Grand Budapest Hotel won four Academy Awards at the annual ceremony held February 22, 2015. The film had received nine nominations, the same as Birdman or (the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Grand Budapest Hotel won Best Music (Original Source), Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Costume Design.
The film received nominations for Best Picture, Best Directing for Wes Anderson, Best Writing (Original Screenplay), Best Film Editing, and Best Cinematography.
Robert Wise's musical classic The Sound of Music was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won five at the annual ceremony held April 18, 1966. Doctor Zhivago, another successful movie, was also nominated for ten Oscars and won five.
The Sound of Music won Best Picture (Robert Wise, producer) and Best Directing for Robert Wise, beating Doctor Zhivago. It won Best Music (Scoring of Music-Adaption or Treatment) for Irwin Kostal. It won Best Sound for James Corcoran and Fred Hynes, and Best Film Editing for William Reynolds.
Julie Andrews was nominated for Best Actress, but Christopher Plummer did not receive a nomination for his work. Neither did Omar Sharif. Hmmm.... Peggy Wood was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mother Abbess. The Sound of Music was nominated for Best Art Direction (Color) for Boris Leven, Walter Scott and Ruby Levitt. It was nominated for Best Cinematography (Color) for Ted McCord, and Best Costume Design (Color) for Dorothy Jenkins.
One of my favorite comedies The Great Race was nominated for five Oscars and won Best Sound Effects for Treg Brown.
Maggie Smith received her first Academy Award nomination. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her work as Desdemona in Othello.
Superman, directed by Richard Donner and released in the US December 15, 1978, was nominated for eight Saturn Awards, at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films February 24, 1979. It won five awards:
Best Science Fiction Film
Margot Kidder for Best Actress for her performance as Lois Lane.
John Williams for Best Music
Colin Chilvers for Best Special Effects
A Special award: John Barry for Best Production Design.
Superman was nominated for Best Actor for Christopher Reeve, Valerie Perrine for Best Supporting Actress, Best Director for Richard Donner, and Best Costumes.
George Lucas's iconic, groundbreaking, phenomenal, masterpiece Star Wars won 8 Saturn Awards from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films at the 5th annual ceremony held January 14, 1978.
Star Wars won Best Science Fiction Film, Best Supporting Actor for Alec Guinness, Best Director for George Lucas, Best Writing for Lucas, Best Music for John Williams, Best Costumes for John Mollo, Best Makeup for Rick Baker and Stuart Freeborn, Best Special Effects for John Dykstra and John Stears,
George Lucas tied with Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters of the Third Kind) for Best Director. John Williams tied with himself for his score for Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Star Wars was nominated for Best Actor for Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill, Best Actress for Carrie Fisher, and Best Supporting Actor for Peter Cushing.
The film also received several special awards: Outstanding Art Direction, Outstanding Cinematographer, Outstanding Editing, Outstanding Set Direction, and Outstanding Sound.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the continuation of the Star Wars series, was nominated for a whopping 15 Saturn Awards, the most nominated film by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, and won eight at the annual ceremony held June 22, 2016.
The film won:
Best Science Fiction Film
Best Writing for Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams and Michael Arndt
Best Actor for Harrison Ford
Best Supporting Actor for Adam Driver
Best Music for John Williams
Best Editing for Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
Best Make-up for Neal Scanlan
Best Special Effects for Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach,Neal Scanlan, and Chris Corbould
The Force Awakens was nominated for:
Best Director for J. J. Abrams
Best Actor for John Boyega
Best Actress for Daisy Ridley
Best Supporting Actress for Carrie Fisher and Lupita Nyong'o
Best Production Design for Rick Carter and Darren Gilford
Steven Spielberg's horror/comedy classic, Gremlins, was nominated for nine Saturn Awards and won five at the 12th annual ceremony, held June 9, 1985.
It won Best Horror Film, beating Firestarter, Dreamscape, and Nightmare on Elm Street. Polly Holliday (Flo on Alice) won Best Supporting Actress, beating Dame Judith Anderson for her performance in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Joe Dante won Best Director and Jerry Goldsmith won Best Music. Gremlins won Best Special Effects for Chris Walas.
Corey Feldman was nominated for Best Performance by a Younger Actor, along with Drew Barrymore for Firestarter and Ke Huy Quan for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Dick Miller was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Chris Columbus was nominated for Best Writing and Greg LaCava was nominated for Best Make-up.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock was nominated for six awards but did not win any of them. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was nominated for seven awards but did not win either.
Star Wars: A New Hope was nominated for 8 Saturn Awards and walked away with 12 trophies at the 5th annual ceremony held May 14, 1978.
It won Best Science Fiction Film, Best Supporting Actor for Alec Guinness, Best Writing for George Lucas, Best Costumes, Best Makeup, and Best Special Effects for John Dykstra and John Stears. John Williams tied with himself for Best Music for Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. George Lucas tied for Best Director with Steven Spielberg for Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford were both nominated for Best Actor, and Carrie Fisher was nominated for Best Actress. Peter Cushing was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Star Wars was given five special awards:
Outstanding Art Direction for Norman Reynolds and Leslie Dilley
Outstanding Cinematographer for Gilbert Taylor
Outstanding Editing for Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, and Richard Chew
Outstanding Set Decoration for Roger Christian
Outstanding Sound for Ben Burtt, Don MacDougall, and Sam F. Shaw.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind was nominated for seven awards but only won the two awards for which it tied with Star Wars.
The latest installment of the Star Wars franchise, The Rise of Skywalker, won 5 Saturn Awards at the 46th ceremony of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, October 26, 2021. It had been nominated for a total of 12 awards.
It won Best Science Fiction Film Release, Best Film Director for J. J. Abrams, Best Film Music for John Williams, Best Film Makeup, and Best Film Special/Visual Effects. It was nominated for Best Film Writing, Best Actress in a Film for Daisy Ridley, Best Supporting Actor in a Film for Adam Driver and Ian McDiarmid, Best Film Editing, Best Film Production Design, and Best Costume Design.
Knives Out, a much better movie to me, won four Saturns: Best Thriller Film Release, Best Supporting Actress in a Film for Ana de Armas, Best Film Editing, and Best 4K Film Release. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Film for Daniel Craig, Best Supporting Actor in a Film for Chris Evans, Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis, and Best Film Music.
Patrick Stewart won the Award for Best Actor on Television for his performance as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: Picard. Picard was nominated for Best Science Fiction Television Series, Best Performance by a Younger Actor on a Television Series for Isa Briones, and Best Guest Performance on a Television Series for Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine.
Star Trek: Discovery won two Saturns: Best Science Fiction Television Series and Best Supporting Actor on Television for Doug Jones. Sonequa Martin-Green was nominated for Best Actress on Television.
Godzilla even won a Saturn for Best DVD/BD Collection: Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954-1975. Gamera: The Complete Collection was nominated for the award.
Superman, released December 15, 1978, was a triumphant return for the Man of Steel on the silver screen. Christopher Reeve starred as Superman with Margot Kidder as Lois Lane.
Superman won a Special Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects. I remember the tagline being "You will believe a man can fly." It won five Saturn Awards: Best Science Fiction Film, Best Actress, Best Special Effects, Best Music for John Williams, and Best Production Design.
John Williams won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition.
Young Sherlock Holmes, produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Barry Levinson, was released December 4, 1985. It is a story about Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, meeting as boys in a English boarding school.
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. It won a Saturn award for Best Music. The stained glass knight scene was my favorite.
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, released across the US October 29, 1993, is a stop-motion animated dark fantasy film about Jack Skellington, the King of Halloween Town, who becomes obsessed with Christmas.
Tim Burton wrote a poem while working as an animator for Walt Disney Productions and it eventually became The Nightmare Before Christmas. Disney released it through its stepchild studio Touchstone Pictures.
It was a critical and financial success and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. It won Saturn Awards for Best Fantasy Film and Best Music.
The long-awaited Star Wars sequel to Revenge of the Jedi, The Force Awakens was released December 18, 2015. It was met with positive reviews and fans loved it. The Force Awakens was nominated for 5 Academy Awards and won 8 Saturn Awards: Best Science Fiction Film, Best Writing, Best Actor for Harrison Ford, Best Supporting Actor, Best Music for John Williams, Best Editing, Best Make-up, and Best Special Effects.
It reunited Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, and Mark Hamill, as well as Ford.
