Independent Spirit Awards 1987
The second presentation of the Independent Spirit Awards took place on March 28, 1987 in Los Angeles .
Summary
Oliver Stone won two awards that evening (direction and screenplay) for Platoon and competed against himself in both categories (for Salvador ). Platoon was the big winner with four awards (film, director, screenplay, camera), at the Oscars there were also four trophies. Despite six nominations, David Lynch's Blue Velvet was only able to win through with the best leading actress ( Isabella Rossellini ). (Rossellini won against Laura Dern , who was nominated for the second year in a row.) Jim Jarmusch's Down by Law and Rob Reiner's Stand by Me couldn't win a single prize. Oliver Stone's second film in the running, Salvador , won the Best Actor ( James Woods ) award . The then newcomer Spike Lee won the award for best debut film with Nola Darling against talking heads singer David Byrne , who was nominated for his only feature film to date, True Stories . Doris Dörrie comedy Men was nominated for best foreign film, but lost to James Ivory E. M. Forster film version Room with a View (A Room with a View) .
Winners and nominees
Best movie
- Blue Velvet - Fred C. Caruso
- Down by Law - Alan Kleinberg
- On Valentine's Day - Lillian V. Foote , Calvin Skaggs
- Salvador - Gerald Green , Oliver Stone
- Stand by Me - Andrew Scheinman , Raynold Gideon , Bruce A. Evans
Best debut film
Nola Darling (She's Gotta Have It) - Director: Spike Lee ; Production: Spike Lee, Monty Ross
- Belizaire - The Cajun (Belizaire the Cajun) - Director: Glen Pitre ; Production: Allan L. Durand
- Free Throw (Hoosiers) - Directed by David Anspaugh ; Production: Carter DeHaven , Angelo Pizzo
- The Great Wall (A Great Wall) - Director: Peter Wang ; Production: Shirley Sun
- True Stories - Directed by David Byrne ; Production: Gary Kurfirst
Best Actor
- Roberto Benigni - Down by Law
- Willem Dafoe - Platoon
- Dennis Hopper - Blue Velvet
- Victor Love - Native Son
Best main actress
Isabella Rossellini - Blue Velvet
- Elpidia Carrillo - Salvador
- Patricia Charbonneau - Desert Hearts
- Laura Dern - Blue Velvet
- Tracy Camilla Jones - Nola Darling (She's Gotta Have It)
Best director
- Jim Jarmusch - Down by Law
- David Lynch - Blue Velvet
- Rob Reiner - Stand by Me
- Oliver Stone - Salvador
Best script
- Raynold Gideon , Bruce A. Evans - Stand by Me
- David Lynch - Blue Velvet
- Oliver Stone , Rick Boyle - Salvador
- Peter Wang , Shirley Sun - The Great Wall (A Great Wall)
Best camera
- Frederick Elmes - Blue Velvet
- Edward Lachman - True Stories
- Robby Müller - Down by Law
- Robert Richardson - Salvador
Best foreign film
Room with a View (A Room with a View) - James Ivory
- Men - Doris Dörrie
- My Beautiful Laundrette (My Beautiful Laundrette) - Stephen Frears
- Mona Lisa - Neil Jordan
- 28 Up - Michael Apted