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Brokeback, Capote, Crash, Transamerica Honored w/ Spirit Awards

For the first time in memory, the Independent Spirit Awards honored a group of films that are likely to dominate the Academy Awards. Presented each year on the eve of the Oscars, the Independent Spirit Awards (presented by the recently re-branded Film Independent) honor work made outside the Hollywood system, with lower budgets and a "uniqueness of vision." Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain," Bennett Miller's "Capote," Paul Haggis' "Crash," and Duncan Tucker's "Transamerica," all nominated for multiple awards at tomorrow's Oscars, dominated the Spirit Awards this afternoon at the ceremony held in a tent, on the beach, in Santa Monica, CA. Each won two Independent Spirit Awards, while "Capote" also was honored with a special producing prize.

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