The 7th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1991, was announced on March 28, 1992. It was hosted by Buck Henry in a large tent at Raleigh Studios.
Winners and nominees
Best Feature Best Director Rambling Rose City of Hope Hangin' with the Homeboys Homicide My Own Private Idaho Martha Coolidge – Rambling Rose Todd Haynes – Poison Richard Linklater – Slacker Gus Van Sant – My Own Private Idaho Joseph Vásquez – Hangin' with the Homeboys Best Male Lead Best Female Lead River Phoenix – My Own Private Idaho Doug E. Doug – Hangin' with the Homeboys Robert Duvall – Rambling Rose Gary Oldman – Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead William Russ – Pastime Judy Davis – Impromptu Patsy Kensit – Twenty-One Mimi Rogers – The Rapture Lili Taylor – Bright Angel Lily Tomlin – The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Best Supporting Male Best Supporting Female David Strathairn – City of Hope William H. Macy – Homicide John Malkovich – Queens Logic George T. Odom – Straight Out of Brooklyn Glenn Plummer – Pastime Diane Ladd – Rambling Rose Sheila McCarthy – Bright Angel Deirdre O'Connell – Pastime Emma Thompson – Impromptu Mary B. Ward – Hangin' with the Homeboys Best Screenplay Best First Feature My Own Private Idaho – Gus Van Sant Hangin' with the Homeboys – Joseph Vásquez Kafka – Lem Dobbs Mindwalk – Floyd Byars and Fritjof Capra The Rapture – Michael Tolkin | Straight Out of Brooklyn Chameleon Street - Wendell B. Harris Jr. Poison - Todd Haynes The Rapture - Michael Tolkin Slacker - Richard Linklater Best Cinematography Best Music Kafka – Walt Lloyd Homicide – Roger Deakins My Own Private Idaho – Eric Alan Edwards and John J. Campbell Pastime – Tom Richmond Rambling Rose – Johnny E. Jensen My Own Private Idaho – Bill Stafford Hangin' with the Homeboys – David Chackler and Joel Sill Kiss Me a Killer – Marcos Loya and Nigel Holton A Matter of Degrees – Jim Dunbar and Randall Poster Straight Out of Brooklyn – Harold Wheeler Best International Film An Angel at My Table • Australia/New Zealand/UK The Double Life of Veronique • France/Norway/Poland Life Is Sweet • UK Requiem for Dominic • Austria/France/Romania Taxi Blues • Soviet Union
Presenters Danny Aiello, Jacqueline Bisset, Sofia Coppola, Johnny Depp, Larry Fishburne, John Glover, Anthony Hopkins, Liam Neeson, Joe Mantegna, Lou Diamond Phillips, Brad Pitt, Beata Pozniak, Mimi Rogers, Michael Rooker, Theresa Russell, James Spader, Lily Tomlin, Mario Van Peebles, and JoBeth Williams
Films with multiple nominations and awards
Films that received multiple nominations Nominations Film 6 Hangin' with the Homeboys My Own Private Idaho 5 Rambling Rose 4 Pastime 3 Homicide The Rapture Straight Out of Brooklyn 2 Bright Angel City of Hope Impromptu Kafka Poison Slacker
Films that won multiple awards Awards Film 3 My Own Private Idaho Rambling Rose
References
External links Full ceremony on YouTube 1991 Spirit Awards at IMDb