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Elston Gunn tells who the Saturn Award nominees are!
Hello. Elston Gunn here.
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, a non-profit organization devoted to honoring, recognizing and promoting genre entertainment, has announced the nominations for the 34th Annual Saturn Awards with the film 300 leading the pack with 10 noms. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX follows close behind with 9 nominations and Tim Burton's SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET earns 8 nominations.
THE GOLDEN COMPASS, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END and SPIDER-MAN 3 received 4 nominations each, while THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, EASTERN PROMISES, ENCHANTED, GRINDHOUSE, THE MIST, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, STARDUST and THERE WILL BE BLOOD each received 3 nominations.
On the television front, LOST dominated with 7 nominations, while Showtime’s DEXTER and NBC's HEROES soared with 5 and 4 nominations, respectively.
The organization also announced two special awards to be given this year: Guillermo del Toro will receive the coveted George Pal Memorial Award. Author TIM LUCAS has been selected to receive a Special Achievement Award for his 2007 book: MARIO BAVA: ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK.
This particular academy was founded in 1972 by film historian Dr. Donald A. Reed and is currently headed by film enthusiast Robert Holguin. This year’s show will take place on Tuesday, June 24, in Universal City, California. A partial rundown of nominations follows. For a complete list, visit their site!
Best Science Fiction Film
Cloverfield (Paramount)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (20th Century Fox)
I Am Legend (Warner Bros.)
The Last Mimzy (New Line Cinema)
Sunshine (Fox Searchlight)
Transformers (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)
Best Fantasy Film
Enchanted (Buena Vista)
The Golden Compass (New Line Cinema)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner Bros.)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Buena Vista)
Spider-Man 3 (Sony)
Stardust (Paramount)
Best Horror Film
30 Days of Night (Sony)
1408 (The Weinstein Co.)
Ghost Rider (Sony)
Grindhouse (The Weinstein Co.)
The Mist (The Weinstein Co.)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)
Best Action / Adventure / Thriller Film
3:10 to Yuma (Lionsgate)
300 (Warner Bros.)
The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal)
Live Free or Die Hard (20th Century Fox)
No Country for Old Men (Miramax)
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage)
Zodiac (Paramount)
Best Actor
Gerard Butler (“300”) (Warner Bros.)
John Cusack (“1408”) (The Weinstein Co.)
Daniel Day-Lewis (“There Will Be Blood”) (Paramount Vantage)
Johnny Depp (“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”) (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)
Viggo Mortensen (“Eastern Promises”) (Focus Features)
Will Smith (“I Am Legend”) (Warner Bros.)
Best Actress
Amy Adams (“Enchanted”) (Buena Vista)
Ashley Judd (“Bug”) (Lionsgate)
Helena Bonham Carter (“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”) (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)
Naomi Watts (“Eastern Promises”) (Focus Features)
Belen Rueda (“The Orphanage”) (Picturehouse)
Carice van Houten (“Black Book”) (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men”) (Miramax)
Ben Foster (“3:10 to Yuma”) (Lionsgate)
James Franco (“Spider-Man 3”) (Sony)
Justin Long (“Live Free or Die Hard”) (20th Century Fox)
Alan Rickman (“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”) (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)
David Wenham (“300”) (Warner Bros.)
Best Supporting Actress
Lizzy Caplan (“Cloverfield”) (Paramount)
Marcia Gay Harden (“The Mist”) (The Weinstein Co.)
Lena Headey (“300”) (Warner Bros.)
Rose McGowan (“Grindhouse” – “Planet Terror”) (The Weinstein Co.)
Michelle Pfeiffer (“Stardust”) (Paramount)
Imelda Staunton (“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”) (Warner Bros.)
Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Alex Etel (“The Water Horse”) (Sony)
Freddie Highmore (“August Rush”) (Warner Bros.)
Josh Hutcherson (“Bridge to Terabithia”) (Buena Vista)
Daniel Radcliffe (“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”) (Warner Bros.)
Dakota Blue Richards (“The Golden Compass”) (New Line Cinema)
Rhiannon Leigh Wryn (“The Last Mimzy”) (New Line Cinema)
Best Direction
Tim Burton (“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”) (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)
Frank Darabont (“The Mist”) (The Weinstein Co.)
Paul Greengrass (“The Bourne Ultimatum”) (Universal)
Sam Raimi (“Spider-Man 3”) (Sony)
Zack Snyder (“300”) (Warner Bros.)
David Yates (“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”) (Warner Bros.)
Best Writing
Roger Avary, Neil Gaiman (“Beowulf”) (Paramount)
Brad Bird (“Ratatouille”) (Buena Vista)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (“No Country for Old Men”) (Miramax)
Michael Goldenberg (“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”) (Warner Bros.)
Michael Gordon, Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad (“300”) (Warner Bros.)
John Logan (“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”) (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)
Best International Film
Black Book (Sony Pictures Classics)
Day Watch (Fox Searchlight)
Eastern Promises (Focus Features)
Goya’s Ghosts (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
The Orphanage (Picturehouse)
Sleuth (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best Animated Film
Beowulf (Paramount)
Meet the Robinsons (Buena Vista)
Ratatouille (Buena Vista)
Shrek the Third (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)
The Simpsons Movie (20th Century Fox)
Surf’s Up (Sony)
TELEVISION NOMINATIONS
Best Network Television Series
Heroes (NBC)
Journeyman (NBC)
Lost (ABC)
Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Supernatural (CW)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox)
Best Syndicated / Cable Television Series
Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi Channel)
The Closer (TNT)
Dexter (Showtime)
Kyle XY (ABC Family)
Saving Grace (TNT)
Stargate SG-1 (Sci Fi Channel / MGM)
Best Presentation on Television
Battlestar Galactica: Razor (Sci Fi Channel)
The Company (TNT)
Fallen (ABC Family)
The Family Guy: “Blue Harvest” (Fox)
Masters of Science Fiction (ABC)
Shrek the Halls (ABC)
Tin Man (Sci Fi Channel)
Best International Series
Doctor Who (Sci Fi Channel)
Jekyll (BBC America)
Life On Mars (BBC America)
Meadowlands (aka Cape Wrath) (Showtime)
Robin Hood (BBC America)
Torchwood (BBC America)
Best Actor on Television
Matt Dallas (Kyle XY) (ABC Family)
Matthew Fox (Lost) (ABC)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter) (Showtime)
Kevin McKidd (Journeyman) (NBC)
Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica) (Sci Fi Channel)
Lee Pace (Pushing Daisies) (ABC)
Best Actress on Television
Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies) (ABC)
Lena Headey (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) (Fox)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (Ghost Whisperer) (CBS)
Holly Hunter (Saving Grace) (TNT)
Evangeline Lily (Lost) (ABC)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) (TNT)
Best Supporting Actor on Television
Michael Emerson (Lost) (ABC)
Greg Grunberg (Heroes) (NBC)
Josh Holloway (Lost) (ABC)
Erik King (Dexter) (Showtime)
Terry O’Quinn (Lost) (ABC)
Masi Oka (Heroes) (NBC)
Best Supporting Actress on Television
Jaime Alexander (Kyle XY) (ABC Family)
Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) (Showtime)
Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) (Fox)
Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) (ABC)
Jaime Murray (Dexter) (Showtime)
Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) (NBC)
Elston Gunn
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I love 300.
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If they're not gonna separate the Wheat from the Chaff then I'm not gonna tune in
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for Beowulf! Yaaaay!
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It says on their web page that "The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films is a non-profit organization devoted to honoring, recognizing and promoting genre entertainment."
But looking at that huge list, I don't get that feeling at all - at least not the focus on sci-fi, fantasy, and horror.
Nominations for NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN? EASTERN PROMISES? THERE WILL BE BLOOD? BLACK BOOK? For mainstream awards, sure, but here?
I feel like this group is diluting their purported focus on sci-fi, fantasy, and horror by including so many films and categories that don't fit into those genres. -
When shows like Smallville are nominated, you know you suck.
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Can't believe that piece of crap Cloverfield is considered top sci-fi. Fucking Ghost Whisperer? Geezzz.
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That's just the first thing wrong with this silly list. They need to narrow down their categories.
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And Sunshine is the only movie to deserve that Best Science Fiction Film nomination.
I didn't there was an award show I could care less about than the Emmy's... -
are you fucking serious? the action scene with the dragon was epic. did you see it in imax 3d?
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nominating, frankly, most of these films - where the hell is Toby Jones's nomination for Mist?
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And when the fuck did AUGUST RUSH become a genre film? Somebody on the nomination committee must've had a fuck-buddy working on that film.
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The third season was easily the best on TV last year, and it should win in every category it's nominated in... Except for the best actor award. That one belongs to Dexter!
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I loved Sweeney, but don't actually feel it belongs in that horror category. Give that nom to "Behind the Mask" perhaps, or better yet "Bug". They were both this year right? And if you do away with Sweeney, The Mist has it hands down. Ghost Rider? Are you serious? It wasnt horror, and barely a movie for that matter. Sunshine is the only thing that really stands out there in it's category, and even it was far from perfect but I think that's sadly the nature of sci-fi right now. Im keeping my eye for the next big thing, but nothing is showing. It's so bad we are all slobbering over Cameron's movie and that's still pretty far off. Where is all the good sci-fi? Anyway, the action/adventure category is odd. There Will Be Blood considered the same genre as 300? Interesting. Again, if this genre was condensed to it's actual occupants it would be a standoff between ultimatum, 300 and Yuma and based on my own geekly preferences, probably 300 would be last man standing.
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The science fiction pool looks especially lame this year. I haven't seen Sunshine, but from what I've heard it's the only movie on that list that was remotely good. Sad year for genre, looks like (or as others have pointed out, maybe it's just poor nomination selections).
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For real, I would rather watch this than the Oscars. Hooaa Hoooa 300 FTW!!!
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But Pirates gets nominated?
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For those of you who say John has never made a bad movie, this movie was the worst movie I saw last year. Even more boring then Knocked up. Can't wait to see the next Mikael Håfström joint. Directors not from hollywoodland, take note stay in your home countries.
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If Family Guy doesn't win, then this show is just as rigged as the Grammies. Blue Harvest was awesome and Harry you are a wussy for not enjoying the hell out of it. Now don't get Penisy.
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Viggo Mortensen getting more nominations for his best Ed Harris impersonation (and his balls). Eastern Promises would have been good if I knew it was part of some trilogy or the pilot. Rather then a movie that didn't really go anywhere like History of David Cronenberg's recent movies.
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Yeah agreed Sci-fi was not really looked at this year. Though Sunshine does make up for that. I feel 07 was a sad year overall. Also how you going to put like every animated movie made this year, but not TMNT? TMNT was fucking amazing, awesome action, and not the killing of childhood memories like Transformers. TMNT looked better then Shrek 3, Surfs Up and Meet the Robinsons combined, plus like it came out of no where. I went in thinking that it was going to be DTV bad, but it was an awesome movie. The fight between Leo and Ralph was just as good as Butler and the giant mutant thing.
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