Saturn Award ceremony 1997

The 23rd Saturn Award ceremony took place on July 23, 1997. This year, for the first time, actor awards were given for television series . The award for the best television series was also divided into two categories (Network and Syndication / Cable). The most successful productions with three awards each were Independence Day , Star Trek: First Contact and Scream - Schrei! .

Nominations and winners

Movie

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best science fiction film		Independence Day	Escape from LA DNA - The Island of Dr. Moreau Mars Attacks! Mystery Science Theater 3000 Star Trek: First Contact
Best horror film		Scream!	The Witch Club Curdled - The Madness DellaMorte DellAmore The Frighteners The Relic
Best fantasy film		Dragonheart	The Legend of Pinocchio The Hunchback of Notre Dame James and the Giant Peach The Mad Professor Phenomenon - The impossible comes true
Best action / adventure / thriller film		Fargo	Bound - Tied Up Mission: Impossible Bounty - One Will Pay The Rock - Rock of Decision Twister
Best director	Roland Emmerich	Independence Day	Joel Coen for Fargo Peter Jackson for The Frighteners Tim Burton for Mars Attacks! Wes Craven for Scream - Scream! Jonathan Frakes for Star Trek: First Contact
Best script	Kevin Williamson	Scream!	Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski for Bound - Tied Up Fran Walsh & Peter Jackson for The Frighteners Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich for Independence Day Jonathan Gems for Mars Attacks! Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore for Star Trek: First Contact
Best special effects	Volker Engel Clay Pinney Douglas Smith Joe Viskocil	Independence Day	Scott Squires , Phil Tippett , James Straus & Kit West for Dragonheart Wes Takahashi , Charlie McClellan & Richard Taylor for The Frighteners Jim Mitchell , Michael L. Fink , David Andrews & Michael Lantieri for Mars Attacks! John Knoll for Star Trek: First Contact Stefen Fangmeier , John Frazier , Habib Zargarpour & Henry LaBounta for Twister
Best music	Danny Elfman	Mars Attacks!	Randy Edelman for Dragonheart Danny Elfman for The Frighteners David Arnold for Independence Day Nick Glennie-Smith , Hans Zimmer & Harry Gregson-Williams for The Rock Jerry Goldsmith for Star Trek: The First Contact
Best costume	Deborah Everton	Star Trek: First Contact	Thomas Casterline & Anna B. Sheppard for Dragonheart Robin Michel Bush for Escape from LA Joseph A. Porro for Independence Day Colleen Atwood for Mars Attacks! Kym Barrett for William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
Best make-up	Rick Baker David LeRoy Anderson	The crazy professor	Rick Baker & Richard Taylor for The Frighteners Stan Winston & Shane Mahan for DNA - The Isle of Dr. Moreau Jenny Shircore & Peter Owen for Mary Reilly Michael Westmore , Scott Wheeler & Jake Garber for Star Trek: First Contact Greg Cannom for Thinner - The Curse
Best Actor	Eddie Murphy	The crazy professor	Michael J. Fox for The Frighteners Jeff Goldblum for Independence Day Will Smith for Independence Day Patrick Stewart for Star Trek: The First Contact Bill Paxton for Twister
Best main actress	Neve Campbell	Scream!	Gina Gershon for Bound Frances McDormand for Fargo Geena Davis for Deadly Christmas Penelope Ann Miller for The Relic Helen Hunt for Twister
Best supporting actor	Brent Spiner	Star Trek: First Contact	Joe Pantoliano for Bound - Tied up Brent Spiner for Independence Day Edward Norton for Twilight Skeet Ulrich for Scream - Scream! Jeffrey Combs for The Frighteners
The best supporting actress	Alice Krige	Star Trek: First Contact	Glenn Close for 101 Dalmatians Jennifer Tilly for Bound - Tied Up Fairuza Balk for The Witches Club Vivica A. Fox for Independence Day Drew Barrymore for Scream - Schrei!
Best Young Actor	Lucas Black	Sling Blade - On a knife edge	Jonathan Taylor Thomas for The Legend of Pinocchio James Duval for Independence Day Lukas Haas for Mars Attacks! Mara Wilson for Matilda Kevin Bishop for Muppets - Treasure Island

watch TV

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best television presentation		Doctor Who - The Movie	Alien Nation - The Enemy Is Among Us Beast - Terror of the Deep The Canterville Ghost Gulliver's Travels Lottery of Terror
Best Network TV Series		The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases	Dark Skies - Deadly threat Alone against the future Millennium - Fear your neighbor as yourself Sliders - The gateway to a foreign dimension The Simpsons
Best Syndication / Cable TV Series		Outer Limits - The Unknown Dimension	Robin Hood Babylon 5 Highlander Poltergeist - The Uncanny Power Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Best TV Lead Actor	Kyle Chandler	Alone against the future	Avery Brooks for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Eric Close for Dark Skies - Deadly Menace David Duchovny for The X Files - The FBI's Scary Cases Lance Henriksen for Millennium - Fear Your Neighbor As Yourself Paul McGann for Doctor Who - The Movie
Best TV Actress	Gillian Anderson	The X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases	Claudia Christian for Babylon 5 Melissa Joan Hart for Sabrina - Totally bewitched! Lucy Lawless for Xena - The Warrior Princess Helen Shaver for Poltergeist - The Uncanny Power Megan Ward for Dark Skies - Deadly Menace

Home video

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best video release		The Arrival	The machine Necronomicon Pinocchio - Doll of Death Tremor 2 - The return of the rocket worms Spacegate

Prizes of honor

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Special Award	Star Wars (20th Birthday)
George Pal Memorial Award	Kathleen Kennedy
Life's work	Dino De Laurentiis John Frankenheimer Sylvester Stallone
President's Award	Billy Bob Thornton
Service Award	Edward Russell