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3rd Independent Spirit Awards

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Date
  
11 February 1988

Other ceremonies
  
1987, 1989

Location
  
Los Angeles, California, United States

The 1987 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1987, were announced on February 11, 1988. The ceremony was held at Rosalie's 385 North restaurant in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Buck Henry.

Contents

Best Feature

River's Edge

  • The Big Easy
  • The Dead
  • Matewan
  • Swimming to Cambodia
  • Tough Guys Don't Dance

    • Best First Feature

    Dirty Dancing

  • Anna
  • Hollywood Shuffle
  • Siesta
  • Waiting for the Moon

    • Best Director

    John Huston – The Dead

  • Jonathan Demme – Swimming to Cambodia
  • Tim Hunter – River's Edge
  • Jim McBride – The Big Easy
  • John Sayles – Matewan

    • Best Male Lead

    Dennis Quaid – The Big Easy

  • Spalding Gray – Swimming to Cambodia
  • Terry O'Quinn – The Stepfather
  • Mickey Rourke – Barfly
  • James Woods – Best Seller

    • Best Female Lead

    Sally Kirkland – Anna

  • Lillian Gish – The Whales of August
  • Debra Sandlund – Tough Guys Don't Dance
  • Louise Smith – Working Girls
  • Joanne Woodward – The Glass Menagerie

    • Best Supporting Male

    Morgan Freeman – Street Smart

  • Wings Hauser – Tough Guys Don't Dance
  • James Earl Jones – Matewan
  • Vincent Price – The Whales of August
  • David Strathairn – Matewan

    • Best Supporting Female

    Anjelica Huston – The Dead

  • Karen Allen – The Glass Menagerie
  • Kathy Baker – Street Smart
  • Martha Plimpton – Shy People
  • Ann Sothern – The Whales of August

    • Best Screenplay

    River's Edge – Neal Jimenez

  • Anna – Agnieszka Holland
  • The Dead – Tony Huston
  • Matewan – John Sayles
  • Swimming to Cambodia – Spalding Gray

    • Best Cinematography

    Matewan – Haskell Wexler

  • Barfly – Robby Müller
  • The Dead – Fred Murphy
  • Slam Dance – Amir Mokri
  • Tough Guys Don't Dance – John Bailey

    • Best Foreign Film

    My Life as a Dog • Sweden

  • Au Revoir les Enfants • France/West Germany
  • Hope and Glory • UK
  • Prick Up Your Ears • UK
  • Tampopo • Japan

    • References

    3rd Independent Spirit Awards Wikipedia
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