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May 2002
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Another Award Show?
Far From Heaven Sweeps Spirit Awards
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - "Far From Heaven" swept the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, gathering five awards, including best feature.
"Far from Heaven" also won honors for best director for Todd Haynes, female lead for Julianne Moore, male supporting lead for Dennis Quaid and cinematography.
The movie stars Moore as a wife whose picture-perfect domestic life crumbles after her husband begins an affair with another man and she has a dalliance with her black gardener.
The nonprofit Independent Feature Project/Los Angeles-presented awards honor movies that have been at least partially independently financed. Nominees are expected to have an original and provocative subject matter, been produced economically and show a "uniqueness of vision."
Director John Waters served as master of ceremonies, with actress Halle Berry as honorary chair. Elvis Costello performed live during the ceremonies, held in a tent on the Santa Monica beach.
A partial list of this year's Independent Spirit Award winners:
Best Feature: "Far from Heaven"
Best Director: Todd Haynes, "Far from Heaven"
Best Screenplay: Mike White, "The Good Girl"
Best First Feature: "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys"
Best Female Lead: Julianne Moore, "Far from Heaven"
Best Male Lead: Derek Luke, "Antwone Fisher"
Best Supporting Female: Emily Mortimer, "Lovely & Amazing"
Best Supporting Male: Dennis Quaid, "Far from Heaven"
Best Foreign Film: "Y Tu Mama Tambien"
I personally thought Far From Heaven was EXTREMELY overrated but I did however loooooove Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys so at least it won something 
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