23rd Saturn Awards

The 23rd Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 1996, were held on July 23, 1997.^[1]

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

Winners and nominees

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

External links

• Official Website