Saturn Award ceremony 2008

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The 34th Saturn Award ceremony took place on June 24, 2008. Most successful production with three awards was cursed .

Nominations and winners

Movie

category Award winners Movie Nominations
Best science fiction film Cloverfield Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
I Am Legend
Mimzy - My friend from the future
Sunshine
Transformers
Best horror film Sweeney Todd - The devil barber from Fleet Street Room 1408
30 Days of Night
Ghost Rider
Grindhouse
The Fog
Best fantasy film Cursed The Golden Compass
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End
Spider-Man 3
The Star Walker
Best action / adventure / thriller film 300 Death Train to Yuma
The Bourne Ultimatum
Die Hard 4.0
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
Best international film Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises Guardian of the Day - Dnevnoi Dozor
The Orphanage
Goya's Ghosts
1 Murder for 2
Black Book
Best animated film Ratatouille The Legend of Beowulf
Meet the Robinsons
Shrek the Third
The Simpsons - The Movie
Kings of the Waves
Best director Zack Snyder 300 Paul Greengrass for The Bourne Ultimatum
David Yates for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Frank Darabont for The Fog
Sam Raimi for Spider-Man 3
Tim Burton for Sweeney Todd - The Devilish Barber of Fleet Street
Best script Brad Bird Ratatouille Michael Gordon , Zack Snyder & Kurt Johnstad for 300
Roger Avary & Neil Gaiman for The Legend of Beowulf
Michael Goldenberg for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Ethan and Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men
John Logan for Sweeney Todd - The Devilish Barber from the Fleet Street
Best special effects Scott Farrar
Scott Benza
Russell Earl
John Frazier 		Transformers Chris Watts , Grant Freckelton , Derek Wentworth & Daniel Leduc for 300
Michael L. Fink , Bill Westenhofer , Ben Morris & Trevor Wood for The Golden Compass
Tim Burke , John Richardson , Paul J. Franklin & Greg Butler for Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
John Knoll , Hal T. Hickel , Charles Gibson & John Frazier for Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End
Scott Stokdyk , Peter Nofz , Spencer Cook & John Frazier for Spider-Man 3
Best music Alan Menken Cursed Tyler Bates for 300
Mark Mancina for The Sound of Heart
John Powell for The Bourne Ultimatum
Nicholas Hooper for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Jonny Greenwood for There Will Be Blood
Best costume Colleen Atwood Sweeney Todd - The devil barber from Fleet Street Michael Wilkinson for 300
Ruth Myers for The Golden Compass
Jany Temime for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Penny Rose for Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End
Sammy Sheldon for Der Sternwanderer
Best make-up Ve Neill
Martin Samuel 		Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End Davina Lamont & Gino Acevedo for 30 Days of Night
Shaun Smith , Mark Rappaport & Scott Wheeler for 300
Howard Berger , Gregory Nicotero & Jake Garber for Planet Terror
Nick Dudman & Amanda Knight for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Peter Owen & Ivana Primorac for Sweeney Todd - The devil barber from Fleet Street
Best Actor Will Smith I am legend John Cusack for Room 1408
Gerard Butler for 300
Viggo Mortensen for Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises
Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd - The Devilish Barber from Fleet Street
Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood
Best main actress Amy Adams Cursed Ashley Judd for Bug
Naomi Watts for Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises
Belén Rueda for The Orphanage
Helena Bonham Carter for Sweeney Todd - The Devilish Barber from Fleet Street
Carice van Houten for Black Book
Best supporting actor Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men David Wenham for 300
Ben Foster for Yuma Death Train
Justin Long for Die Hard 4.0
James Franco for Spider-Man 3
Alan Rickman for Sweeney Todd - The Devilish Barber of Fleet Street
The best supporting actress Marcia Gay Harden The fog Lena Headey for 300
Lizzy Caplan for Cloverfield
Rose McGowan for Planet Terror
Imelda Staunton for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Michelle Pfeiffer for Der Sternwanderer
Best Young Actor Freddie Highmore The sound of the heart Josh Hutcherson for Bridge to Terabithia
Dakota Richards for The Golden Compass
Daniel Radcliffe for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Rhiannon Leigh Wryn for Mimzy - My Future Friend
Alex Etel for My Friend, the Water Dragon

watch TV

category Award winners Movie Nominations
Best television presentation Family Guy for the episode Blue Harvest The Company - On behalf of the CIA
Fallen
Masters of Science Fiction
Tin Man - Battle for the Emerald of Light
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Shrek - Oh you Shrekliche
Best Network TV Series Lost Heroes
Journeyman - The Time Jumper
Pushing Daisies
Supernatural
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Best Syndication / Cable TV Series Dexter The Wizards of Waverly Place
Battlestar Galactica
The Closer
Kyle XY
Saving Grace
Stargate - Command SG-1
Best international television series Doctor Who Meadowlands - City of Fear
Jekyll
Life on Mars - Captured in the 70s
Robin Hood
Torchwood
Best TV Lead Actor Matthew Fox Lost Edward James Olmos for Battlestar Galactica
Michael C. Hall for Dexter
Kevin McKidd for Journeyman - The Time Jumper
Matt Dallas for Kyle XY
Lee Pace for Pushing Daisies
Best TV Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt Ghost Whisperer - Voices from Beyond Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer
Evangeline Lilly for Lost
Anna Friel for Pushing Daisies
Holly Hunter for Saving Grace
Lena Headey for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Best Supporting Actor on TV Michael Emerson Lost Erik King for Dexter
Greg Grunberg for Heroes
Masi Oka for Heroes
Josh Holloway for Lost
Terry O'Quinn for Lost
Best Supporting Actress in TV Elizabeth Mitchell
Summer Glau 		Lost
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 		Jennifer Carpenter for Dexter
Jaime Murray for Dexter
Hayden Panettiere for Heroes
Jaimie Alexander for Kyle XY

Home video

category Award winners Movie Nominations
Best DVD release The cabinet of Dr. Caligari Behind the Mask
Driftwood
The Man From Earth
The Nines - Your Life is Just a Game
White Noise 2: The Light
Best DVD release of a classic Monster Busters The horror alligator
The dark crystal
In the body of the enemy
Flash Gordon
The witch hunter
Best DVD release in a special edition Blade Runner (for the Ultimate Collector's Edition) Big (for the Extended Edition)
Close encounter of the third kind (for the 30th Anniversary Version)
Death Proof (for Grindhouse Presentation: Extended & Unrated)
Pans Labyrinth (for the Platinum Series)
Troy (for the Director's Cut: Ultimate Collector's Edition )
Best DVD Release in a TV Series Heroes (for season 1) Eureka - The secret city (for season 1)
Hustle - Dishonest lasts longest (for seasons 2-3)
Lost (for season 3)
Planet Earth (for the entire BBC series)
Spooks - In the sights of MI5 (for volume 4– 5)
Best DVD Re-Release of a TV Series Twin Peaks (for The Definitive Gold Box Edition) Planet of Giants (for the full series)
Cobra, Take Over (for Seasons 2-3)
Crazy Wild West (for Seasons 2-3)
Great Performances (for the episode Count Dracula)

Prizes of honor

category Award winners Movie Nominations
Filmmaker's Showcase Award Matt Reeves
George Pal Memorial Award Guillermo del Toro
Life Career Award Robert Halmi Sr.
Robert Halmi Jr.

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