Saturn Award ceremony 1980

The 7th Saturn Award ceremony took place on July 26, 1980.

The most successful productions, each with three awards, were Alien - The uncanny creature from a strange world , Escape into the future and love at first bite .

Nominations and winners

Movie

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best science fiction film		Alien - The creepy creature from a strange world	The Black Hole James Bond 007 - Moonraker - Top Secret Star Trek: The Movie Escape into the Future
Best horror film		Dracula	Amityville Horror Love at First Bite The Mafu Cage Evil
Best fantasy film		Muppet Movie	Adele has not yet had dinner Under the Spell of the Caliph The Last Flood Nutcracker Fantasy
Best foreign film		Adele hasn't had dinner yet	The secret of the blind master Nosferatu - Phantom of the Night Patrick Star Crash - Stars in a duel Star war in space
Best Film Under $ 1,000,000		Planet of the monsters	Seeds of Madness - Clonus Horror
Best director	Ridley Scott	Alien - The creepy creature from a strange world	John Badham for Dracula Peter Weir for The Last Flood Robert Wise for Star Trek: The Movie Nicholas Meyer for Escape into the Future
Best script	Nicholas Meyer	Escape to the future	Dan O'Bannon for Alien Jeb Rosebrook & Gerry Day for The Black Hole Robert Kaufman for Love at First Bite Jerry Juhl & Jack Burns for Muppet Movie
Best special effects	Douglas Trumbull John Dykstra Richard Yuricich	Star Trek: The Movie	Brian Johnson & Nick Allder for Alien Peter Ellenshaw for The Black Hole John Evans & John Richardson for James Bond 007 - Moonraker - Top Secret Robbie Knott for Muppet Movie
Best music	Miklós Rózsa	Escape to the future	Ken Thorne for Under the Spell of the Caliph John Barry for The Black Hole Paul Williams for Muppet Movie Jerry Goldsmith for Star Trek: The Movie
Best costume	Jean-Pierre Dorléac	Buck Rogers	Jean-Pierre Dorléac for Kampfstern Galactica Gisela Storch for Nosferatu - Phantom of the Night Robert Fletcher for Star Trek: The Film Sal Anthony & Yvonne Kubis for Escape into the Future
Best make-up	William Tuttle	Love at first bite	Pat Hay for Alien Tom Savini for Zombie Peter Robb-King for Dracula Fred B. Phillips , Janna Phillips & Ve Neill for Star Trek: The Film
Best Actor	George Hamilton	Love at first bite	Christopher Lee for Under the Spell of Caliph Frank Langella for Dracula William Shatner for Star Trek: The Movie Malcolm McDowell for Escape into the Future
Best main actress	Mary Steenburgen	Escape to the future	Sigourney Weaver for Alien Margot Kidder for Amityville Horror Susan Saint James for Love at First Bite Persis Khambatta for Star Trek: The Movie
Best supporting actor	Arte Johnson	Love at first bite	Donald Pleasence for Dracula Richard Kiel for James Bond 007 - Moonraker - Top Secret Leonard Nimoy for Star Trek: The Film David Warner for Escape into the Future
The best supporting actress	Veronica Cartwright	Alien - The creepy creature from a strange world	Pamela Hensley for Buck Rogers Jacquelyn Hyde for The Dark Marcy Lafferty for Invasion From Space Nichelle Nichols for Star Trek: The Movie

Prizes of honor

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Hall of Fame		The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Most popular international performer	Roger Moore
Exceptional services to the Academy	Robert V. Michelucci
George Pal Memorial Award	John Badham
Life Career Award	Gene Roddenberry William Shatner

Web links

• Academy Of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
• Saturn Awards: 1980 (IMDb)