Saturn Award 2004

The 30th Saturn Award ceremony took place on May 5, 2004. The most successful production with eight awards was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King .

Nominations and winners

Movie

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best science fiction film		X-Men 2	Hulk Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life Matrix Revolutions Paycheck - The Settlement Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines
Best horror film		28 days later	Cabin Fever Final Destination 2 Freddy vs. Jason Jeepers Creepers 2 Michael Bay's Texas Chainsaw Massacre Underworld
Best fantasy film		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Big Fish Freaky Friday The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Peter Pan Pirates of the Caribbean
Best action / adventure / thriller film		Kill Bill - Volume 1	On the Road to Cold Mountain Identity The Italian Job - Hunt for Millions of Last Samurai The Missing
Best animated film		Find Nemo	Bear Brothers Looney Tunes: Back in Action Sinbad - The Lord of the Seven Seas
Best director	Peter Jackson	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Danny Boyle for 28 Days Later Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill - Volume 1 Edward Zwick for Last Samurai Gore Verbinski for Pirates of the Caribbean Bryan Singer for X-Men 2
Best script	Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Peter Jackson	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Alex Garland for 28 Days Later Andrew Stanton , Bob Peterson & David Reynolds for Finding Nemo Heather Hach & Leslie Dixon for Freaky Friday Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill - Volume 1 Dan Harris & Michael Dougherty for X-Men 2
Best special effects	Jim Rygiel Joe Letteri Randall William Cook Alex Funke	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Dennis Muren , Edward Hirsh , Colin Brady & Michael Lantieri for Hulk John Gaeta , Kim Libreri , George Murphy & Craig Hayes for Matrix Revolutions John Knoll , Hal T. Hickel , Terry D. Frazee , Charles Gibson & Pirates of the Caribbean Pablo Helman , Danny Gordon Taylor , Allen Hall & John Rosengrant for Terminator 3 - Rebellion of the Machines Michael L. Fink , Richard E. Hollander , Stephen Rosenbaum & Mike Vézina for X-Men 2
Best music	Howard Shore	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Thomas Newman for Finding Nemo Danny Elfman for Hulk Jerry Goldsmith for Looney Tunes: Back in Action Klaus Badelt for Pirates of the Caribbean John Ottman for X-Men 2
Best costume	Penny Rose	pirates of the Caribbean	Jacqueline West for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Ngila Dickson & Richard Taylor for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Kym Barrett for Matrix Revolutions Janet Patterson for Peter Pan Louise Mingenbach for X-Men 2
Best make-up	Richard Taylor Peter Swords King	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Rick Baker , Bill Corso & Robin L. Neal for The Haunted Villa Ve Neill & Martin Samuel for Pirates of the Caribbean Jeff Dawn & John Rosengrant for Terminator 3 - Rebellion of the Machines Trefor Proud & Balázs Novák for Underworld Gordon J. Smith for X-Men 2
Best Actor	Elijah Wood	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Albert Finney for Big Fish Tom Cruise for Last Samurai Viggo Mortensen for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean Crispin Glover for Willard
Best main actress	Uma Thurman	Kill Bill - Volume 1	Jamie Lee Curtis for Freaky Friday Jennifer Connelly for Hulk Cate Blanchett for The Missing Jessica Biel for Michael Bay's Texas Chainsaw Massacre Kate Beckinsale for Underworld
Best supporting actor	Sean Astin	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Sonny Chiba for Kill Bill - Volume 1 Geoffrey Rush for Pirates of the Caribbean Ken Watanabe for Last Samurai Ian McKellen for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Andy Serkis for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The best supporting actress	Ellen DeGeneres	Find Nemo	Lucy Liu for Kill Bill - Volume 1 Peta Wilson for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Miranda Otto for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Keira Knightley for Pirates of the Caribbean Kristanna Loken for Terminator 3 - Rebellion of the Machines
Best Young Actor	Jeremy Sumpter	Peter Pan	Frankie Muniz for Agent Cody Banks Lindsay Lohan for Freaky Friday Sosuke Ikematsu for Last Samurai Jenna Boyd for The Missing Rachel Hurd-Wood for Peter Pan

watch TV

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best television presentation		Battlestar Galactica	Children of Dune Dreamkeeper Star Wars: Clone Wars The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer Riverworld
Best Network TV Series		Angel - Hunter of Darkness CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators	Alias ​​- The Agent Buffy - The Vampire Slayer Star Trek: Enterprise Smallville
Best Syndication / Cable TV Series		Stargate - Command SG-1	Andromeda Carnivàle Dead Like Me - As good as dead Dead Zone Farscape
Best TV Lead Actor	David Boreanaz	Angel - hunter of darkness	Michael Vartan for Alias ​​- The Agent Scott Bakula for Star Trek: Enterprise Tom Welling for Smallville Richard Dean Anderson for Stargate - Command SG-1 Michael Shanks for Stargate - Command SG-1
Best TV Actress	Amber Tamblyn	The heavenly Joan	Jennifer Garner for Alias ​​- The Agent Sarah Michelle Gellar for Buffy - The Vampire Slayer Ellen Muth for Dead Like Me - As good as dead Kristin Kreuk for Smallville Eliza Dushku for Tru Calling - Fate reloaded!
Best Supporting Actor on TV	James Marsters	Angel - hunter of darkness	Victor Garber for Alias ​​- The Agent Alexis Denisof for Angel - Hunters of Darkness Nick Stahl for Carnivàle John Glover for Smallville Michael Rosenbaum for Smallville
Best Supporting Actress in TV	Amy Acker	Angel - hunter of darkness	Charisma Carpenter for Angel - Hunter of Darkness Katee Sackhoff for Battlestar Galactica Jolene Blalock for Star Trek: Enterprise Victoria Pratt for Mutant X Amanda Tapping for Stargate - Kommando SG-1

Home video

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best DVD release		Bionicle - The Mask of Light: The Film	Anatomy 2 Hitcher Returns Interstate 60 May Millennium Actress
Best DVD release of a classic		Robin Hood, king of the vagabonds	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Play me a song of death Dream without end The Lion King Truck Driver - Hunted by a serial killer
Best DVD release in a special edition		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (for the Special Extended Version)	Black Hawk Down Finding Nemo Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Identity Pirates of the Caribbean
Best DVD Release in a TV Series		Firefly - Der Aufbruch der Serenity (for The Complete Firefly)	Battlestar Galactica (for Battlestar Galactica Complete Epic Series) Hercules (for Hercules: The Legendary Adventures 1–2) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (for seasons 1–7) Taken fight against the Mafia (for season 1, part 1–2)
Best DVD collection		Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (for The Adventures of Indiana Jones DVD Collection)	Mystery Science Theater 3000 (for Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection 2–4) The Ace Of Hearts , The Unknown , Lach, Clown, Lach! , Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (for The Lon Chaney Collection) Alien , Aliens, The Return , Alien 3 , Alien, The Rebirth (for Alien Quadrilogy) The Hunt for Red October , The Hour of Patriots , The Cartel , The Attack (for The Jack Ryan Special Edition DVD Collection) X-Men , X-Men 2 (for X Men Collection)

Prizes of honor

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award (male)	Scott Speedman	Underworld	James Badge Dale for 24 Christopher Gorham for Jake 2.0 (episode 1x01 The Tech) Jason Ritter for Freddy vs. Jason Clayton Watson for Matrix Reloaded , Matrix Revolutions Shane West for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award (female)	Melissa George	Alias ​​- the agent	Reiko Aylesworth for 24 Cerina Vincent for Cabin Fever Gabrielle Union for Born 2 Die , Bad Boys II Chiaki Kuriyama for Kill Bill - Volume 1 Keira Knightley for Pirates of the Caribbean
Filmmaker's Showcase Award	Eli Roth
Visionary Award	Paul Allen
George Pal Memorial Award	Ridley Scott
Life Career Award	Blake Edwards
Lifetime Achievement Award	John Williams
President's Award	Gale Anne Hurd

Web links

• Academy Of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
• Saturn Awards: 2004 (IMDb)