The 23rd Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 1996, were held on July 23, 1997.23rd Saturn Awards at IMDb.
Below is a complete list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in bold.
Winners and nominees
Film
Best Science Fiction Film Best Fantasy Film Independence Day Escape from L.A. The Island of Dr. Moreau Mars Attacks! Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie Star Trek: First Contact Dragonheart The Adventures of Pinocchio The Hunchback of Notre Dame James and the Giant Peach Matilda The Nutty Professor Phenomenon Best Horror Film Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film Scream Cemetery Man The Craft Curdled The Frighteners The Relic Fargo Bound Mission: Impossible Ransom The Rock Twister Best Actor Best Actress Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor as Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Lance Perkins / Papa Klump / Mama Klump / Grandma Klump / Ernie Klump Michael J. Fox – The Frighteners as Frank Bannister Jeff Goldblum – Independence Day as David Levinson Bill Paxton – Twister as Bill Harding Will Smith – Independence Day as Capt. Steven Hiller Patrick Stewart – Star Trek: First Contact as Jean-Luc Picard Neve Campbell – Scream as Sidney Prescott Geena Davis – The Long Kiss Goodnight as Samantha Caine (Charly) Gina Gershon – Bound as Corky Helen Hunt – Twister as Dr. Joanne "Jo" Harding Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson Penelope Ann Miller – The Relic as Dr. Margo Green Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Brent Spiner – Star Trek: First Contact as Data Jeffrey Combs – The Frighteners as Milton Dammers Edward Norton – Primal Fear as Aaron Stampler / Roy Joe Pantoliano – Bound as Caesar Brent Spiner – Independence Day as Dr. Brakish Okun Skeet Ulrich – Scream as Billy Loomis Alice Krige – Star Trek: First Contact as Borg Queen Fairuza Balk – The Craft as Nancy Downs Drew Barrymore – Scream as Casey Becker Glenn Close – Mars Attacks! as First Lady Marsha Dale Pam Ferris – Matilda as Agatha Trunchbull Vivica A. Fox – Independence Day as Jasmine Dubrow Jennifer Tilly – Bound as Violet Best Performance by a Younger Actor Best Director Lucas Black – Sling Blade as Frank Wheatly Kevin Bishop – Muppet Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins James Duval – Independence Day as Miguel Lukas Haas – Mars Attacks! as Richie Norris Jonathan Taylor Thomas – The Adventures of Pinocchio as Pinocchio Mara Wilson – Matilda as Matilda Wormwood Roland Emmerich – Independence Day Tim Burton – Mars Attacks! Joel Coen – Fargo Wes Craven – Scream Jonathan Frakes – Star Trek: First Contact Peter Jackson – The Frighteners Best Writing Best Costumes Kevin Williamson – Scream Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore – Star Trek: First Contact Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich – Independence Day Jonathan Gems – Mars Attacks! The Wachowskis – Bound Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson – The Frighteners Star Trek: First Contact – Deborah Everton Dragonheart – Thomas Casterline and Anna B. Sheppard Escape from L.A. – Robin Michel Bush Independence Day – Joseph A. Porro Mars Attacks! – Colleen Atwood Romeo + Juliet – Kym Barrett |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Make-up ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Music |- | valign="top" | The Nutty Professor – Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson The Frighteners – Rick Baker and Richard Taylor The Island of Dr. Moreau – Stan Winston and Shane Mahan Mary Reilly – Jenny Shircore and Peter Owen Star Trek: First Contact – Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, and Jake Garber Thinner – Greg Cannom | valign="top" | Danny Elfman – Mars Attacks! David Arnold – Independence Day Randy Edelman – Dragonheart Danny Elfman – The Frighteners Jerry Goldsmith – Star Trek: First Contact Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer, and Harry Gregson-Williams – The Rock Best Special Effects Best Home Video Release Independence Day – Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, and Joe Viskocil Dragonheart – Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus, and Kit West The Frighteners – Wes Takahashi, Charlie McClellan, and Richard Taylor Mars Attacks! – Jim Mitchell, Michael L. Fink, David Andrews, and 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, and Henry LaBounta | valign="top" | The Arrival La machine Necronomicon: Book of Dead Pinocchio's Revenge Tremors 2: Aftershocks Within the Rock
Television
Programs Best Genre Network TV Series Best Genre Syndicated TV Series The X-Files (Fox) Dark Skies (NBC) Early Edition (CBS) Millennium (Fox) The Simpsons (Fox) Sliders (Fox) The Outer Limits (Showtime) Babylon 5 (Syndicated) Highlander: The Series (Syndicated) The New Adventures of Robin Hood (TNT) Poltergeist: The Legacy (Showtime) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Syndicated) Best Single Genre Television Presentation Doctor Who: The Movie (Fox) Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (Fox) The Beast (NBC) The Canterville Ghost (ABC) Gulliver's Travels (NBC) The Lottery (NBC)
Acting Best Genre TV Actor Best Genre TV Actress Kyle Chandler – Early Edition (CBS) as Gary Hobson Avery Brooks – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Syndicated) as Benjamin Sisko Eric Close – Dark Skies (NBC) as John Loengard David Duchovny – The X-Files (Fox) as Fox Mulder Lance Henriksen – Millennium (Fox) as Frank Black Paul McGann – Doctor Who: The Movie (Fox) as The Eighth Doctor Gillian Anderson – The X-Files (Fox) as Dana Scully Claudia Christian – Babylon 5 (Syndicated) as Susan Ivanova Melissa Joan Hart – Sabrina the Teenage Witch (ABC) as Sabrina Spellman Lucy Lawless – Xena: Warrior Princess (Syndicated) as Xena Helen Shaver – Poltergeist: The Legacy (Showtime) as Rachel Corrigan Megan Ward – Dark Skies (NBC) as Kimberly Sayers
Special awards George Pal Memorial Award Kathleen Kennedy
Life Career Award Dino De Laurentiis John Frankenheimer Sylvester Stallone
President's Award Billy Bob Thornton
Service Award Edward Russell
Special Award Star Wars (for its 20th anniversary)
References
External links Official website