Saturn Award ceremony 2009

The 35th Saturn Award ceremony took place on June 25, 2009. This year, for the first time, actor awards were given for guest roles in television series . The most successful production with five awards was The Dark Knight .

Nominations and winners

Movie

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best science fiction film		Iron man	The Day the Earth Stood Still Eagle Eye - Out of Control The Incredible Hulk Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Jumper
Best horror film		Hellboy - The Golden Army	The Happening The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Quarantine Splinter The Strangers
Best fantasy film		The strange case of Benjamin Button	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia Hancock The Secrets of the Spiderwicks Twilight Wanted Until (s) Dawn
Best action / adventure / thriller film		The Dark Knight	The Strange Son Gran Torino A Quantum of Solace Traitor Operation Walküre - The Stauffenberg Assassination
Best international film		So dark the night	See Bruges ... and die? Slumdog Millionaire Transsiberian
Best animated film		WALL · E - The last one is cleaning up the earth	Bolt - a dog for all cases Horton hears a who! Kung Fu Panda Madagascar 2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Best director	Jon Favreau	Iron man	Clint Eastwood for The Strange Son David Fincher for The Strange Case of Benjamin Button Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight Bryan Singer for Operation Walküre - The Stauffenberg Assassination Andrew Stanton for WALL · E - The Last Cleans Up the Earth
Best script	Christopher Nolan Jonathan Nolan	The Dark Knight	J. Michael Straczynski for The Stranger Son David Koepp & John Kamps for Who the Spirits Love Mark Fergus , Hawk Ostby , Art Marcum & Matt Holloway for Iron Man John Ajvide Lindqvist for So dark the night Eric Roth for The Strange Fall of Benjamin Button
Best special effects	Nick Davis Chris Corbould Tim Webber Paul Franklin	The Dark Knight	Eric Barba , Steve Preeg , Burt Dalton & Craig Barron for The Strange Case of Benjamin Button Pablo Helman & Daniel Sudick for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull John Nelson , Ben Snow , Daniel Sudick & Shane Mahan for Iron Man Michael J. Wassel , Adrian De Wet , Andrew Chapman & Eamonn Butler for Hellboy - The Golden Army Dean Wright & Wendy Rogers for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia
Best music	Hans Zimmer James Newton Howard	The Dark Knight	Clint Eastwood for The Stranger Son Ramin Djawadi for Iron Man John Powell for Jumper Alexandre Desplat for The Strange Case of Benjamin Button John Ottman for Operation Walküre - The Stauffenberg Assassination
Best costume	Mary Zophres	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Catherine Martin for Australia Deborah Hopper for The Strange Son Isis Mussenden for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia Lindy Hemming for The Dark Knight Joanna Johnston for Operation Walküre - Das Stauffenberg Assentat
Best make-up	Greg Cannom	The strange case of Benjamin Button	Mike Elizalde for Hellboy - The Golden Army Gregory Nicotero & Paul Engelen for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia John Caglione Jr. & Conor O'Sullivan for The Dark Knight Paul Hyett for Doomsday - Day of Vengeance Gerald Quist for Tropic Thunder
Best Actor	Robert Downey Jr.	Iron man	Christian Bale for The Dark Knight Tom Cruise for Operation Valkyrie - Das Stauffenberg Assassination Harrison Ford for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Will Smith for Hancock
Best main actress	Angelina Jolie	The foreign son	Maggie Gyllenhaal for The Dark Knight Cate Blanchett for The Strange Case of Benjamin Button Julianne Moore for The City of the Blind Emily Mortimer for Transsiberian Gwyneth Paltrow for Iron Man
Best supporting actor	Heath Ledger	The Dark Knight	Shia LaBeouf for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Jeff Bridges for Iron Man Aaron Eckhart for The Dark Knight Woody Harrelson for Transsiberian Bill Nighy for Operation Walküre - Das Stauffenberg Assassin
The best supporting actress	Tilda Swinton	The strange case of Benjamin Button	Joan Allen for Death Race Charlize Theron for Hancock Judi Dench for Quantum Consolation Olga Kurylenko for Quantum Consolation Carice van Houten for Operation Walküre - Das Stauffenberg Attentat
Best Young Actor	Jaden Smith	The day the earth stood still	Freddie Highmore for The Secrets of Spiderwick Lina Leandersson for So Dark the Night Dev Patel for Slumdog Millionaire Catinca Untaru for The Fall Brandon Walters for Australia

watch TV

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best television presentation		The Quest - The Curse of the Judas Chalice	Breaking Bad Jericho - The Scriptum Attack - The Last Knight Templar 24: Redemption Andromeda - Deadly Dust from Space
Best Network TV Series		Lost	Fringe - Borderline Cases of the FBI Heroes Life on Mars - Trapped in the 70s Supernatural Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Best Syndication / Cable TV Series		Battlestar Galactica	Dexter Leverage Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Closer True Blood
Best TV Lead Actor	Edward James Olmos	Battlestar Galactica	Bryan Cranston for Breaking Bad Michael C. Hall for Dexter Timothy Hutton for Leverage Matthew Fox for Lost Noah Wyle for The Quest - The Curse of the Judas Goblet
Best TV Actress	Mary McDonnell	Battlestar Galactica	Anna Torv for Fringe - Borderline Cases of the FBI Jennifer Love Hewitt for Ghost Whisperer - Voices from Beyond Evangeline Lilly for Lost Lena Headey for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer Anna Paquin for True Blood
Best Supporting Actor on TV	Adrian Pasdar	Heroes	Milo Ventimiglia for Heroes Henry Ian Cusick for Lost Michael Emerson for Lost Josh Holloway for Lost Thomas Dekker for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Best Supporting Actress in TV	Jennifer Carpenter	Dexter	Katee Sackhoff for Battlestar Galactica Hayden Panettiere for Heroes Kim Yoon-jin for Lost Elizabeth Mitchell for Lost Summer Glau for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Best TV guest actor	Jimmy Smits	Dexter	Kristen Bell for Heroes Robert Forster for Heroes Alan Dale for Lost Kevin Durand for Lost Sonya Walger for Lost

Home video

category	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
Best DVD release in a special edition		The Fog (for the 2 Disc Special Edition)	Pact of Wolves (for the Director's Cut) The Dark Knight (for the Two-Disc Special Edition)
Best DVD Release in a TV Series		Moonlight	Heroes (for season 2) Lost (for season 4)
Best DVD collection	Paramount	The Godfather The Godfather - Part II The Godfather - Part II (for the Godfather Coppola revision)

Prizes of honor

category	Award winners	Nominations
Visionary Award	Jeffrey Katzenberg	Marcel Miller , Elmar Weihsmann & Stefan Peczelt for Devil's Day
Life Career Award	Lance Henriksen
Lifetime Achievement Award	Leonard Nimoy