why.



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Posted by dwhudson at February 27, 2005 3:09 AM

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At least Giamatti got an award somewhere (and Madsen and Church) - figured the latter two would go home empty last night but was hopeful maybe one of them would prove me wrong, and Giamatti didn't even get an AA nom. The Indie Spirits sometimes miss out or wimp out, too, but at least it serves as a nice consolation prize to some deserving films. I would have liked more love for Before Sunset, but I guess not every film can win.

Posted by: Craig P at February 28, 2005 2:27 PM