34th Saturn Awards

34th Saturn Awards
34th Saturn Awards
Date	June 24, 2008
Site	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Highlights
Most awards	Enchanted (3)
Most nominations	300 (10)
	← 33rd; Saturn Awards; 35th →;

The 34th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 2007 were presented on June 24, 2008 in Universal City Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California.^[1]^[2]

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

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
Cloverfield Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer I Am Legend The Last Mimzy Sunshine Transformers	Enchanted The Golden Compass Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Spider-Man 3 Stardust
Best Horror Film	Best Action or Adventure Film
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1408 30 Days of Night Ghost Rider Grindhouse The Mist	300 3:10 To Yuma The Bourne Ultimatum Live Free or Die Hard No Country for Old Men There Will Be Blood Zodiac
Best Animated Film	Best International Film
Ratatouille Beowulf Meet The Robinsons Shrek the Third The Simpsons Movie Surf's Up	Eastern Promises Black Book Day Watch Goya's Ghosts The Orphanage Sleuth
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Will Smith – I Am Legend* as Dr. Robert Neville** Gerard Butler – 300 as King Leonidas John Cusack – 1408 as Mike Enslin Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood as Daniel Plainview Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Sweeney Todd Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises as Nikolai Luzhin	*Amy Adams – Enchanted* as Giselle** Helena Bonham Carter – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Nellie Lovett Ashley Judd – Bug as Agnes White Belén Rueda – The Orphanage as Laura García Rodríguez Carice van Houten – Black Book as Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries Naomi Watts – Eastern Promises as Anna Khitrova
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men* as Anton Chigurh** Ben Foster – 3:10 to Yuma as Charlie Prince James Franco – Spider-Man 3 as Harry Osborn Justin Long – Live Free or Die Hard as Matthew Farrell Alan Rickman – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Judge Turpin David Wenham – 300 as Dilios	*Marcia Gay Harden – The Mist* as Mrs. Carmody** Lizzy Caplan – Cloverfield as Marlena Diamond Lena Headey – 300 as Queen Gorgo Rose McGowan – Grindhouse as Cherry Darling Michelle Pfeiffer – Stardust as Lamia Imelda Staunton – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Dolores Umbridge
Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Best Director
*Freddie Highmore – August Rush* as Evan Taylor / August Rush** Alex Etel – The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep as Angus MacMorrow Josh Hutcherson – Bridge to Terabithia as Jesse "Jess" Aarons Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Harry Potter Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass as Lyra Belacqua Rhiannon Leigh Wryn – The Last Mimzy as Emma Wilder	Zack Snyder – 300 Tim Burton – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Frank Darabont – The Mist Paul Greengrass – The Bourne Ultimatum Sam Raimi – Spider-Man 3 David Yates – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Best Writing	Best Music
Brad Bird – Ratatouille Roger Avary, Neil Gaiman – Beowulf Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men Michael Goldenberg – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Michael B. Gordon, Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad – 300 John Logan – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Alan Menken – Enchanted Tyler Bates – 300 Jonny Greenwood – There Will Be Blood Nicholas Hooper – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Mark Mancina – August Rush John Powell – The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Costume	Best Make-Up
Colleen Atwood – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Ruth Myers- The Golden Compass Penny Rose – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Sammy Sheldon – Stardust Jany Temime – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Michael Wilkinson – 300	Ve Neill, Martin Samuel – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Howard Berger, Greg Nicotero, Jake Garber – Grindhouse: "Planet Terror" Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Davina Lamont, Gino Acevedo – 30 Days of Night Peter Owen, Ivana Primorac – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Shaun Smith, Mark Rappaport, Scott Wheeler – 300
Best Special Effects
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, John Frazier – Transformers Tim Burke, John Richardson, Paul J. Franklin, Greg Butler – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Wood – The Golden Compass John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, John Frazier – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Scott Stokdyk, Peter Nofz, Spencer Cook, John Frazier – Spider-Man 3 Chris Watts, Grant Freckelton, Derek Wentworth, Daniel Leduc – 300

Television

Programs

Best Network Television Series	Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
Lost (ABC) Heroes (NBC) Journeyman (NBC) Pushing Daisies (ABC) Supernatural (The CW) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox)	Dexter (Showtime) Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi) The Closer (TNT) Kyle XY (ABC Family) Saving Grace (TNT) Stargate SG-1 (Sci-Fi)
Best Television Presentation	Best International Series
Family Guy: "Blue Harvest" (Fox) Battlestar Galactica: Razor (Sci-Fi) The Company (TNT) Fallen (ABC Family) Masters of Science Fiction (ABC) Shrek the Halls (ABC) Tin Man (Sci-Fi)	Doctor Who (BBC) Cape Wrath (Channel 4) Jekyll (BBC One) Life on Mars (BBC One) Robin Hood (BBC One) Torchwood (BBC Three)

Note: The category Best International Series was omitted from the Saturn Awards press release as issued on June 24, 2008, but was added to a corrected press release and website update on June 26.

Acting

Best Actor on Television	Best Actress on Television
*Matthew Fox – Lost* (ABC) as Jack Shephard** Matt Dallas – Kyle XY (ABC Family) as Kyle Michael C. Hall – Dexter (Showtime) as Dexter Morgan Kevin McKidd – Journeyman (NBC) as Dan Vasser Edward James Olmos – Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi) as William Adama Lee Pace – Pushing Daisies (ABC) as Ned	*Jennifer Love Hewitt – Ghost Whisperer* (CBS) as Melinda Gordon** Anna Friel – Pushing Daisies (ABC) as Chuck Charles Lena Headey – Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox) as Sarah Connor Holly Hunter – Saving Grace (TNT) as Grace Hanadarko Evangeline Lilly – Lost (ABC) as Kate Austen Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT) as Brenda Leigh Johnson
Best Supporting Actor on Television	Best Supporting Actress on Television
*Michael Emerson – Lost* (ABC) as Ben Linus** Greg Grunberg – Heroes (NBC) as Matt Parkman Josh Holloway – Lost (ABC) as James "Sawyer" Ford Erik King – Dexter (Showtime) as James Doakes Terry O'Quinn – Lost (ABC) as John Locke Masi Oka – Heroes (NBC) as Hiro Nakamura	*Summer Glau – Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles* (Fox) as Cameron (tie) Elizabeth Mitchell – Lost (ABC) as Juliet Burke** (tie) Jaimie Alexander – Kyle XY (ABC Family) as Jessi Jennifer Carpenter – Dexter (Showtime) as Debra Morgan Jaime Murray – Dexter (Showtime) as Lila West Hayden Panettiere – Heroes (NBC) as Claire Bennet

DVD

Best DVD Release	Best Special Edition DVD Release
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon Driftwood The Man from Earth The Nines White Noise 2: The Light	Blade Runner: 5-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition Big: Extended Edition Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Death Proof: Extended and Unrated Pan's Labyrinth: Platinum Series Troy: Director's Cut – Ultimate Collector's Edition
Best Classic Film DVD Release	Best DVD Movie Collection
The Monster Squad Alligator The Dark Crystal Face/Off Flash Gordon Witchfinder General	The Mario Bava Collection The Godzilla Collection The Sergio Leone Anthology The Sonny Chiba Collection Stanley Kubrick: Warner Home Video Directors Series Vincent Price: MGM Screen Legends Collection
Best DVD Television Release	Best Retro Television Series on DVD
Heroes: Season 1 Eureka: Season 1 Hustle: Seasons 2 & 3 Lost: Season 3 Spooks: Volumes 4 & 5 Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series	Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition Great Performances: "Count Dracula" – The Complete BBC Mini-Series Land of the Giants: The Complete Series Mission: Impossible: Seasons 2 & 3 The Wild Wild West: Seasons 2 & 3 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Volume 1: The Early Years

Special awards

The George Pal Memorial Award

Guillermo del Toro

The Special Achievement Award

Tim & Donna Lucas

References

^ "The 34th Annual Saturn Awards". Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Archived from the original on February 5, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
^ "WB, Paramount dominate Saturns". Variety. 20 February 2008.

External links

The Official Saturn Awards Site

[1] "The 34th Annual Saturn Awards". Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Archived from the original on February 5, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2009.

[2] "WB, Paramount dominate Saturns". Variety. 20 February 2008.

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