Saturn Award ceremony 1979

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The 6th Saturn Award ceremony took place on February 24, 1979.

The most successful production with five awards was Superman .

Nominations and winners

Movie

category Award winners Movie Nominations
Best science fiction film Superman The Boys from Brazil
Company Capricorn
The cat from space
The body eater is coming
Best horror film The Wicker Man Halloween - The night of horror
Magic - A scary love story
The horror of the Medusa
piranhas
Best fantasy film Heaven should wait The Lord of the Rings
La merveilleuse visit
Watership Down
The Wiz - The magical land
Best animated film Watership Down no further nominations
Best director Philip Kaufman The body eaters are coming Franklin J. Schaffner for The Boys from Brazil
Warren Beatty & Buck Henry for Heaven Shall Wait
Richard Donner for Superman
Robin Hardy for The Wicker Man
Best script Elaine May
Warren Beatty 		Heaven should wait Heywood Gould for The Boys from Brazil
Alfred Sole & Rosemary Ritvo for Communion - Mass des Horens
Cliff Green for Picnic on Valentine's Day
Anthony Shaffer for The Wicker Man
Best camera Russell Boyd Picnic on Valentine's Day no further nominations
Best cut Mark Goldblatt
Joe Dante 		Piranhas no further nominations
Best tone Art Rochester
Mark Berger
Andy Wiskes 		The body eaters are coming no further nominations
Best special effects Colin Chilvers Superman Henry Miller Jr. for Capricorn
Ira Anderson Jr. for Damien - Omen II
Dell Rheaume & Russel Hessey for The Body Eaters come
Albert Whitlock for The Wiz - The Magic Land
Best music John Williams Superman Jerry Goldsmith for The Boys from Brazil
Dave Grusin for Heaven Shall Wait
Jerry Goldsmith for Magic - A Creepy Love Story
Paul Giovanni for The Wicker Man
Best equipment John Barry Superman no further nominations
Best costume Theoni V. Aldredge The eyes of Laura Mars Patricia Norris for company Capricorn
Theadora Van Runkle & Richard Bruno for Heaven Shall Wait
Yvonne Blake & Richard Bruno for Superman
Tony Walton for The Wiz - The Magic Land
Best make-up William Tuttle
Rick Baker 		Vicious Alpha Lee Harman , Vincent Callaghan & Lynn Donahue for The Eyes of Laura Mars
Thomas R. Burman & Edouard F. Henriques for The Body Eaters are Coming
Joe McKinney & Thomas R. Burman for The Manitou
Stan Winston for The Wiz - The Magical Land
Best Actor Warren Beatty Heaven should wait Laurence Olivier for The Boys from Brazil
Donald Sutherland for Die Körperfresser come
Christopher Reeve for Superman
Christopher Lee for The Wicker Man
Best main actress Margot Kidder Superman Geneviève Bujold for Coma
Brooke Adams for Die Körperfresser are coming
Ann-Margret for Magic - An uncanny love story
Diana Ross for The Wiz - The magical land
Best supporting actor Burgess Meredith Magic - a scary love story James Mason for Heaven should wait
Leonard Nimoy for Die Körperfresser are coming
Michael Ansara for Der Manitou
Michael Jackson for The Wiz - The magic land
The best supporting actress Dyan Cannon Heaven should wait Uta Hagen for The Boys from Brazil
Brenda Vaccaro for Company Capricorn
Valerie Perrine for Superman
Mabel King for The Wiz - The Magic Land

Prizes of honor

category Award winners Movie Nominations
Best TV show Space Academy Eric Greene (best young actor) no further nominations
Best publicist Julian F. Myers no further nominations
Golden Scroll of Merit Colossus (for the theatrical implementation) Stanley Chase
Special Award Margaret Hamilton
Life Career Award Christopher Lee

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