'The Artist,' 'Take Shelter' Dominate Spirit Award Nominations

With five nominations each, the quiet movie "The Artist" and also the apocalyptic drama "Take Shelter" centered the nominations for Film Independent's Spirit Honours, that have been introduced Tuesday.Nominated for the best script were Frederick Cedar plank for "FootNote," Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist," Tom McCarthy for "Win, Win,"Mike Mills for "Beginners,"Phil Johnstonfor "Cedar plank Rapids" and can Reiser for "50/50."Within the documentary category, noms visited "An African Selection," "Bill Cunningham NY," "The Interrupters," "The Redemption of General Butt Naked" and "I Was Here."The Spirit Award concentrate on American-made features created using what it really calls "an economy of means," generally budgets under $20 million.The 27th annual honours ceremony is going to be held February. 25 by the pool in Santa Monica and broadcast by IFC.For additional about this story, read Back Stage's Behind the curtain blog. The Hollywood Reporter