Don Cheadle And Chiwetel Ejiofor Nominated For Film Indie Spirit Awards

Among the films and actors that shouldn't be forgotten when awards are handed out by various groups at the end of the year is 'Talk To Me' and its stars Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Release this past summer, and although it received a lot of positive reviews, it didn't do so well at the box office when you had massive amounts of sequels out at the same time.

Luckily, there are those who saw the film and didn't forget the wonderful performances give by Cheadle and Ejiofor. Both actors were nominated for Lead and Supporting categories for the 2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Also nominated for Best Supporting Actors were Marcus Carl Franklin for "I'm Not There" and Kene Holliday for "Great World of Sound"

Best Feature Nominees are "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", "I'm Not There", "Juno" ,"A Mighty Heart" ,"Paranoid Park"

Best Director Nominees include Todd Haynes, "I'm Not There" - Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages" - Jason Reitman, "Juno" - Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" - Gus Van Sant, "Paranoid Park"

Best First Feature Nominees include "2 Days in Paris" - "Great World of Sound" - "The Lookout" - "Rocket Science" -"Vanaja"

John Cassavetes Award Nominees include "August Evening" - "Owl and the Sparrow" - "The Pool" - "Quiet City" -"Shotgun Stories"

Best Screenplay Nominees include Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" - Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages" -Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner, "Starting Out in the Evening" - Adrienne Shelly, "Waitress" - Mike White, "Year of the Dog"

Best First Screenplay Nominees include Jeffrey Blitz, "Rocket Science" - Zoe Cassavetes, "Broken English" - Diablo Cody, "Juno" - Kelly Masterson, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" - John Orloff, "A Mighty Heart"

Best Female Lead Nominees include Angelina Jolie, "A Mighty Heart" - Sienna Miller, "Interview" - Ellen Page, "Juno" - Parker Posey, "Broken English" - Tang Wei, "Lust, Caution"

Best Male Lead Nominees include Pedro Castaneda, "August Evening" - Don Cheadle, "Talk to Me" - Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Savages" - Frank Langella, "Starting Out in the Evening" - Tony Leung, "Lust, Caution"

Best Supporting Female Nominees include Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There" - Anna Kendrick, "Rocket Science" - Jennifer Jason Leigh, "Margot at the Wedding" - Tamara Podemski, "Four Sheets to the Wind" - Marisa Tomei, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"

Best Supporting Male Nominees include Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Talk to Me" - Marcus Carl Franklin, "I'm Not There" - Kene Holliday, "Great World of Sound" - Irrfan Khan, "The Namesake" - Steve Zahn, "Rescue Dawn"

Best Documentary Nominees include "Crazy Love" - "Lake of Fire" - "Manufactured Landscapes" - "The Monastery" - "The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair"

Best Foreign Film Nominees include "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," Romania - "The Band's Visit," Israel - "Lady Chatterley," France - "Once," Ireland - "Persepolis," France

Robert Altman Award will go "I'm Not There," Todd Haynes (director); Laura Rosenthal (casting director); Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bruce Greenwood (ensemble cast)

Previously known as the Independent Spirit Awards, the awards, sponsored by Los Angeles-based Film Independent, honor achievements on the indie film scene. The winners will be crowned Feb. 23 at the group's annual awards luncheon, which takes place in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.