20th Saturn Awards explained

Number:	20
Award:	Saturn Awards
Date:	October 20, 1994
Site:	California, U.S.
Most Wins:	Jurassic Park (4)
Most Nominations:	Jurassic Park (11)
Last:	19th
Next:	21st

The 20th Saturn Awards, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films and honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy, and horror belonging to genre fiction in film, television and home video in 1993, were held on October 20, 1994.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Below is a complete list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in bold.

Film

Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
*Jurassic Park* Demolition Man Fire in the Sky Fortress Man's Best Friend The Meteor Man RoboCop 3	*The Nightmare Before Christmas* Addams Family Values Groundhog Day Heart and Souls Hocus Pocus Last Action Hero Rookie of the Year
Best Horror Film	Best Director
*Army of Darkness* The Dark Half The Good Son Hard Target Kalifornia Needful Things The Vanishing	Steven Spielberg – Jurassic Park John McTiernan – Last Action Hero Harold Ramis – Groundhog Day George A. Romero – The Dark Half Henry Selick – The Nightmare Before Christmas Ron Underwood – Heart and Souls John Woo – Hard Target
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Robert Downey Jr. – Heart and Souls* as Thomas Reilly** Jeff Bridges – The Vanishing as Barney Cousins Bill Murray – Groundhog Day as Phil Connors Robert Patrick – Fire in the Sky as Mike Rogers Arnold Schwarzenegger – Last Action Hero as Jack Slater Christian Slater – True Romance as Clarence Worley Max von Sydow – Needful Things as Leland Gaunt	*Andie MacDowell – Groundhog Day* as Rita Hanson** Patricia Arquette – True Romance as Alabama Whitman Laura Dern – Jurassic Park as Dr. Ellie Sattler Michelle Forbes – Kalifornia as Carrie Laughlin Anjelica Huston – Addams Family Values as Morticia Addams Bette Midler – Hocus Pocus as Winifred "Winnie" Sanderson Ally Sheedy – Man's Best Friend as Lori Tanner
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Lance Henriksen – Hard Target* as Emil Fouchon** Jeff Goldblum – Jurassic Park as Dr. Ian Malcolm Charles Grodin – Heart and Souls as Harrison Winslow Wayne Knight – Jurassic Park as Dennis Nedry John Malkovich – In the Line of Fire as Mitch Leary Tom Sizemore – Heart and Souls as Milo Peck J. T. Walsh – Needful Things as Danforth "Buster" Keeton III	*Amanda Plummer – Needful Things* as Nettie Cobb** Nancy Allen – RoboCop 3 as Officer Anne Lewis Joan Cusack – Addams Family Values as Debbie Jellinsky Julie Harris – The Dark Half as Reggie Delesseps Kathy Najimy – Hocus Pocus as Mary Sanderson Sarah Jessica Parker – Hocus Pocus as Sarah Sanderson Kyra Sedgwick – Heart and Souls as Julia Alfre Woodard – Heart and Souls as Penny Washington
Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Best Writing
*Elijah Wood – The Good Son* as Mark Evans** Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus – Slaughter of the Innocents as Jesse Broderick Manuel Colao – Flight of the Innocent as Vito Joseph Mazzello – Jurassic Park as Tim Murphy Austin O'Brien – Last Action Hero as Danny Madigan Christina Ricci – Addams Family Values as Wednesday Addams Ariana Richards – Jurassic Park as Lex Murphy	Michael Crichton and David Koepp – Jurassic Park Shane Black and David Arnott – Last Action Hero Brent Maddock, S. S. Wilson, Gregory Hansen, and Erik Hansen – Heart and Souls Tim Metcalfe – Kalifornia Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis – Groundhog Day Quentin Tarantino – True Romance Tracy Tormé – Fire in the Sky
Best Music	Best Costumes
Danny Elfman – The Nightmare Before Christmas Marc Shaiman – Addams Family Values Mark Isham – Fire in the Sky Graeme Revell – Hard Target Marc Shaiman – Heart and Souls John Williams – Jurassic Park Christopher Young – The Vagrant	Mary E. Vogt – Hocus Pocus Theoni V. Aldredge – Addams Family Values Bob Ringwood – Demolition Man Jennifer Butler – Groundhog Day Sue Moore and Eric H. Sandberg – Jurassic Park Gloria Gresham – Last Action Hero Joseph A. Porro – Super Mario Bros.
Best Make-up	Best Special Effects
Kevin Haney – Addams Family Values (Alterian, Inc., KNB EFX Group) – Army of Darkness John Vulich and Everett Burrell – The Dark Half Screaming Mad George and Steve Johnson (Alterian, Inc.) – Freaked Kevin Yagher and Mitchell J. Coughlin – Man's Best Friend Jeff Goodwin, Vincent J. Guastini, and Rob Burman – Super Mario Bros. Bob Keen –	Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri – Jurassic Park Michael J. McAlister and Kimberly Nelson LoCascio – Demolition Man (Pacific Data Images (PDI), 4Ward Productions) – Heart and Souls (Buena Vista Visual Effects, Matte World Digital, Rhythm & Hues) – Hocus Pocus John E. Sullivan (Sony Pictures Imageworks, Boss Film Studios,, Visual Concept Engineering (VCE),) – Last Action Hero Ariel Velasco-Shaw, Eric Leighton, and Gordon Baker – The Nightmare Before Christmas Richard Edlund – Solar Crisis

Special awards

George Pal Memorial Award

Life Career Award

Posthumous Award

Alfred Hitchcock

President's Award

Steven Spielberg

Service Award

Mardi Rustam

External links

Notes and References

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1994/1 20th Saturn Awards