Tuesday, July 23, 2024

"Star Trek: First Contact" wins 3 Saturn Awards 1997



Star Trek: First Contact, the second appearance of the Next Generation crew, was nominated for 10 Saturn Awards from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. It took home three of the prizes at the annual ceremony held July 23, 1997.

Brent Spiner won Best Supporting Actor for his role as Data, and Alice Krige won Best Supporting Actress for her performance as the Borg Queen.  Deborah Everton won for Best Costumes.

Patrick Stewart was nominated for Best Actor as Jean-Luc Picard.  There were no nominees for Best Actress from the movie, which is a crime, since Alfre Woodard was awesome!  She deserved a nomination as much as Helen Hunt, Frances McDormand, and Penelope Ann Miller.  With the given nominees, I would have preferred to see Penelope Ann Miller win for her work in The Relic.

Star Trek: First Contact was nominated for Best Science Fiction Film. Jonathan Frakes was nominated for Best Director.  Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore were nominated for Best Writing. Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, and Jake Garber were nominated for Best Make-up. Jerry Goldsmith was nominated for Best Music (another tragedy that he didn't win). John Knoll with Industrial Light & Magic was nominated for Best Special Effects.

Independence Day had 11 nominations and won three.  The Relic, one of horror favorites, received two nominations.  Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie had one nomination.  Twister got four nominations.


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