Among this year Film Independent’s Spirit Awards winners is the comedy “Juno” winning the prize for best feature at the Santa Monica ceremony. Juno claimed three of the five awards, Ellen Page who stars in the movie, also earned the best lead actress statuette, while writer Diablo Cody took home the award for best first screenplay.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, was also honored with the prize for best lead actor for his work in “The Savages” along with Cate Blanchett, who took home the statuette for best supporting actress for playing music icon Bob Dylan in “I’m Not There.”
Film Independent’s Spirit Award gala was hosted by actor Rainn Wilson, and the event belonged to the memory of late actor Heath Ledger, who was honored with tributes from his I’m Not There director Todd Haynes and co-star Cate Blanchett, who dedicated her Best Supporting Actress prize to the actor.
The complete list of 2008 Film Independent’s Spirit Award winners is as follows:
Best Feature: Juno
Best Director: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best First Feature: The Lookout
Best Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Best First Screenplay: Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Female Lead: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Male Lead: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages
Best Supporting Female: Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Best Supporting Male: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Talk To Me
Best Documentary: Crazy Love
Best Foreign Language Film: Once
Robert Altman Award: Director Todd Haynes and the ensemble cast of I’m Not There
John Cassavetes Award: Chris Eska, August Evening
Someone To Watch Award: Ramin Bahrani, Chop Shop
Truer Than Fiction Award: Laura Dunn, The Unforeseen
Producers Award: Neil Kopp, Paranoid Park and Old Joy
Best Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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Hollywood has always been known for being a little bit more liberal and thinking outside the box, but recently being an outsider it seems like celebrities have been neglecting the fact that they are role models. With our young celebrities getting multiple DUI’s, getting arrested, getting pregnant at young ages and not married, and basically forgetting to wear clothes one would think that they would try to present themselves better in their professional life and try to set a good example in movies and on TV.
On December 25, 2007 the movie Juno was released in theaters. Juno is about a high schooler who is faced with an unplanned pregnancy by a friend that she is not even dating exclusively. Instead of having an abortion she decides to give it up for adoption. The family that she has planned to give it to ends up splitting up in the end and husband comes on to Juno. In the end wife still adopts, but does it alone and Juno and the father of the baby start dating.
It would be unfair to say that mistakes don’t happen, but the movie almost seems to be condoning unplanned pregnancy at a young age with its humorous and sarcastic characters. It also gives the young male audience the sense that when marriage is tough that it is something they can go back on and that they don’t have any responsibility to try and make it work. Like young women and men are not exposed too enough many of the films award ceremonies even the Oscars nominated Juno, which implies that this kind of behavior is rewarded. I agree that great acting should be awarded, but I just feel that maybe Hollywood should make better attempts to set a good example for our young adults. Hopefully with the writers strike being over our writers can maybe write about characters we can admire and respect.