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23rd Saturn Awards

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July 23, 1997

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California, U.S.

The 23rd Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 1996, were held on July 23, 1997.

Contents

Below is a complete list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in bold.

Best Performance by a Younger Actor

  • Sling Blade – Lucas Black
  • Muppet Treasure Island – Kevin Bishop
  • Mars Attacks! – Lukas Haas
  • Independence Day – James Duval
  • The Adventures of Pinocchio – Jonathan Taylor Thomas
  • Matilda – Mara Wilson

    • Best Actor

  • The Nutty Professor – Eddie Murphy
  • The Frighteners – Michael J. Fox
  • Independence Day – Jeff Goldblum
  • Twister – Bill Paxton
  • Independence Day – Will Smith
  • Star Trek: First Contact – Patrick Stewart

    • Best Actress

  • Scream – Neve Campbell
  • The Long Kiss Goodnight – Geena Davis
  • Bound – Gina Gershon
  • Twister – Helen Hunt
  • Fargo – Frances McDormand
  • The Relic – Penelope Ann Miller

    • Best Supporting Actor

  • Star Trek: First Contact – Brent Spiner
  • The Frighteners – Jeffrey Combs
  • Primal Fear – Edward Norton
  • Bound – Joe Pantoliano
  • Independence Day – Brent Spiner
  • Scream – Skeet Ulrich

    • Best Supporting Actress

  • Star Trek: First Contact – Alice Krige
  • Matilda – Pam Ferris
  • The Craft – Fairuza Balk
  • Scream – Drew Barrymore
  • 101 Dalmatians – Glenn Close
  • Independence Day – Vivica A. Fox
  • Bound – Jennifer Tilly

    • Best Director

  • Independence Day – Roland Emmerich
  • Mars Attacks! – Tim Burton
  • Fargo – Joel Coen
  • Scream – Wes Craven
  • Star Trek: First Contact – Jonathan Frakes
  • The Frighteners – Peter Jackson

    • Best Costumes

  • Star Trek: First Contact – Deborah Everton
  • Dragonheart – Thomas Casterline, Anna B. Sheppard
  • Escape from L.A. – Robin Michel Bush
  • Independence Day – Joseph A. Porro
  • Mars Attacks! – Colleen Atwood
  • Romeo + Juliet – Kym Barrett

    • Best Special Effects

  • Independence Day – Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, Joe Viskocil
  • Dragonheart – Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus, Kit West
  • The Frighteners – Wes Takahashi, Charlie McClellan, Richard Taylor
  • Mars Attacks! – Jim Mitchell, Michael L. Fink, David Andrews, Michael Lantieri (Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Warner Digital Studios)
  • Star Trek: First Contact – John Knoll (Industrial Light & Magic (ILM))
  • Twister – Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour, Henry LaBounta

    • Best Music

  • Mars Attacks! – Danny Elfman
  • Dragonheart – Randy Edelman
  • The Frighteners – Danny Elfman
  • Independence Day – David Arnold
  • The Rock – Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams
  • Star Trek: First Contact – Jerry Goldsmith

    • Best Home Video Release

  • The Arrival
  • La Machine
  • Necronomicon: Book of Dead
  • Pinocchio's Revenge
  • Tremors II: Aftershocks
  • Within the Rock

    • Best Writer

  • Scream – Kevin Williamson
  • Bound – Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski
  • The Frighteners – Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
  • Independence Day – Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich
  • Mars Attacks! – Jonathan Gems
  • Star Trek: First Contact – Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore

    • Best Fantasy Film

  • Dragonheart
  • Matilda
  • The Adventures of Pinocchio
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • James and the Giant Peach
  • The Nutty Professor
  • Phenomenon

    • Best Horror Film

  • Scream
  • Cemetery Man
  • The Craft
  • Curdled
  • The Frighteners
  • The Relic

    • Best Science Fiction Film

  • Independence Day
  • Escape from L.A.
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau
  • Mars Attacks!
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
  • Star Trek: First Contact

    • Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

  • Fargo
  • Bound
  • Mission: Impossible
  • Ransom
  • The Rock
  • Twister

    • Best Make-up

  • The Nutty Professor – Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson
  • The Frighteners – Rick Baker, Richard Taylor
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau – Stan Winston, Shane Mahan
  • Mary Reilly – Jenny Shircore, Peter Owen
  • Star Trek: First Contact – Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, Jake Garber
  • Thinner – Greg Cannom

    • Best Genre TV Actor

  • Early Edition – Kyle Chandler
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Avery Brooks
  • Dark Skies – Eric Close
  • The X-Files – David Duchovny
  • Millennium – Lance Henriksen
  • Doctor Who – Paul McGann

    • Best Genre TV Actress

  • The X-Files – Gillian Anderson
  • Babylon 5 – Claudia Christian
  • Sabrina, the Teenage Witch – Melissa Joan Hart
  • Xena: Warrior Princess – Lucy Lawless
  • Poltergeist: The Legacy – Helen Shaver
  • Dark Skies – Megan Ward

    • Best Genre Network TV Series

  • The X-Files
  • Dark Skies
  • Early Edition
  • Millennium
  • Sliders
  • The Simpsons

    • Best Genre Syndicated TV Series

  • The Outer Limits
  • The New Adventures of Robin Hood
  • Babylon 5
  • Highlander
  • Poltergeist: The Legacy
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    • Best Single Genre Television Presentation

  • Doctor Who
  • Alien Nation: The Enemy Within
  • The Beast
  • The Canterville Ghost
  • Gulliver's Travels
  • The Lottery

    • Special Award

  • Star Wars – For its 20th Anniversary.

    • George Pal Memorial Award

  • Kathleen Kennedy

    • Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Dino De Laurentiis
  • John Frankenheimer
  • Sylvester Stallone

    • President's Award

  • Billy Bob Thornton

    • Service Award

  • Edward Russell

    • References

    23rd Saturn Awards Wikipedia
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