LOS ANGELES(AP)— The rural crime thriller"Winter's Bone"earned a leading seven nominations Tuesday for theSpirit Awardshonoring independent film, including best picture and acting honors forJennifer Lawrence,John HawkesandDale Dickey.
Also nominated for best picture wereJames Franco's survival tale"127 Hours,"Natalie Portman's ballet drama"Black Swan,"Ben Stiller's dark romance"Greenberg"andAnnette Bening's lesbian family drama"The Kids Are All Right."
The awards will be presented Feb. 26, the day before theAcademy Awards.
"Winter's Bone,"which won the top prize at last winter'sSundance Film Festival, also earned a best-actress nomination for Lawrence, who stars as anOzark Mountainsteen on a desperate search through the region's criminal underbelly to find her missing father and save her family home.
The film also picked up supporting-acting slots for Hawkes and Dickey, a directing nomination forDebra Granik, a screenplay honor for Granik and co-writerAnne Rosellini, and a cinematography nomination.
"The Kids Are All Right"was second with five nominations, including a best-actress honor for Bening and a supporting-actor slot forMark Ruffalo. Co-starJulianne Mooremissed out on a nomination for the comic drama about lesbian parents whose teenage children make contact with their sperm-donor father.
Along with Lawrence, Bening and Portman, best-actress nominations went toGreta Gerwigfor"Greenberg,"Nicole Kidmanfor the grief drama"Rabbit Hole"andMichelle Williamsfor the marital tale"Blue Valentine."The category had six nominees instead of the usual five.
Besides Franco and Stiller, best-actor nominees wereRonald Bronsteinfor the fatherhood story"Daddy Longlegs,"Aaron Eckhartfor"Rabbit Hole"andJohn C. Reillyfor the romantic comedy"Cyrus."
Along with Granik, the best-director field includes"127 Hours"filmmakerDanny Boyle, who won best picture and director Oscars for 2008's"Slumdog Millionaire."Also competing for the directing honor areDarren Aronofskyfor"Black Swan,"Lisa Cholodenkofor"The Kids Are All Right"andJohn Cameron Mitchellfor"Rabbit Hole."
Nicole Holofcener's"Please Give"was selected to receive theRobert AltmanAward honoring a film's director, casting director and ensemble cast. The film starsCatherine Keener,Oliver Platt,Amanda PeetandRebecca Hallin the tale of a couple clashing with the granddaughters of a woman living in an apartment they own.
Low-budget films such as those honored at the Spirit Awards have gained more and more weight at the Oscars, filling a void left as Hollywood studios increasingly concentrated on mainstream blockbusters.
Recent Spirit Awards winners such as"Precious,"''TheWrestler"and"Juno"have been major Oscar contenders.
Bening, Franco and Portman are considered strong Oscar prospects, while the Spirit Awards nominations could help draw Oscar attention to films with lesser-known stars such as"Winter's Bone."
Presented by the cinema group Film Independent, the Spirit Awards honor movies that cost less than $20 million to make. Other criteria include films' originality, provocative subject matter and percentage of funding from independent sources outside the Hollywood studio system.
Joel McHale, star of the TV comedy"Community,"will be host of the Spirit Awards, airing on IFC.
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