Sunday, January 13, 2008

2008 Spirit Awards

With the Golden Globes and possibly Oscars going under to the writers strike, the Spirit Awards this year loom even larger. Not to mention they always seem more honest and less popularity contest as they are aimed at Independent Films.

Spirit Award show will go on as they have worked a deal with the writers. Saturday, February 23rd on IFC.

So, if you had the power of Greyskull, who would you vote for?

Major catagories:

Best Feature Film:
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
I'm Not There
Juno
A Mighty Heart
Paranoid Park

Best Director:
Todd Haynes - I'm Not There
Tamara Jenkins - The Savages
Jason Reitman - Juno
Julian Schabel - 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
Tony Leung - Lust, Caution
Frank Langella - Starting Out in the Evening

Female Lead:
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Sienna Miller - Interview
Ellen Page - Juno
Parker Posey - Broken English
Tang Wei - Lust, Caution

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