Spirit Awards (2012 films) WINNERS

Best Feature


Beasts of the Southern Wild


Bernie


Keep the Lights On


Moonrise Kingdom


Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director


Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom


Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet


David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook


Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On


Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Screenplay


Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom


Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks


Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths


David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook


Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, Keep the Lights On

Best Female Lead


Linda Cardellini, Return


Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere


Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook


Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild


Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed

Best Male Lead


Jack Black, Bernie


Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook


John Hawkes, The Sessions


Thure Lindhardt, Keep the Lights On


Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe


Wendell Pierce, Four

Best Supporting Female


Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister's Sister


Ann Dowd, Compliance


Helen Hunt, The Sessions


Brit Marling, Sound of My Voice


Lorraine Toussaint, Middle of Nowhere

Best Supporting Male


Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike


David Oyelowo, Middle of Nowhere


Michael Péna, End of Watch


Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths


Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom

Best First Feature


Fill the Void


Gimme the Loot


Safety Not Guaranteed


Sound of My Voice


The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Best First Screenplay


Rama Burshtein, Fill the Void


Derek Connolly, Safety Not Guaranteed


Christopher Ford, Robot & Frank


Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, Celeste and Jesse Forever


Jonathan Lisecki, Gayby

John Cassavetes Award (for feature made for under $500,000)


Breakfast with Curtis


Middle of Nowhere


Mosquita y Mari


Starlet

The Color Wheel

Best Cinematography


Yoni Brook, Valley of Saints


Lol Crawley, Here
Ben Richardson, Beasts of the Southern Wild


Roman Vasyanov, End of Watch


Robert Yeoman, Moonrise Kingdom

Best Documentary


How to Survive a Plague


Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present


The Central Park Five


The Invisible War


The Waiting Room

Best International Film


Amour (France)


Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey)


Rust and Bone (France/Belgium)


Sister (Switzerland)


War Witch (Democratic Republic of Congo)

16th Annual Piaget Producers Award


Nobody Walks


Prince Avalanche


Stones in the Sun

19th Annual Someone to Watch Award


Pincus


Gimme the Loot


Electrick Children

Stella Artois Truer Than Fiction Award


Leviathan


The Waiting Room


Only the Young

Robert Altman Award


Starlet

Quote of the Day

Firefighter: What's your name?
Lance: Uh, Joe... John... uh, Joe-John.
Firefighter: Your name's Joe-John?
Lance: John-ston, Johnston. Joe.
Firefighter: You wanna tell me what happened here?
Lance: Uh, there was a fire, I dunno, I came by and it's... checkin out the fire.
Firefighter: Well that lady uh, Mona? She said that you two were in the building together when the fire started.
Lance: Yeah, she's a liar, cuz I dunno her so whatever, whatever she says is a lie, so...
Firefighter: K, so you're saying you weren't in the building with that woman?
Lance: No, not I! Aright, she started it, aright? Because she was like "I hate my job, I'm gonna burn this mother down!" And I said "You better not... you better not!"
Firefighter: She said it was an electrical fire.
Lance: It was. It was a total electrical fire, it was like uh, the switches had sparks comin out, and the sockets, and uh it was like the 4th of July, man!
Firefighter: Why aren't you wearing your pants, Joe?
Lance: I tripped, and uh then I had to take 'em off to run faster out of the flames...
[coughing]
Lance: I think I inhaled some smoke, will you excuse me one second, I'll be right back

Jack Black and Ben Stiller as 'Lance' and

'the firefighter', "Orange County", 2002

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Skip It

Film: YEAR ONE

Director: Harold Ramis

Actors: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, David Cross, Vinnie Jones, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Hank Azaria, Juno Temple, Olivia Wilde

Year: 2009

There's a good chance you've never even heard of this horrendous piece of crap and if not, consider yourself lucky... oh, and sorry for bringing it to your attention. Harold Ramis (of "Ghostbusters" fame) went terribly wrong with this plot-less, pointless, unfunny flick. Jack Black and Michael Cera probably were just in for the payday (and I hope it wasn't based on gross because this bombed at the box office). It's not worth your time. Skip it!!!

Flick of the Day

Film: ENEMY OF THE STATE

Director: Tony Scott

Actors: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Regina King, Lisa Bonet, Barry Pepper, Loren Dean, Scott Caan, Jack Black, Jason Lee, Gabriel Byrne, James LeGros, Jake Busey, Jamie Kennedy, Ivana Milicevic

Year: 1998

Synopsis: A wrongfully-accused attorney runs from the government.

This really solidified Will Smith's reign as the top action star. Smith stars as Robert Dean, a high profile D.C. attorney, who accidentally takes possession of an illicit videotape. He teams up with Gene Hackman in the fight of his life. With an all-star cast, this action-packed drama will keep your heart racing.

Fun Shoots

Robert Downey Jr, Ben Stiller, and Jack Black have

a little fun while promoting their film "Tropic Thunder", 2008

Brit of the Week

*Though he's not technically

British

(Ireland

is not part of the United

Kingdom),

I am including him.

Born in Sligo and raised in Boyle, Ireland, comic actor Chris O'Dowd (Oct. 9, 1979) attended the University College of Dublin and went on to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He's well known to British audiences for his roles in the television shows "Roman's Empire" and "Red Cap". But it's his performance in the laugh-out-loud series "The IT Crowd" that has garnered him a lot of fame. American audiences will soon get to know him in the films "The Boat That Rocked", the hilarious "Bridesmaids", and the upcoming Jack Black comedy "Gulliver's Travels".