<<< 4th Independent Spirit Awards (1989) >>>
Best Feature
Stand and Deliver
Hairspray
Patti Rocks
The Thin Blue Line
Torch Song Trilogy
Best Director
Ramón Menéndez - Stand and Deliver
David Burton Morris - Patti Rocks
Errol Morris - The Thin Blue Line
Oliver Stone - Talk Radio
John Waters - Hairspray
Best Male Lead
Edward James Olmos - Stand and Deliver
Eric Bogosian - Talk Radio
Harvey Fierstein - Torch Song Trilogy
Chris Mulkey - Patti Rocks
James Woods - The Boost
Best Female Lead
Jodie Foster - Five Corners
Ricki Lake - Hairspray
Nobu McCarthy - The Wash
Julia Roberts - Mystic Pizza
Meg Ryan - Promised Land
Best Supporting Male
Lou Diamond Phillips - Stand and Deliver
Ernest Borgnine - Spike of Bensonhurst
Divine - Hairspray
John Lone - The Moderns
John Turturro - Five Corners
Best Supporting Female
Rosana De Soto - Stand and Deliver
Bonnie Bedelia - The Prince of Pennsylvania
Debbie Harry - Hairspray
Amy Madigan - The Prince of Pennsylvania
Patti Yasutake - The Wash
Best Screenplay
Stand and Deliver - Ramón Menéndez and Tom Musca
Five 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
Best Cinematography
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Sven Nykvist
The Moderns - Toyomichi Kurita
Patti Rocks - Gregory Cummins
Stand and Deliver - Tom Richmond
Talk Radio - Robert Richardson
Best Foreign Film
Wings of Desire • West Germany
Bagdad Cafe • West Germany
The Kitchen Toto • UK
A World Apart • UK
Yeelen • Mali
Best First Feature
Mystic Pizza
Border Radio - Allison Anders
The Chocolate War
The Prince of Pennsylvania
The Wash