15th Independent Spirit Awards

The 15th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1999, were announced on March 25, 2000. It was hosted by Jennifer Tilly.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

15th Independent Spirit Awards
DateMarch 25, 2000
SiteSanta Monica, California, U.S.
Hosted byJennifer Tilly
Highlights
Best FilmElection[1]
Most awardsElection (3)
Most nominationsThe Limey (5)

Nominees and winners

Best Feature

Election

Best First Feature (Over $500,000)

Being John Malkovich

Best First Feature (Under $500,000)

The Blair Witch Project

Best Director

Alexander Payne – Election

Best Male Lead

Richard Farnsworth – The Straight Story

Best Female Lead

Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry

Best Supporting Male

Steve Zahn – Happy, Texas

Best Supporting Female

Chloë Sevigny – Boys Don't Cry

Best Screenplay

Election – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

Best First Screenplay

Being John Malkovich – Charlie Kaufman

Best Cinematography

Three Seasons – Lisa Rinzler

Best Foreign Film

Run Lola Run • Germany

Best Debut Performance

Kimberly J. Brown – Tumbleweeds

Truer Than Fiction Award

Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles

Producers Award

Pamela Koffler – I'm Losing You

Someone to Watch Award

Cauleen Smith – Drylongso

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gollark: That's basically what I said (the extra volume of halloween stuff mucks up the ratios).
gollark: Any opinions on my theory of what's going on with the pricing? Basically, I said that if extra dragons are introduced to the total but not the rest of the system (golds, whatever else), then rarer stuff's ratios will be affected more than common stuff, so the gold pricing goes crazy and nebulae stay the same.
gollark: 3.
gollark: My theory of what's up, copied from the forum thread:If many new eggs are being introduced to the system, then that will most affect the stuff which is rarest, by making it rarer by comparison, but commons will stay the same. As for why it happened now? Weekly updates, possibly.Example:Imagine there are 200 dragons, 5 of which are golds.The ratio of golds to total dragons is now 5:200 = 1:40. If the target ratio is 1:50 then prices will be higher to compensate.Now imagine there are an extra 200 dragons added, none of which are golds.The ratio would then be 5:400 = 1:80. Then, assuming the same target, prices will drop.This is of course simplified, and the ratios may not work like this, but this matches observed behavior pretty well.

References
  1. CNN.com - Entertainment - 'Election' voted best film in Spirit Awards - March 26, 2000
  2. ""Election," "Limey" Up for Indie Oscars". E! Online. 2000-01-13. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  3. "'The Limey,' 'Election' Got the Spirit". Hollywood.com. 2000-01-14. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  4. "'Election' Elected by Spirit Awards". Hollywood.com. 2000-03-26. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  5. "'Election' Tallies Up 3 Big Wins at 15th Spirit Awards". Los Angeles Times. 2000-03-26. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  6. "'Election' wins 3 IFP Spirit awards". Variety. 2000-03-26. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  7. "'Election' wins 3 Independent Spirit awards". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2000-03-27. Retrieved 2012-08-17.

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