Battlestar Galactica Wins Three Saturn Awards King Kong and Batman Begins win top movie honours May 3rd 2006 05:51am | Posted by: Michael Simpson Return to Flight Deck Homepage Hot on the heels of its Peabody Award, Battlestar Galactica has received recognition in another top awards ceremony. At last night's 32nd Annual Saturn Awards, presented by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, Battlestar Galactica won in the category of Best Syndicated Cable/Television Series. Galactica was also named in two acting categories. Jamie Bamber and James Callis were up for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series and Katee Sackhoff was among the nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series. Callis and Sackhoff won. The award for Best Network Television Series went to Lost for the second successive year. The show was nominated alongside Invasion, Surface, Prison Break, Veronica Mars, Smallville and Supernatural. Awards for the Best Actor and Best Actress on Television were given to Matthew Fox (for Lost) and Kristen Bell (for Veronica Mars) In the film categories the award for Best Science Fiction Film went to Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. George Lucas' film had received 10 nominations, the most in this year's awards. Ultimately, however, it received only two. The second was for John Williams' score. King Kong and Batman Begins received three awards each, the most given to any film among the nominations. Batman Begins received Best Fantasy Film, Christian Bale won the award for Best Actor in a movie and Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer won in the Best Writing category. Peter Jackson was named Best Director for King Kong, which also earned awards for Naomi Watts (Best Actress in a movie) and Joe Letteri, Richard Taylor, Christian Rivers and Brian Van't Hul (Best Special Effects). Special awards were presented this year to Ray Harryhausen, Brandon Routh and Shane Black. Harryhausen received the George Pal Memorial Award in recognition of his achievements in producing and special effects work. Routh, who will play the title role in Superman Returns, was given the Rising Star Award and Black was given the Filmmakers Showcase Award for his work on the film Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Here is a full list of the 2006 Saturn Award winners: Best Science Fiction Film: Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Best Fantasy Film: Batman Begins Best Horror Film: The Exorcism of Emily Rose Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film: Sin City Best Animated Film: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Best Actor: Christian Bale (Batman Begins) Best Actress: Naomi Watts (King Kong) Best Supporting Actor: Mickey Rourke (Sin City) Best Supporting Actress: Summer Glau (Serenity) Best Performance by a Younger Actor: Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds) Best Director: Peter Jackson (King Kong) Best Writing: Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer (Batman Begins) Best Music: John Williams (Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith) Best Costume: Isis Mussenden (The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, TheWitch & The Wardrobe) Best Make-Up: Howard Berger, Greg Nicotero, Nikki Gooley (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe) Best Special Effects: Joe Letteri, Richard Taylor, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hul (King Kong) Television Awards Best Network Television Series: Lost Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series: Battlestar Galactica Best Television Presentation: Masters of Horror and The Triangle (tied) Best Actor on Television: Matthew Fox (Lost) Best Actress on Television: Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) Best Supporting Actor on Television: James Callis (Battlestar Galactica) Best Supporting Actress on Television: Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) DVD Awards Best DVD Release: Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection Best DVD Special Edition Release: Sin City: Recut, Extended, Unrated Best DVD Classic Film Release: The Wizard of Oz Best DVD Collection: Bela Lugosi Collection Best DVD Television Release: Lost (Season 1) Best DVD Retro Television Release: The Greatest American Hero Video Game Awards Best Video Game Release (Science Fiction): Star Wars Battlefront II Best Video Game Release (Fantasy): God of War Best Video Game Release (Horror): Resident Evil 4 Special Awards The George Pal Memorial Award: Ray Harryhausen The Filmmakers Showcase Award: Shane Black Rising Star Award: Brandon Routh Source: Saturn Awards In: General Battlestar Galactica News |Visit the HNR Forums

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