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	Independent Spirit Award
	...Best Supporting Male
	...Best Supporting Female
	...Best Director
	...Best Screenplay
	...Best Cinematography
	...Best Foreign Film
	...Best Female Lead
	...Best First Feature
	...Best Feature
	...Best Male Lead



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Independent Spirit Awards: 1988

Independent Spirit Award

Best Supporting Male


Winner:
	Street Smart (1987) - Morgan Freeman (I)
Other Nominees:
	Matewan (1987) - James Earl Jones The Whales of August (1987) - Vincent Price (I) Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) - Wings Hauser

Best Supporting Female


Winner:
	The Dead (1987) - Anjelica Huston
Other Nominees:
	Shy People (1987) - Martha Plimpton Street Smart (1987) - Kathy Baker (I) The Glass Menagerie (1987) - Karen Allen (I) The Whales of August (1987) - Ann Sothern

Best Director


Winner:
	The Dead (1987) - John Huston (I)
Other Nominees:
	Matewan (1987) - John Sayles River's Edge (1986) - Tim Hunter (I) Swimming to Cambodia (1987) - Jonathan Demme The Big Easy (1986) - Jim McBride (I)

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	River's Edge (1986) - Neal Jimenez
Other Nominees:
	Anna (1987) - Agnieszka Holland Matewan (1987) - John Sayles Swimming to Cambodia (1987) - Spalding Gray The Dead (1987) - Tony Huston (I)

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Matewan (1987) - Haskell Wexler
Other Nominees:
	Barfly (1987) - Robby M�ller Slam Dance (1987) - Amir M. Mokri The Dead (1987) - Fred Murphy (I) Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) - John Bailey (I)

Best Foreign Film


Winner:
	Mitt liv som hund (1985) - Lasse Hallstr�m - Sweden.
Other Nominees:
	Au revoir les enfants (1987) - Louis Malle - France/West Germany. Hope and Glory (1987) - John Boorman - UK. Prick Up Your Ears (1987) - Stephen Frears - UK. Tampopo (1985) - Juzo Itami - Japan.

Best Female Lead


Winner:
	Anna (1987) - Sally Kirkland (I)
Other Nominees:
	The Glass Menagerie (1987) - Joanne Woodward (I) The Whales of August (1987) - Lillian Gish Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) - Debra Sandlund Working Girls (1986) - Louise Smith (I)

Best First Feature


Winner:
	Dirty Dancing (1987) - Emile Ardolino (director); Linda Gottlieb (producer)
Other Nominees:
	Anna (1987) - Yurek Bogayevicz (director/producer); Zanne Devine (producer) Hollywood Shuffle (1987) - Robert Townsend (I) (director/producer); Carl Craig (I) (producer) Siesta (1987) - Mary Lambert (director); Gary Kurfirst (producer) Waiting for the Moon (1987) - Jill Godmilow (director); Sandra Schulberg (producer)

Best Feature


Winner:
	River's Edge (1986) - Sarah Pillsbury; Midge Sanford
Other Nominees:
	Matewan (1987) - Peggy Rajski; Maggie Renzi Swimming to Cambodia (1987) - Ren�e Shafransky The Big Easy (1986) - Stephen J. Friedman (I) Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) - Menahem Golan; Yoram Globus

Best Male Lead


Winner:
	The Big Easy (1986) - Dennis Quaid
Other Nominees:
	Barfly (1987) - Mickey Rourke Best Seller (1987) - James Woods (I) Swimming to Cambodia (1987) - Spalding Gray The Stepfather (1987) - Terry O'Quinn