Saturn Award ceremony 1991

The 17th Saturn Award ceremony took place on June 26, 1991. The most successful production with three awards was Ghost - Message from Sam .

Nominations and winners

Movie

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best science fiction film		The total memory - Total Recall	Abyss Back To The Future II Back To The Future III Bill & Ted's Crazy Journey Through Time Flatliners - Today Is A Beautiful Day To Die Darling, I Shrunk The Kids RoboCop 2 Tremors - In The Land Of Rocket Worms
Best horror film		Arachnophobia	Bride of Re-Animator Darkman The Exorcist III The Fly 2 The Nanny Cabal - The Brood of the Night Stuffed Animal Cemetery Santa Sangre
Best fantasy film		Ghost message from Sam	The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen Always - The Angel of Fire from Montana Batman Dick Tracy Field of Dreams Gremlins 2 - The Return of the Little Monsters Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Turtles
Best director	James Cameron	Abyss - abyss of death	Frank Marshall for Arachnophobia Robert Zemeckis for Back to the Future III Sam Raimi for Darkman Jerry Zucker for Ghost - Message from Sam Joe Dante for Gremlins 2 - The Return of the Little Monsters Clive Barker for Cabal - The Brood of the Night Alejandro Jodorowsky for Santa Sangre Paul Verhoeven for Total Recall
Best script	William Peter Blatty	The Exorcist III	James Cameron for Abyss Jerry Belson for Always - The Angel of Fire from Montana Don Jakoby & Wesley Strick for Arachnophobia Phil Alden Robinson for Field of Dreams Bruce Joel Rubin for Ghost - Message from Sam Jeffrey Boam for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Ronald Shusett , Dan O'Bannon & Gary Goldman for Total Recall
Best special effects	Ken Ralston	Back to the Future II	Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) , Dream Quest Images , Fantasy II Film Effects & Wonderworks for Abyss - Abyss of Death Richard Conway & Kent Houston for The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen Bruce Nicholson , John T. Van Vliet , Richard Edlund & Laura Buff for Ghost - Message from Sam Rick Baker , Ken Pepiot & Dennis Michelson for Gremlins 2 - The Return of the Little Monsters Rick Fichter , David Sosalla & Peter Chesney for Darling, I've Shrunk the Kids Phil Tippett , Rob Bottin & Peter Kuran for RoboCop 2 Thomas L. Fisher , Eric Brevig & Rob Bottin for Total Recall Tom Woodruff Jr. & Alec Gillis for Tremors - In the Land of Rocket Worms
Best music	Alan Silvestri	Back to the Future III	Alan Silvestri for Abyss Christopher Young for The Fly 2 Maurice Jarre for Ghost - Message from Sam Jerry Goldsmith for Gremlins 2 - The Return of the Little Monsters Jack Hues for The Nanny James Horner for Darling, I Shrunk the Children Simon Boswell for Santa Sangre Jerry Goldsmith for Total Recall Stanley Myers for Witches witches
Best costume	Erica Edell Phillips	The total memory - Total Recall	Gabriella Pescucci for The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Joanna Johnston for Back to the Future II Joanna Johnston for Back to the Future III Bob Ringwood for Batman Jill M. Ohanneson for Bill & Ted's Crazy Journey through Time Milena Canonero for Dick Tracy Anthony Powell & Joanna Johnston for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Alonzo Wilson , Lesja Liber , Xenia Beith , Fiona Cazaly & Marian Keating for Turtles
Best make-up	John Caglione Jr. Doug Drexler Cheri Minns	Dick Tracy	Maggie Weston & Fabrizio Sforza for The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen Ken Chase , Michael Mills & Kenny Myers for Back to the Future II Paul Engelen , Lynda Armstrong & Nick Dudman for Batman Tony Gardner & Larry Hamlin for Darkman Stephan Dupuis , Dennis Pawlik , Jo- Anne Smith-Ojail & Jayne Dancose for Die Fliege 2 Bob Keen & Geoffrey Portass for Cabal Rob Bottin , Jeff Dawn , Craig Berkeley & Robin Weiss for Total Recall John Stephenson for Witches
Best Actor	Jeff Daniels	Arachnophobia	Ed Harris for Abyss - Abyss of Death Jack Nicholson for Batman Liam Neeson for Darkman Warren Beatty for Dick Tracy Patrick Swayze for Ghost - Message from Sam Harrison Ford for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Axel Jodorowsky for Santa Sangre Arnold Schwarzenegger for Total Memory - Total recall
Best main actress	Demi Moore	Ghost message from Sam	Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio for Abyss Nicole Kidman for Deathly Silence Madonna for Dick Tracy Ally Sheedy for Agony Julie Carmen for Fright Night 2 - My Neighbor, the Vampire Jenny Wright for I, Madman Blanca Guerra for Santa Sangre Anjelica Huston for Witches
Best supporting actor	Thomas F. Wilson	Back to the Future III	John Goodman for Arachnophobia Jeffrey Combs for Bride of Re-Animator Larry Drake for Darkman Al Pacino for Dick Tracy Tony Goldwyn for Ghost - Message from Sam John Glover for Gremlins 2 - The return of the little monsters Robert Picardo for Gremlins 2 - The return of the little ones Monster Brad Dourif for The Exorcist III
The best supporting actress	Whoopi Goldberg	Ghost message from Sam	Mary Steenburgen for Back to the Future III Kim Basinger for Batman Julia Roberts for Flatliners Jenny Seagrove for Das Nanny Rachel Ticotin for Total Recall Finn Carter for Tremors - In the Land of Rocket Worms Reba McEntire for Tremors - In the Land of Rocket Worms Mai Zetterling witches for witches
Best Young Actor	Adan Jodorowsky	Santa Sangre	Charlie Korsmo for Dick Tracy Thomas Wilson Brown for darling, I shrunk the kids Robert Oliveri for darling, I shrunk the kids Jared Rushton for darling, I shrunk the kids Bryan Madorsky for ugh the devil - Daddy's a cannibal Gabriel Damon for RoboCop 2 Faviola Elenka Tapia for Santa Sangre Jasen Fisher for witches

watch TV

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best Network TV Series		Starship Enterprise: The Next Century

Prizes of honor

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Special Award	Michael Biehn Watson German
George Pal Memorial Award	William Friedkin
President's Award		Batman

Web links

• Academy Of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
• Saturn Awards: 1991 (IMDb)