The 4th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1988, were announced on March 25, 1989 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Buck Henry.
Winners and nominees
Best FeatureBest DirectorStand and Deliver
Hairspray Patti Rocks The Thin Blue Line Torch Song TrilogyRamón Menéndez – Stand and Deliver
David Burton Morris – Patti Rocks Errol Morris – The Thin Blue Line Oliver Stone – Talk Radio John Waters – HairsprayBest Male LeadBest Female LeadEdward James Olmos – Stand and Deliver
Eric Bogosian – Talk Radio Harvey Fierstein – Torch Song Trilogy Chris Mulkey – Patti Rocks James Woods – The BoostJodie Foster – Five Corners
Ricki Lake – Hairspray Nobu McCarthy – The Wash Julia Roberts – Mystic Pizza Meg Ryan – Promised LandBest Supporting MaleBest Supporting FemaleLou Diamond Phillips – Stand and Deliver
Ernest Borgnine – Spike of Bensonhurst Divine – Hairspray John Lone – The Moderns John Turturro – Five CornersRosana De Soto – Stand and Deliver
Bonnie Bedelia – The Prince of Pennsylvania Debbie Harry – Hairspray Amy Madigan – The Prince of Pennsylvania Patti Yasutake – The WashBest ScreenplayBest First FeatureStand and Deliver – Ramón Menéndez and Tom MuscaFive 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 WashBest CinematographyBest Foreign FilmThe Unbearable Lightness of Being – Sven Nykvist
The Moderns – Toyomichi Kurita Patti Rocks – Gregory Cummins Stand and Deliver – Tom Richmond Talk Radio – Robert RichardsonWings 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 NominationsFilm7Stand and Deliver6Hairspray5Patti Rocks3Five CornersThe ModernsThe Prince of PennsylvaniaTalk RadioThe Wash2Mystic PizzaThe Thin Blue LineTorch Song Trilogy
Films that won multiple awards AwardsFilm6Stand and Deliver
Special awards
Friends of Independence Award
The National Coalition of Independent Public Broadcasting Producers
References
External links 1988 Spirit Awards at IMDb Full show on Film Independent's official YouTube channel