2008 Spirit Award Nominations
Actors Lisa Kudrow and Zach Braff announced the 2008 Film Independent’s Spirit Award nominations at Sofitel LA on Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Best feature nominations: “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” “I’m Not There,” “Juno,” “A Mighty Heart” and “Paranoid Park.”
Best actress nominations: Angelina Jolie ( “A Mighty Heart”), Sienna Miller (”Interview”), Ellen Page (”Juno”), Parker Posey (”Broken English”) and Tang Wei (”Lust, Caution”).
Best actor nominations: Pedro Castaneda (”August Evening”), Don Cheadle (”Talk to Me”), Philip Seymour Hoffman (”The Savages”), Frank Langella (”Starting Out in the Evening”) and Ton Leung (”Lust, Caution”).
Besides the two aforementioned nominations for A Mighty Heart, John Orloff was also nominated for Best first screenplay.
Complete list of nominees and more pictures inside…
2008 Spirit Award Nominations
Best feature
“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 Schnabel, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
Gus Van Sant, “Paranoid Park”
Best 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”
Best 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”
Best 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”
Best female lead
Angelina Jolie, “A Mighty Heart”
Sienna Miller, “Interview”
Ellen Page, “Juno”
Parker Posey, “Broken English”
Tang Wei, “Lust, Caution”
Best 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”
Best 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”
Best 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”
Best 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”
Best documentary
“Crazy Love”
“Lake of Fire”
“Manufactured Landscapes”
“The Monastery”
“The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair”
Best foreign film
“4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” Romania
“The Band’s Visit,” Israel
“Lady Chatterley,” France
“Once,” Ireland
“Persepolis,” France
Robert Altman Award
“I’m Not There,” Todd Haynes (director); Laura Rosenthal (casting director); Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bruce Greenwood (ensemble cast)

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CONGRATULATION TO BRAD AND ANGIE,WE PROUD OF YOU.THANKS JJ.
I was first,can`t believe it.
great,AMH get nominated for three cathegory,BRAD AND ANGIE congrate.
Congrats Angie, Brad, Plan B, Micheal W. and the cast and crew of AMH!
Congrate Angie,Brad and whoever work in this movie,you all deserve it.
Congratulations to all the nominees most specially to Plan B, Angelina Jolie and A Mighty Heart.
congrats to angie ,brads mariane,and the entire cast of AMH,bampzs this is just the begining of more good things to happen,jj thanks for the new thread
Congrats to B&A, luckily it was another “Friends” star who presented the nominees, if it was X, Im sure she would not say Brad and Angie’s names! lol!
I’m surprised these nominations were announced so early. Aren’t the Spirit Awards usually not handing out until the night before the Oscars or am I thinking about something else?
Congrats to our lovely Angie.
Congrats Angie. Love you girl!
bampzs if you have not gotten AMH on dvd go get it,because it is worth every dime
Congratulations to Brad and Angie!!!!!
IT SHOWS NOT ALL FRIENDS HARE ANGIE.
ONLY CHIN CHIN MANISTON.
Congrate to all the nominated people,special congratulation to Angelina and Brad for their movie.
I MEANT HATE. SORRY ALL.
I hope Ellen Page wins! She was wonderful!
Now we should just hope they will win,Brad and Angie rock.
I`m out to work,see you all later.
Congratulations to AMH and to Brad and Angie. Job well done.
GO ANGIE and BRAD !! Hope golden globes and oscar nods will follow.
What up with this friends cast and the same lame arze hair style that they share among them 50yrs later.
Try some range and normaly when approaching and over 40yrs.
Actually Angie has a good chance to win in this.but EP and TW were good too,but the other two Oh please?no way.but I hope Angie will win.
congratulations, Brad and Angie. You are the best.
Congratulations to ALL the nominees!!!
As a JP fan I give special congratulations to AMH, Plan B, M. Winterbottom, Angie, Brad and the whole cast and crew of the movie!!
Congrate to these nominees,special congrate to Plan B and Angelina Jolie and A Mighty Heart`s people.
Congrats Brad and Angie.
Jared thanks !!!!
Whoop three nominations for AMH for Brad and Angie. I love it
OK, I am sooo sorry but I am ROTFLMAO, so Lisa Kudrow announced the nominations where Brad and Angie got nominated three times . Ohhh cr@p, I shouldn’t be laughing but that is hilarious to moi
Here is a great interview fom BBC re AMH that I posted on the last thread…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rowiCMmoijI
Just knew A Mighty Heart would win many awards !
CONGRATULATIONS to Angie, Brad and the entire cast and all the people who made this movie.
This is just the beginning.
Whats the reward for winning this one?
It’s Tony Leung! (i’m sure that was a typo)
Whoo hoo! Congrats Brad and Angie!
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