5th Independent Spirit Awards

5th Independent Spirit Awards
5th Independent Spirit Awards
Date	March 24, 1990
Site	Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel; Los Angeles, California; U.S.
Hosted by	Buck Henry
Highlights
Best Film	Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Most awards	Sex, Lies, and Videotape (4); Drugstore Cowboy (4)
Most nominations	Drugstore Cowboy (8)
	← 4th; Independent Spirit Awards; 6th →;

The 5th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1989, were announced on March 24, 1990^[1] at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Buck Henry.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Best Feature	Best Director
Sex, Lies, and Videotape^[3] Drugstore Cowboy Heat and Sunlight Mystery Train True Love	Steven Soderbergh – Sex, Lies, and Videotape Jim Jarmusch – Mystery Train Charles Lane – Sidewalk Stories Nancy Savoca – True Love Gus Van Sant – Drugstore Cowboy
Best Actor	Best Actress
Matt Dillon – Drugstore Cowboy^[4] Nicolas Cage – Vampire's Kiss Charles Lane – Sidewalk Stories Randy Quaid – Parents James Spader – Sex, Lies, and Videotape	Andie MacDowell – Sex, Lies, and Videotape Youki Kudoh – Mystery Train Kelly Lynch – Drugstore Cowboy Winona Ryder – Heathers Annabella Sciorra – True Love
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Max Perlich – Drugstore Cowboy Steve Buscemi – Mystery Train Scott Coffey – Shag Gary Farmer – Powwow Highway Screamin' Jay Hawkins – Mystery Train	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	Best First Feature
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	Heathers 84 Charlie Mopic Powwow Highway Sidewalk Stories Talking to Strangers
Best Cinematography	Best Foreign Film
Drugstore Cowboy – Robert Yeoman Earth Girls Are Easy – Oliver Stapleton Mystery Train – Robby Müller Powwow Highway – Toyomichi Kurita Talking to Strangers – Robert Tregenza	My Left Foot • Ireland/UK Distant Voices, Still Lives • UK Hanussen • Hungary/West Germany/Austria High Hopes • UK Rouge • Hong Kong

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
8	Drugstore Cowboy
7	Mystery Train
5	Sex, Lies, and Videotape
3	Heathers
	Powwow Highway
	Sidewalk Stories
	True Love
2	84 Charlie Mopic
	Miracle Mile
	Talking to Strangers
	Shag

Films that won multiple awards

Awards	Film
4	Sex, Lies, and Videotape
4	Drugstore Cowboy

Special Distinction Award

Do the Right Thing

References

^ "News & Notes: Indie Awards". Entertainment Weekly. 1990-04-13. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
^ "Independence days". Variety. 2005-02-24. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
^ sex, lies and videotape (1989) Awards & Festivals|MUBI
^ AFI|Catalog - Drugstore Cowboy

External links

[1] "News & Notes: Indie Awards". Entertainment Weekly. 1990-04-13. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-13.

[2] "Independence days". Variety. 2005-02-24. Retrieved 2014-03-13.

[3] sex, lies and videotape (1989) Awards & Festivals|MUBI

[4] AFI|Catalog - Drugstore Cowboy

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