New York (AP) — Award season kicked off with a tie for Best feature at the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards as Terrence Malick’s highly imaginative “The Tree of Life” shared the night’s high honor with Mike Mills’s flashback comedy, “Beginners.”
Presenter Tilda Swinton introduced the nominees, but before opening the envelope, deferred to a prerecorded message on the venue’s large video screens. The unprecedented ruling was then announced by jury member Natalie Portman who explained her peers were faced with the extraordinary dilemma of being “stuck” when it came to selecting a winner, so they “made a bold and independent decision” and “chose to honor both.”
Swinton then read off the winner’s names live, and presented the award.
“The Tree of Life” starred Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, and also won the Palm d’Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. “Beginners” was released last year and stars Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer.
Some of the evening’s other winners included Felicity Jones for Breakthrough Actor in “Like Crazy”; the cast of “Beginners” for Ensemble
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