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

With five nominations each, the quiet movie "The Artist" as well as the apocalyptic drama "Take Shelter" centered the nominations for Film Independent's Spirit Honours, which have been introduced Tuesday.Nominated for top script were Ernest Cedar plank plank for "FootNote," Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist," Tom McCarthy for "Win, Win,"Mike Mills for "Beginners,"Phil Johnstonfor "Cedar plank plank Rapids" and may Reiser for "50/50."Inside the documentary category, noms visited "An African Selection," "Bill Cunningham NY," "The Interrupters," "The Redemption of General Butt Naked" and "I Had Been Here."The Spirit Award focus on American-made features produced using exactly what it calls "an economy of means," generally budgets under $20 million.The 27th annual honours ceremony will probably be held Feb. 25 at the lake in Santa Monica and broadcast by IFC.For further relating to this story, read Back Stage's Behind the curtain blog. The Hollywood Reporter