Independent Spirit Awards 1990
The fifth presentation of the Independent Spirit Awards took place in 1990.
Summary
The big winner was Steven Soderbergh's Sex, Lies and Video (Sex, Lies, and Videotape) , which was declared the best film and won four other awards. The toughest competitor was Gus Van Sant's drugstore Cowboy , who also received four awards, but was beaten in the categories of "Best Film" and "Best Director". Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train received seven nominations, but did not win a single category. In the “Best Foreign Film” category, Jim Sheridan won with Mein lefter Fuß (My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown) and beat two British colleagues in particular: Terence Davies and Mike Leigh .
Winners and nominees
Best movie
Sex, Lies, and Videotape - Robert F. Newmyer
- Drugstore Cowboy - Nick Wechsler , Karen Murphy
- Heat and Sunlight - Rob Nilsson
- Mystery Train - Jim Stark
- True Love (True Love) - Richard Guay , Shelley Houis
Best debut film
Heathers - Michael Lehmann , Denise Di Novi
- 84C MoPic - Patrick Sheane Duncan , Michael Nolin
- Sidewalk Stories - Charles Lane , Howard M. Brickner
- Talking to Strangers - Rob Tregenza , JK Eareckson
- Two Cheyennes on the Highway (Powwow Highway) - Jonathan Wacks , Jan Wieringa
Best Actor
Matt Dillon - Drugstore Cowboy
- Nicolas Cage - Vampire's Kiss
- Charles Lane - Sidewalk Stories
- Randy Quaid - Ugh Devil - Daddy is a Cannibal (Parents)
- James Spader - Sex, Lies, and Video (Sex, Lies, and Videotape)
Best main actress
Andie MacDowell - Sex, Lies, and Video (Sex, Lies, and Videotape)
- Youki Kudoh - Mystery Train
- Kelly Lynch - Drugstore Cowboy
- Winona Ryder - Heathers
- Annabella Sciorra - True Love (True Love)
Best supporting actor
Max Perlich - Drugstore Cowboy
- Steve Buscemi - Mystery Train
- Scott Coffey - Shag - More Dancing (Shag)
- Gary Farmer - Two Cheyennes on the Highway (Powwow Highway)
- Screamin 'Jay Hawkins - Mystery Train
The best supporting actress
Laura San Giacomo - Sex, Lies and Video (Sex, Lies, and Videotape)
- Bridget Fonda - Shag - More Dancing (Shag)
- Heather Graham - Drugstore Cowboy
- Mare Winningham - Decision Night - Miracle Mile (Miracle Mile)
- Mary Woronov - Luxury, Sex and Lotter Life (Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills)
Best director
Steven Soderbergh - Sex, Lies, and Video (Sex, Lies, and Videotape)
- Jim Jarmusch - Mystery Train
- Charles Lane - Sidewalk Stories
- Nancy Savoca - True Love (True Love)
- Gus Van Sant - Drugstore Cowboy
Best script
Gus Van Sant , Daniel Yost - Drugstore Cowboy
- Steve De Jarnatt - Night of Decision - Miracle Mile (Miracle Mile)
- Patrick Sheane Duncan - 84C MoPic
- Jim Jarmusch - Mystery Train
- Daniel Waters - Heathers
Best camera
Robert D. Yeoman - Drugstore Cowboy
- Toyomichi Kurita - Two Cheyennes on the Highway (Powwow Highway)
- Robby Müller - Mystery Train
- Oliver Stapleton - Zebo, the Third from the Center of the Stars (Earth Girls Are Easy)
- Rob Tregenza - Talking to Strangers
Best foreign film
My Left Foot (My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown) - Jim Sheridan
- Distant voices - Still Life (Distant Voices, Still Lives) - Terence Davies
- Hanussen (Profeta) - István Szabó
- High expectations (High Hopes) - Mike Leigh
- Yin ji kau - Stanley Kwan