4th Independent Spirit Awards

4th Independent Spirit Awards
4th Independent Spirit Awards
Date	March 25, 1989
Site	Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel; Los Angeles, California; U.S.
Hosted by	Buck Henry
Highlights
Best Film	Stand and Deliver
Most awards	Stand and Deliver (6)
Most nominations	Stand and Deliver (7)
	← 3rd; Independent Spirit Awards; 5th →;

The 4th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1988, were announced on March 25, 1989^[1] at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Buck Henry.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Lou Diamond Phillips, Best Supporting Male winner

Best Feature	Best Director
Stand and Deliver Hairspray Patti Rocks The Thin Blue Line Torch Song Trilogy	Ramón Menéndez – Stand and Deliver David Burton Morris – Patti Rocks Errol Morris – The Thin Blue Line Oliver Stone – Talk Radio John Waters – Hairspray
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
Edward James Olmos – Stand and Deliver Eric Bogosian – Talk Radio Harvey Fierstein – Torch Song Trilogy Chris Mulkey – Patti Rocks James Woods – The Boost	Jodie Foster – Five Corners Ricki Lake – Hairspray Nobu McCarthy – The Wash Julia Roberts – Mystic Pizza Meg Ryan – Promised Land
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
Lou Diamond Phillips – Stand and Deliver Ernest Borgnine – Spike of Bensonhurst Divine – Hairspray John Lone – The Moderns John Turturro – Five Corners	Rosana De Soto – Stand and Deliver Bonnie Bedelia – The Prince of Pennsylvania Debbie Harry – Hairspray Amy Madigan – The Prince of Pennsylvania Patti Yasutake – The Wash
Best Screenplay	Best First Feature
Stand and Deliver – Ramón Menéndez and Tom Musca Five Corners – John Patrick Shanley Hairspray – John Waters The Moderns – Alan Rudolph and Jon Bradshaw Patti Rocks – John Jenkins, Karen Landry, David Burton Morris and Chris Mulkey	Mystic Pizza Border Radio – Allison Anders The Chocolate War The Prince of Pennsylvania The Wash
Best Cinematography	Best Foreign Film
The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Sven Nykvist The Moderns – Toyomichi Kurita Patti Rocks – Gregory Cummins Stand and Deliver – Tom Richmond Talk Radio – Robert Richardson	Wings of Desire • West Germany Bagdad Cafe • West Germany The Kitchen Toto • UK A World Apart • UK Yeelen • Mali

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
7	Stand and Deliver
6	Hairspray
5	Patti Rocks
3	Five Corners
	The Moderns
	The Prince of Pennsylvania
	Talk Radio
	The Wash
2	Mystic Pizza
	The Thin Blue Line
	Torch Song Trilogy

Films that won multiple awards

Awards	Film
6	Stand and Deliver

Special awards

Friends of Independence Award

The National Coalition of Independent Public Broadcasting Producers

References

^ "'Stand and Deliver' Leads With 7 Spirit Nominations". Los Angeles Times. 1989-01-24. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
^ "Independence days". Variety. 2005-02-24. Retrieved 2014-03-13.

External links

[1] "'Stand and Deliver' Leads With 7 Spirit Nominations". Los Angeles Times. 1989-01-24. Retrieved 2014-03-13.

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

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