23rd Saturn Awards

23rd Saturn Awards
Date	July 23, 1997
Site	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.

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

External links

• Official Website