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23rd Saturn Awards
23rd Saturn Awards
Date	July 23, 1997
Site	California, U.S.
Highlights
Most awards	Independence Day (3); Scream (3); Star Trek: First Contact (3);
Most nominations	Independence Day (11)
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23rd Saturn Awards

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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]

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

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Best Science Fiction Film	Best Fantasy Film
Independence Day Escape from L.A. The Island of Dr. Moreau Mars Attacks! Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie Star Trek: First Contact	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 – Star Trek: First Contact 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 – Star Trek: First Contact* 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 – Star Trek: First Contact* 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 – Star Trek: First Contact Peter Jackson – The Frighteners
Best Writing	Best Costumes
Kevin Williamson – Scream Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore – Star Trek: First Contact Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich – Independence Day Jonathan Gems – Mars Attacks! The Wachowskis – Bound Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson – The Frighteners	Star Trek: First Contact – 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 Star Trek: First Contact – 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 – Star Trek: First Contact 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) Star Trek: First Contact – 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 Tremors 2: Aftershocks Within the Rock

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) Highlander: The Series (Syndicated) The New Adventures of Robin Hood (TNT) Poltergeist: The Legacy (Showtime) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Syndicated)
Best Single Genre Television Presentation
Doctor Who: The Movie (Fox) Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (Fox) The Beast (NBC) The Canterville Ghost (ABC) Gulliver's Travels (NBC) The Lottery (NBC)

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