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5th Independent Spirit Awards

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Date
  
24 March 1990

Other ceremonies
  
1989, 1991

Location
  
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, California, United States

The 1989 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1989, were announced on March 24, 1990 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Buck Henry.

Contents

Best Feature

sex, lies, and videotape

  • Drugstore Cowboy
  • Heat and Sunlight
  • Mystery Train
  • True Love

    • Best First Feature

    Heathers

  • 84 Charlie Mopic
  • Powwow Highway
  • Sidewalk Stories
  • Talking to Strangers

    • Best Director

    Steven Soderbergh – sex, lies, and videotape

  • Jim Jarmusch – Mystery Train
  • Charles Lane – Sidewalk Stories
  • Nancy Savoca – True Love
  • Gus Van Sant – Drugstore Cowboy

    • Best Male Lead

    Matt Dillon – Drugstore Cowboy

  • Nicolas Cage – Vampire's Kiss
  • Charles Lane – Sidewalk Stories
  • Randy Quaid – Parents
  • James Spader – sex, lies, and videotape

    • Best Female Lead

    Andie MacDowell – sex, lies, and videotape

  • Youki Kudoh – Mystery Train
  • Kelly Lynch – Drugstore Cowboy
  • Winona Ryder – Heathers
  • Annabella Sciorra – True Love

    • Best Supporting Male

    Max Perlich – Drugstore Cowboy

  • Steve Buscemi – Mystery Train
  • Scott Coffey – Shag
  • Gary Farmer – Powwow Highway
  • Screamin' Jay Hawkins – Mystery Train

    • Best Supporting Female

    Laura San Giacomo – sex, lies, and videotape

  • Bridget Fonda – Shag
  • Heather Graham – Drugstore Cowboy
  • Mare Winningham – Miracle Mile
  • Mary Woronov – Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills

    • Best Screenplay

    Drugstore Cowboy – Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost

  • 84 Charlie Mopic – Patrick S. Duncan
  • Heathers – Daniel Waters
  • Miracle Mile – Steve De Jarnatt
  • Mystery Train – Jim Jarmusch

    • Best Cinematography

    Drugstore Cowboy – Robert Yeoman

  • Earth Girls Are Easy – Oliver Stapleton
  • Mystery Train – Robby Müller
  • Powwow Highway – Toyomichi Kurita
  • Talking to Strangers – Robert Tregenza

    • Best Foreign Film

    My Left Foot • Ireland/UK

  • Distant Voices, Still Lives • UK
  • Hanussen • Hungary/West Germany/Austria
  • High Hopes • UK
  • Rouge • Hong Kong

    • References

    5th Independent Spirit Awards Wikipedia
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