7th Independent Spirit Awards

7th Independent Spirit Awards
7th Independent Spirit Awards
Date	March 28, 1992
Site	Raleigh Studios, U.S.
Hosted by	Buck Henry
Highlights
Best Film	Rambling Rose
Most awards	Rambling Rose (3); My Own Private Idaho (3)
Most nominations	My Own Private Idaho (6); Hangin' with the Homeboys (6)
	← 6th; Independent Spirit Awards; 8th →;

The 7th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1991, was announced on March 28, 1992. It was hosted by Buck Henry in a large tent at Raleigh Studios.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Winners and nominees

Best Feature	Best Director
Rambling Rose City of Hope Hangin' with the Homeboys Homicide My Own Private Idaho	Martha Coolidge – Rambling Rose Todd Haynes – Poison Richard Linklater – Slacker Gus Van Sant – My Own Private Idaho Joseph Vásquez – Hangin' with the Homeboys
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
River Phoenix – My Own Private Idaho Doug E. Doug – Hangin' with the Homeboys Robert Duvall – Rambling Rose Gary Oldman – Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead William Russ – Pastime	Judy Davis – Impromptu Patsy Kensit – Twenty-One Mimi Rogers – The Rapture Lili Taylor – Bright Angel Lily Tomlin – The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
David Strathairn – City of Hope William H. Macy – Homicide John Malkovich – Queens Logic George T. Odom – Straight Out of Brooklyn Glenn Plummer – Pastime	Diane Ladd – Rambling Rose Sheila McCarthy – Bright Angel Deirdre O'Connell – Pastime Emma Thompson – Impromptu Mary B. Ward – Hangin' with the Homeboys
Best Screenplay	Best First Feature
My Own Private Idaho – Gus Van Sant Hangin' with the Homeboys – Joseph Vásquez Kafka – Lem Dobbs Mindwalk – Floyd Byars and Fritjof Capra The Rapture – Michael Tolkin	Straight Out of Brooklyn Chameleon Street - Wendell B. Harris Jr. Poison - Todd Haynes The Rapture - Michael Tolkin Slacker - Richard Linklater
Best Cinematography	Best Music
Kafka – Walt Lloyd Homicide – Roger Deakins My Own Private Idaho – Eric Alan Edwards and John J. Campbell Pastime – Tom Richmond Rambling Rose – Johnny E. Jensen	My Own Private Idaho – Bill Stafford Hangin' with the Homeboys – David Chackler and Joel Sill Kiss Me a Killer – Marcos Loya and Nigel Holton A Matter of Degrees – Jim Dunbar and Randall Poster Straight Out of Brooklyn – Harold Wheeler
Best International Film
An Angel at My Table • Australia/New Zealand/UK The Double Life of Veronique • France/Norway/Poland Life Is Sweet • UK Requiem for Dominic • Austria/France/Romania Taxi Blues • Soviet Union

Presenters

Danny Aiello, Jacqueline Bisset, Sofia Coppola, Johnny Depp, Larry Fishburne, John Glover, Anthony Hopkins, Liam Neeson, Joe Mantegna, Lou Diamond Phillips, Brad Pitt, Beata Pozniak, Mimi Rogers, Michael Rooker, Theresa Russell, James Spader, Lily Tomlin, Mario Van Peebles, and JoBeth Williams

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
6	Hangin' with the Homeboys
6	My Own Private Idaho
5	Rambling Rose
4	Pastime
3	Homicide
	The Rapture
	Straight Out of Brooklyn
2	Bright Angel
	City of Hope
	Impromptu
	Kafka
	Poison
	Slacker

Films that won multiple awards

Awards	Film
3	My Own Private Idaho
3	Rambling Rose

References

^ Collins, Keith (February 25, 2005). "Independence days". Variety. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
^ "'Homeboys', 'Idaho' Lead Spirit Nominees". Chicago Tribune. January 23, 1992. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
^ Fox, David J. (March 30, 1992). "'Rose' and 'Idaho' Get the Spirit : Movies: Each takes three trophies in the offbeat independent counterpoint to tonight's Academy Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 18, 2012.

External links

Full ceremony on YouTube
1991 Spirit Awards at IMDb

[1] Collins, Keith (February 25, 2005). "Independence days". Variety. Retrieved March 13, 2013.

[2] "'Homeboys', 'Idaho' Lead Spirit Nominees". Chicago Tribune. January 23, 1992. Retrieved August 18, 2012.

[3] Fox, David J. (March 30, 1992). "'Rose' and 'Idaho' Get the Spirit : Movies: Each takes three trophies in the offbeat independent counterpoint to tonight's Academy Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 18, 2012.

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