Usually the Spirit Awards are a breeze to predict: Pick the indie contenders who don’t a have snowball’s chance in the Oscar race and you’re home free. But with so many crowded races, guessing this year’s Spirit winners is tougher than predicting the Oscars. With the ceremony set for this Saturday, I’ll give it a try anyway.
I could literally see any of these five winning. I’m thinking last year’s Sundance victor, Frozen River, may have the edge.
With Hunt a strong candidate in the First Screenplay race, voters might spread the wealth and reward Demme here.
It’s a race between the three Oscar nominees (Jenkins, Penn, and Rourke). Since Milk didn’t fare as well overall, expect Rourke to win this match.
Clearly this is Hathaway vs. Leo. I say Leo by a hair.
Sleiman could upset, but this could be a win for Milk. Go with Franco.
A Rachel vote split between DeWitt and Winger bodes well for Cruz.
Kaufman’s supremely bizarre Synecdoche has Spirit Award written all over it.
Black may emerge victorious on Sunday, but Hunt should be the queen of the indies.