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18th Independent Spirit Awards
The 18th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2002, were presented on March 22, 2003. The nominations were announced on December 12, 2002. It was hosted by John Waters. Additionally, this ceremony is notable for when presenter Brittany Murphy seemingly bungled the reading of the winner for Best Debut Performance. In reference to her acting ability, legendary film critic Roger Ebert wrote: As for Brittany Murphy, for me, it goes back to the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards hereMurphy was assigned to present one of the awards. Her task was to read the names of the five nominees, open an envelope, and reveal the name of the winner. This she turned into an opportunity for screwball improvisational comedy, by pretending she could not follow this sequence, not even after the audience shouted instructions and the stage manager came to whisper in her ear not once but twice. There were those in the audience who were dumbfounded by her stupidity. I wa ...
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Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing to its climate, beaches, and hospitality industry. It has a diverse economy, hosting headquarters of companies such as Hulu, Universal Music Group, Lionsgate Films, and The Recording Academy. Santa Monica traces its history to Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica, granted in 1839 to the Sepúlveda family of California. The rancho was later sold to John Percival Jones, John P. Jones and Robert Symington Baker, Robert Baker, who in 1875, along with his Californio heiress wife Arcadia Bandini de Stearns Baker, founded Santa Monica, which incorporated as a city in 1886. The city developed into a seaside resort during the late 19th and early 20th cen ...
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HBO Max
HBO Max is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in the United States on May 27, 2020, the service is built around the libraries of HBO, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and their related brands. The service also carries first-run programming from the HBO pay television service, original programming under the "Max Originals" banner, and content acquired via third-party library deals (such as those with film studios for pay television rights) and co-production agreements (such as those with BBC Studios and Sesame Workshop among others). The service succeeds both HBO Now—a previous HBO SVOD service, and HBO Go—the on-demand streaming platform for HBO pay television subscribers. In the U.S., HBO Now subscribers and HBO pay television subscribers were migrated to HBO Max at no additional charge, subject to availability and device support. HBO Max also supplanted the streaming componen ...
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Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes (; born January 2, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films span four decades with themes examining the personalities of well-known musicians, dysfunctional and dystopian societies, and blurred gender roles. Haynes first gained public attention with his controversial short film '' Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story'' (1987), which chronicles singer Karen Carpenter's tragic life and death, using Barbie dolls as actors. Haynes had not obtained proper licensing to use the Carpenters' music, prompting a lawsuit from Richard Carpenter, whom the film portrayed in an unflattering light, banning the film's distribution. ''Superstar'' became a cult classic. Haynes's feature directorial debut, ''Poison'' (1991), a provocative exploration of AIDS-era queer perceptions and subversions, established him as a figure of a new transgressive cinema. ''Poison'' won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and is regarded as a seminal work of New ...
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Tully (2000 Film)
''Tully'' is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by Hilary Birmingham, starring Glenn Fitzgerald, Anson Mount, Bob Burrus and Julianne Nicholson. The film was screened at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival on April 14, 2000, and received a limited release in the United States on November 1, 2002. It is based on an O. Henry Award-winning short story by author Tom McNeal. Originally titled ''The Truth About Tully'', the film changed its name to avoid confusion with Jonathan Demme's ''The Truth About Charlie''. Plot The story centers on the Coates brothers, Tully and Earl, who live on their father's ranch in rural Nebraska. Their mother abandoned the family when the boys were young. Tully is very outgoing and has relationships with many women, including a stripper named April. Earl is more of an introvert. Ella, a childhood friend of both Coates brothers, comes back to town to start a veterinary practice. Ella appears to have more in common with Earl, as she is ...
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Secretary (2002 Film)
''Secretary'' is a 2002 American erotic romantic drama film directed by Steven Shainberg and written by Erin Cressida Wilson, based on the short story ''Secretary'' by Mary Gaitskill. Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader, the film explores the intense relationship between a dominant lawyer and his submissive secretary, who indulge in various types of BDSM activity such as erotic spanking and Petplay. Plot Lee Holloway, the socially awkward and emotionally sensitive youngest daughter of a dysfunctional family, adjusts to normal life after having been committed to a mental hospital following an incident of dangerous self-harm. She learns to type and applies for a job as a secretary for an eccentric yet demanding attorney, E. Edward Grey. Grey explains she is overqualified for the job (having scored higher than anyone he has ever interviewed) and that it is "very dull work" as they only use typewriters; Lee, however, agrees to work under these conditions. Though at first Gre ...
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The Good Girl
''The Good Girl'' is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Miguel Arteta from a script by Mike White. The film stars Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal and John C. Reilly. ''The Good Girl'' premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, and released to theatres on August 7, 2002, in the United States. Plot Justine Last is a depressed thirty-year-old woman living in small town Texas with her husband Phil, a house painter who spends most of his free time smoking marijuana with his best friend, Bubba. Phil wants to start a family with Justine but she is not yet ready. Justine works at Retail Rodeo, the local big-box store, with cynical and young Cheryl, ditzy and older Gwen in cosmetics, and security guard Corny. Young, shy Holden is hired as a cashier at work and Justine introduces herself. They start to spend time together, and she confides in him that she feels underappreciated at home. Holden tells Justine about his obsession with J. D. Salinger's novel, ''The Catche ...
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Independent Spirit Award For Best Director
The Film Independent's Spirit Award for Best Director is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards. It was first presented in 1985 with Joel Coen and Martin Scorsese being the first winners of the category for ''Blood Simple'' and '' After Hours'', respectively. Directors Barry Jenkins, Tom McCarthy, Joel Coen and Alexander Payne are the only winners who have received this award more than once, with two wins each. Tom Haynes holds the record of most nominations with six, followed by Gus Van Sant with five. Martha Coolidge was the first female director to win the award, receiving it in 1991. Winners and nominees 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Multiple nominations (3 or more) *Todd Haynes: 6 * Gus van Sant: 5 *Ang Lee: 4 * Alexander Payne: 4 *Joel Coen: 3 (one with Ethan Coen) * Richard Linklater: 3 * Jeff Nichols: 3 * Paul Schrader: 3 * Steven Soderbergh: 3 * Oliver Stone: 3 Multiple wins *Barry Jenkins: 2 *Tom McCarthy: 2 *Joel Coen: 2 (one in a tie ...
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Independent Spirit Award For Best Film
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Film (or Best Feature) is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards, presented to recognize the best in independent filmmaking, it was first awarded in 1985 with Martin Scorsese's film '' After Hours'' being the first recipient of the award. Criteria In order to be considered as an independent film and therefore being eligible to this category, nomination committees base their decision on four criteria, "uniqueness of vision, original, provocative subject matter, percentage of financing from independent sources and economy of means"; the latter refers to a budget ceiling of $22.5 million. In the following lists, the first titles listed are winners. These are also in bold and in blue background; those not in bold are nominees. Winners and nominees Note *≠ indicates the winning film is also an Academy Award for Best Picture winner *° indicates the winning film is also an Academy Award for Best Picture The Academy Award for Best Picture ...
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Mike White In 2011
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Emily Mortimer 2011 Shankbone
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Julianne Moore 66ème Festival De Venise (Mostra) Color Crop
Julianne is an English language given name ultimately derived from the Latin Iuliana, the feminine form of Iulianus (Julian), probably via the French Julienne. The name is often thought to be made up from Julia + Anne. Notable people with the given name Julianne include: *Julianne Adams (born 1966), Australian wheelchair basketball player * Julianne Baird (born 1952), American soprano of mainly Baroque works, both opera and sacred music *Julianne Bournonville, a name used by Julie Alix de la Fay, a Belgian ballet dancer and dance pedagogue *Julianne Boyd (born 1944), American theater director * Julianne Buescher (born 1965), voice actress and puppeteer * Julianne Courtice, English squash player *Julianne Dalcanton, American astronomer * Julianne Hough (born 1988), American professional ballroom dancer and country music singer *Julianne Kirchner (born 1991), Marshallese swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events *Julianne MacLean, Canadian author of romance novels, pr ...
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