Saturn Award ceremony 2006

The 32nd Saturn Award ceremony took place on May 2, 2006. This year, for the first time, awards for video games were awarded. The most successful productions with three awards each were Batman Begins and King Kong .

Nominations and winners

Movie

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best science fiction film		Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Fantastic Four The Island The Jacket Serenity - Escape to New Worlds War of the Worlds
Best horror film		The exorcism of Emily Rose	Constantine Land of the Dead Saw II The Forbidden Key Wolf Creek
Best fantasy film		Batman Begins	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire King Kong Zathura - A Space Adventure
Best action / adventure / thriller film		Sin City	Flightplan - Without a trace A History of Violence Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Mr. & Mrs. Smith Oldboy Red Eye
Best animated film		Corpse Bride - wedding with a corpse	Heaven and Chicken Howl's Moving Castle The Little Red Riding Hood Conspiracy Madagascar Wallace & Gromit - On the hunt for the giant rabbit
Best director	Peter Jackson	King Kong	Christopher Nolan for Batman Begins Andrew Adamson for The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia Mike Newell for Harry Potter and George Lucas the Goblet of Fire for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Steven Spielberg for War of the Worlds
Best script	Christopher Nolan David S. Goyer	Batman Begins	Ann Peacock , Andrew Adamson , Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely for The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia Steve Kloves for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Peter Jackson , Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens for King Kong George Lucas for Star Wars: Episode III - The Revenge of the Sith David Koepp for War of the Worlds
Best special effects	Joe Letteri Richard Taylor Christian Rivers Brian Van't Hul	King Kong	Janek Sirrs , Dan Glass , Chris Corbould & Paul Franklin for Batman Begins Dean Wright , Bill Westenhofer , Jim Berney & Scott Farrar for The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia Jim Mitchell , Tim Alexander , Tim Webber & John Richardson for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire John Knoll , Roger Guyett , Rob Coleman & Brian Gernand for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Dennis Muren , Pablo Helman , Randy Dutra & Daniel Sudick for War of the Worlds
Best music	John Williams	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer for Batman Begins Danny Elfman for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Patrick Doyle for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire John Ottman for Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang John Williams for War of the Worlds
Best costume	Isis Mussenden	The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia	Lindy Hemming for Batman Begins, Gabriella Pescucci for Charlie and the chocolate factory Jany Temime for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Terry Ryan for King Kong Trisha Biggar for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Best make-up	Howard Berger Nikki Gooley Gregory Nicotero	The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia	Nick Dudman & Amanda Knight for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Richard Taylor , Gino Acevedo , Dominie Till & Peter Swords King for King Kong Howard Berger & Gregory Nicotero for Land of the Dead Howard Berger & Gregory Nicotero for Sin City Dave Elsey , Lou Elsey & Nikki Gooley for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Best Actor	Christian Bale	Batman Begins	Viggo Mortensen for A History of Violence Robert Downey Junior for Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Pierce Brosnan for Murder and Margaritas Hayden Christensen for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Tom Cruise for War of the Worlds
Best main actress	Naomi Watts	King Kong	Tilda Swinton for The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia Laura Linney for The Exorcism by Emily Rose Jodie Foster for Flightplan Rachel McAdams for Red Eye Natalie Portman for Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Best supporting actor	Mickey Rourke	Sin City	William Hurt for A History of Violence Liam Neeson for Batman Begins Val Kilmer for Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Cillian Murphy for Red Eye Ian McDiarmid for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
The best supporting actress	Summer Glau	Serenity	Katie Holmes for Batman Begins Jennifer Carpenter for The Exorcism by Emily Rose Michelle Monaghan for Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Jessica Alba for Sin City Gena Rowlands for The Forbidden Key
Best Young Actor	Dakota Fanning	war of the Worlds	Freddie Highmore for Charlie and the William Moseley Chocolate Factory for The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia Daniel Radcliffe for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Alex Etel for Millions Josh Hutcherson for Zathura - A Space Adventure

watch TV

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best DVD Release in a TV Series		Lost (for season 1)	Battlestar Galactica (for Seasons 1 & 2.0) Star Trek: Enterprise Dr. House (for season 1) Smallville (for season 4) Frankenstein Reborn
Best DVD Re-Release of a TV Series		The Greatest American Hero	Behind the moon just to the left (for seasons 1–2) Adventures of Superman (for season 1) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (for season 1) Kolchak: The Night Stalker The model and the snoop (for season 1–2)
Best DVD collection		The Bela Lugosi Collection	Mystery Science Theater 3000 (for Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collecti] on Vol. 7 & 8) The Harold Lloyd Collection Hammer Horror Film Series Batman , Batman's Return , Batman Forever , Batman & Robin (for The Batman Collection) The Val Lewton Collection
Best television presentation		Masters of Horror Bermuda Triangle - Gate to Another Time	Into the West Revelations - The Revelation Category 7 - The End of the World Mysterious Island - The mysterious island
Best Network TV Series		Lost	Invasion Prison Break Smallville Supernatural Surface - Eerie Depth Veronica Mars
Best Syndication / Cable TV Series		Battlestar Galactica	4400 - The returnees The Closer Nip / Tuck - Beauty has its price Stargate - Command SG-1 Stargate Atlantis
Best TV Lead Actor	Matthew Fox	Lost	William Fichtner for Invasion Julian McMahon for Nip / Tuck Wentworth Miller for Prison Break Tom Welling for Smallville Ben Browder for Stargate - Kommando SG-1
Best TV Actress	Kristen Bell	Veronica Mars	Jennifer Garner for Alias - The Agent Jennifer Love Hewitt for Ghost Whisperer - Voices from Beyond Evangeline Lilly for Lost Patricia Arquette for Medium - Nothing Goes Hidden Kristin Kreuk for Smallville
Best supporting actor	James Callis	Battlestar Galactica	Jamie Bamber for Battlestar Galactica Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje for Lost Terry O'Quinn for Lost Michael Rosenbaum for Smallville Sam Neill for Bermuda Triangle - Gate to Another Time
Best Supporting Actress in TV	Katee Sackhoff	Battlestar Galactica	Michelle Rodríguez for Lost Erica Durance for Smallville Allison Mack for Smallville Claudia Black for Stargate - Commando SG-1 Catherine Bell for Bermuda Triangle - Gate to Another Time

Home video

category	Movie	Nominations
Best DVD release	Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection	Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows Scream and Run Cube Zero Dead & Breakfast - Hotel Zombie Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Best DVD release of a classic	The Wizard of Oz	Ben Hur The fly gladiator King Kong and the white woman Titanic
Best DVD release in a special edition	Sin City (for Sin City: Recut, Extended, Unrated)	Donnie Darko Don't forget mine! The Incredibles - The Incredibles Lemony Snicket - Saw A Mysterious Events

Prizes of honor

category	Award winners	Movie
Special Award		Spaceship Enterprise - The Next Century Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Star Trek: Raumschiff Voyager (Special Recognition Award for the Star Trek television series, 1987-2005)
Filmmaker's Showcase Award	Shane Black
Rising Star Award	Brandon Routh
George Pal Memorial Award	Ray Harryhausen

Video games

category	Movie	Nominations
Best science fiction video game	Star Wars: Battlefront II	The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction Psychonauts Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords TimeSplitters
Best horror video game	Resident Evil 4	Castlevania: Curse of Darkness F.EAR Fahrenheit Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Best Fantasy Video Game	God of War	Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Haunted King Guild Wars King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie Shadow of the Colossus