23rd Independent Spirit Awards
The 23rd Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2007, were announced on February 23, 2008. It was hosted by Rainn Wilson.
Julian Schnabel, Best Director winner
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Male Lead winner
Elliot Page, Best Female Lead winner
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Best Supporting Male winner
Juno is a 2007 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Elliot Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting her unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney and J. K. Simmons also star. Filming spanned from early February to March 2007 in Vancouver, British Columbia. It premiered on September 8 at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, receiving a standing ovation.
Diablo Cody wrote the film based on many of her own high school experiences.
Jason Reitman pictured Elliot Page as Juno when he first read the script.
Eric Hamber Secondary School stood in for the fictional Dancing Elk High School.
Kimya Dawson provided both solo songs and songs from two of her former bands.
