23rd Saturn Awards

23rd Saturn Awards
Date	July 23, 1997
Site	California, U.S.
Highlights
Most awards	Independence Day Scream Star Trek: First Contact (3)
Most nominations	Independence Day (11)

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

Film

Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Best Actor
Lucas Black – Sling Blade Kevin Bishop – Muppet Treasure Island James Duval – Independence Day Lukas Haas – Mars Attacks! Jonathan Taylor Thomas – The Adventures of Pinocchio Mara Wilson – Matilda	Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor Michael J. Fox – The Frighteners Jeff Goldblum – Independence Day Bill Paxton – Twister Will Smith – Independence Day Patrick Stewart – Star Trek: First Contact
Best Actress	Best Supporting Actor
Neve Campbell – Scream The Long Kiss Goodnight – Geena Davis Bound – Gina Gershon Twister – Helen Hunt Fargo – Frances McDormand The Relic – Penelope Ann Miller	Brent Spiner Independence Day Star Trek: First Contact Jeffrey Combs – The Frighteners Edward Norton – Primal Fear Joe Pantoliano – Bound Skeet Ulrich – Scream
Best Supporting Actress	Best Director
Alice Krige – Star Trek: First Contact Fairuza Balk – The Island of Dr. Moreau Drew Barrymore – Scream Glenn Close – Mars Attacks! Pam Ferris – Matilda Vivica A. Fox – Independence Day Jennifer Tilly – Bound	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 Costumes	Best Special Effects
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	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	Best Home Video Release
Danny Elfman The Frighteners Mars Attacks! David Arnold – Independence Day Randy Edelman – Dragonheart Jerry Goldsmith – Star Trek: First Contact Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer and Harry Gregson-Williams – The Rock	The Arrival La Machine Necronomicon: Book of Dead Pinocchio's Revenge Tremors II: Aftershocks Within the Rock
Best Writer	Best Fantasy Film
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	Dragonheart Matilda The Adventures of Pinocchio The Hunchback of Notre Dame James and the Giant Peach The Nutty Professor Phenomenon
Best Horror Film	Best Science Fiction Film
Scream Cemetery Man The Craft Curdled The Frighteners The Relic	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	Best Make-up
Fargo Bound Mission: Impossible Ransom The Rock Twister	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

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 (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 (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 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