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Silver Linings Playbook wins Independent Spirit Awards | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
By Emma Saunders Entertainment reporter, BBC News, Los Angeles | By Emma Saunders Entertainment reporter, BBC News, Los Angeles |
Silver Linings Playbook has won four Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on the eve of the Oscars. | |
The ceremony honours independent movies and is Hollywood's last big pre-Oscars ritual before Sunday's main event. | |
Silver Linings Playbook, up for eight Oscars, won Independent Spirit Awards for best film, director, screenplay and actress for Jennifer Lawrence. | |
John Hawkes took best actor for the part of the late disabled journalist and poet Mark O'Brien in The Sessions. | John Hawkes took best actor for the part of the late disabled journalist and poet Mark O'Brien in The Sessions. |
Hawkes said he hoped the film would help change perceptions of disability. | Hawkes said he hoped the film would help change perceptions of disability. |
"Mark O'Brien said as a disabled man he felt invisible to people. I hope this film can change that a little bit and we all see each other a little more," he told the audience in his acceptance speech. | "Mark O'Brien said as a disabled man he felt invisible to people. I hope this film can change that a little bit and we all see each other a little more," he told the audience in his acceptance speech. |
His co-star Helen Hunt - who plays a sex therapist in the film, based on an article written by O'Brien in 1990 - won best supporting actress. | |
Up for the same award at the Oscars, Hunt said backstage: "I'm proud of the movie, I can't believe we got it made." | Up for the same award at the Oscars, Hunt said backstage: "I'm proud of the movie, I can't believe we got it made." |
'Complete surprise' | 'Complete surprise' |
Matthew McConaughey, who was also nominated for best actor for Killer Joe, picked up the best supporting actor prize for Magic Mike, in which he stars alongside his mother. | |
He praised the process of making independent films. "The vitality you get from not having enough money and not having enough time… that's what I love about independent films," he said. | |
The prize for best foreign film went to Oscar favourite Amour, directed by Michael Haneke. | |
"I feel wonderful, it comes as a complete surprise," he said, after collecting his award. "No-one would think a film dealing with ageing and death [would do so well]." | |
Best documentary went to The Invisible War, which addresses rape and sexual abuse in the US military. | Best documentary went to The Invisible War, which addresses rape and sexual abuse in the US military. |
Producer Amy Ziering made an emotional speech, saying: "This award says to our service members - you are heard, you are not alone and you are no longer invisible." | |
Like Silver Linings, Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom was up for five awards - but it went away empty-handed. | |
'Superstitious but happy' | 'Superstitious but happy' |
Accepting the best screenplay award for Silver Linings, writer and director David O Russell said: "The last time I held one of these was 19 years ago for best screenplay and best first feature [for Spanking the Monkey] and my son was one year old. | |
"Matthew's here today and he gave me this movie." | |
Russell's son has bipolar disorder and was the inspiration for the film, which features Bradley Cooper's character dealing with the same illness. | Russell's son has bipolar disorder and was the inspiration for the film, which features Bradley Cooper's character dealing with the same illness. |
Speaking backstage of his Oscar chances, Russell said: "I'm very superstitious so I'm just very happy to be there." | |
Beasts of the Southern Wild picked up one award out of a possible four, for British cinematographer Ben Richardson. | |
He said nine-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis was the reason he took on the job. "It was incredibly eye-opening, I could just see what she was going to do. Her performance is just incredible," he said. | |
The best first feature prize went to Perks of Being a Wallflower, starring Emma Watson. | The best first feature prize went to Perks of Being a Wallflower, starring Emma Watson. |
Presenters included Daniel Radcliffe, Salma Hayek and Jeremy Renner. | Presenters included Daniel Radcliffe, Salma Hayek and Jeremy Renner. |
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