23rd Saturn Awards explained

Number:	23
Award:	Saturn Awards
Date:	July 23, 1997
Site:	California, U.S.
Most Nominations:	Independence Day (11)
Last:	22nd
Next:	24th

The 23rd Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 1996, were held on July 23, 1997.^[1]

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

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
Independence Day Escape from L.A. The Island of Dr. Moreau Mars Attacks!	Dragonheart The Adventures of Pinocchio The Hunchback of Notre Dame James and the Giant Peach Matilda The Nutty Professor Phenomenon
Best Horror Film	Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
Scream Cemetery Man The Craft Curdled The Frighteners The Relic	Fargo Bound Mission: Impossible Ransom The Rock Twister
Best Actor	Best Actress
Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor as Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Lance Perkins / Papa Klump / Mama Klump / Grandma Klump / Ernie Klump Michael J. Fox – The Frighteners as Frank Bannister Jeff Goldblum – Independence Day as David Levinson Bill Paxton – Twister as Bill Harding Will Smith – Independence Day as Capt. Steven Hiller Patrick Stewart – as Jean-Luc Picard	Neve Campbell – Scream as Sidney Prescott Geena Davis – The Long Kiss Goodnight as Samantha Caine (Charly) Gina Gershon – Bound as Corky Helen Hunt – Twister as Dr. Joanne "Jo" Harding Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson Penelope Ann Miller – The Relic as Dr. Margo Green
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Brent Spiner – as Data Jeffrey Combs – The Frighteners as Milton Dammers Edward Norton – Primal Fear as Aaron Stampler / Roy Joe Pantoliano – Bound as Caesar Brent Spiner – Independence Day as Dr. Brakish Okun Skeet Ulrich – Scream as Billy Loomis	Alice Krige – as Borg Queen Fairuza Balk – The Island of Dr. Moreau as Aissa Drew Barrymore – Scream as Casey Becker Glenn Close – Mars Attacks! as First Lady Marsha Dale Pam Ferris – Matilda as Agatha Trunchbull Vivica A. Fox – Independence Day as Jasmine Dubrow Jennifer Tilly – Bound as Violet
Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Best Director
Lucas Black – Sling Blade as Frank Wheatly Kevin Bishop – Muppet Treasure Island as Jim Hawkins James Duval – Independence Day as Miguel Lukas Haas – Mars Attacks! as Richie Norris Jonathan Taylor Thomas – The Adventures of Pinocchio as Pinocchio Mara Wilson – Matilda as Matilda Wormwood	Roland Emmerich – Independence Day Tim Burton – Mars Attacks! Joel Coen – Fargo Wes Craven – Scream Jonathan Frakes – Peter Jackson – The Frighteners
Best Writing	Best Costumes
Kevin Williamson – Scream Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore – Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich – Independence Day Jonathan Gems – Mars Attacks! The Wachowskis – Bound Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson – The Frighteners	– Deborah Everton Dragonheart – Thomas Casterline and Anna B. Sheppard Escape from L.A. – Robin Michel Bush Independence Day – Joseph A. Porro Mars Attacks! – Colleen Atwood Romeo + Juliet – Kym Barrett
Best Make-up	Best Music
The Nutty Professor – Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson The Frighteners – Rick Baker and Richard Taylor The Island of Dr. Moreau – Stan Winston and Shane Mahan Mary Reilly – Jenny Shircore and Peter Owen – Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, and Jake Garber Thinner – Greg Cannom	Danny Elfman – Mars Attacks! David Arnold – Independence Day Randy Edelman – Dragonheart Danny Elfman – The Frighteners Jerry Goldsmith – Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer, and Harry Gregson-Williams – The Rock
Best Special Effects	Best Home Video Release
Independence Day – Volker Engel, Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, and Joe Viskocil Dragonheart – Scott Squires, Phil Tippett, James Straus, and Kit West The Frighteners – Wes Takahashi, Charlie McClellan, and Richard Taylor Mars Attacks! – Jim Mitchell, Michael L. Fink, David Andrews, and Michael Lantieri (Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Warner Digital Studios) – John Knoll (Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)) Twister – Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Habib Zargarpour, and Henry LaBounta	The Arrival La machine Necronomicon: Book of Dead Pinocchio's Revenge Within the Rock

Television

Programs

Best Genre Network TV Series	Best Genre Syndicated TV Series
The X-Files (Fox) Dark Skies (NBC) Early Edition (CBS) Millennium (Fox) The Simpsons (Fox) Sliders (Fox)	The Outer Limits (Showtime) Babylon 5 (Syndicated) (Syndicated) The New Adventures of Robin Hood (TNT) (Showtime) (Syndicated)
Best Single Genre Television Presentation
Doctor Who: The Movie (Fox) (Fox) The Beast (NBC) The Canterville Ghost (ABC) Gulliver's Travels (NBC) The Lottery (NBC)

Acting

Special awards

George Pal Memorial Award

• Kathleen Kennedy

Life Career Award

• Dino De Laurentiis
• John Frankenheimer
• Sylvester Stallone

President's Award

• Billy Bob Thornton

Service Award

• Edward Russell

Special Award

• Star Wars (for its 20th anniversary)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1997/1 23rd Saturn Awards