Wrestler bags three Spirit Awards
LOS ANGELES: The Wrestler pummeled its opponents at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, winning three awards, including best feature.
The film's star, Mickey Rourke, won the male lead race while French camerawoman Maryse Alberti won the cinematography prize.
Rourke kissed the film's director Darren Aronofsky, on the lips before going to stage to launch a speech in which he recalled being arrested by the local police a decade ago and fought back tears as he paid tribute to his recently deceased Chihuahua dog Loki.
Tom McCarthy took the best director award for The Visitor while Melissa Leo won best actress for Frozen River. The Spirit Awards honor low-budget American films based on such criteria as original, provocative subject matter and the degree of independent financing.
Agencies
(China Daily 02/23/2009 page7)
