The first major award show nominations were announce today with the Independent Spirit Awards releasing their list of nominees for the ceremony next February.
The awards celebrate the best of independent filmmaking, but this year has seen such few hits that all of the titles only the most avid moviegoers will be even aware of let alone have seen.
Topping the list are Bob Dylan biopic "I'm Not There" with 5 nominationss; "The Savages," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," and "Juno" with 4 noms, and "A Mighty Heart," "Rocket Science," "Lust, Caution" and "Paranoid Park" with 3 noms. Here's the complete list:
FEATURE The Diving Bell and the Butterfly I'm Not There Juno A Mighty Heart Paranoid Park
DIRECTOR Todd Haynes - I'm Not There Tamara Jenkins - The Savages Jason Reitman - Juno Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Gus Van Sant - Paranoid Park
MALE LEAD Pedro Castaneda - August Evening Don Cheadle - Talk To Me Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages Frank Langella - Starting Out in the Evening Tony Leung - Lust, Caution
FEMALE LEAD Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart Sienna Miller - Interview Ellen Page - Juno Parker Posey - Broken English Tang Wei - Lust, Caution
SUPPORTING MALE Chiwetel Ejiofor - Talk To Me Marcus Carl Franklin - I'm Not There Kene Holliday - Great World of Sound Irrfan Khan - The Namesake Steve Zahn - Rescue Dawn
SUPPORTING FEMALE Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There Anna Kendrick - Rocket Science Jennifer Jason Leigh - Margot at the Wedding Tamara Podemski - Four Sheets to the Wind Marisa Tomei - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
SCREENPLAY Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Tamara Jenkins - The Savages Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner - Starting Out in the Evening Adrienne Shelly - Waitress Mike White - Year of the Dog
FIRST SCREENPLAY Jeffrey Blitz - Rocket Science Zoe Cassavetes - Broken English Diablo Cody - Juno Kelly Masterson - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead John Orloff - A Mighty Heart
CINEMATOGRAPHY Mott Hupfel - The Savages Janusz Kaminski - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Milton Kam - Vanaja Mihai Malaimare, Jr. - Youth Without Youth Rodrigo Prieto - Lust, Caution
FIRST FEATURE 2 Days in Paris Great World of Sound The Lookout Rocket Science Vanaja
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD August Evening Owl and the Sparrow The Pool Quiet City Shotgun Stories
DOCUMENTARY Crazy Love Lake of Fire Manufactured Landscapes The Monastery The Prisoner (How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair)
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD I'm Not There
IFC/ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD Ramin Bahrani, director of Chop Shop Ronnie Bronstein, director of Frownland Lee Isaac Chung, director of Munyurangabo
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD Laura Dunn for The Unforeseen Gary Hustwit for Helvetica John Maringouin for Running Stumbled
PRODUCERS AWARD Anne Clements, producer of Ping Pong Playa and Quinceañera Alexis Ferris, producer of Cthulhu and Police Beat Neil Kopp, producer of Paranoid Park and Old Joy
