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The Dark Knight Runs Rings Around the Saturn Awards

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter
It was a big night for a dark knight as last year's mega-blockbuster took in even more accolades. According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Dark Knight was the big winner at the 35th Annual Saturn Awards held last night in Burbank, California. The Christopher Nolan film lead the way taking home five awards, including awards for Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film and individual kudos to Christopher and Jonathan Nolan for the screenplay and Heath Ledger for his supporting performance.

Other big winners included Iron Man and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which each won three awards and Battlestar Galactica was tops in TV with three wins including Best Syndicated/Cable TV Series.

Here's a complete list of last night's winners below.

Best Science Fiction Film: Iron Man
Best Fantasy Film: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Horror Film: Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film: The Dark Knight
Best Actor: Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man)
Best Actress: Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Best Performance by a Younger Actor: Jaden Christopher Smith (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
Best Director: Jon Favreau (Iron Man)
Best Writer: Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight)
Best Music: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard (The Dark Knight)
Best Costume: Mary Zophres (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
Best Make-Up: Greg Cannom (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Best Special Effects: Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin (The Dark Knight)
Best International Film: Let the Right One in
Best Animated Film: WALL-E
Best Television Series: Lost
Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series: Battlestar Galactica
Best Presentation on Television: The Librarian: The Curse of The Judas Chalice
Best Actor on Television: Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica)
Best Actress on Television: Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica)
Best Supporting Actor on Television: Adrian Pasdar (Heroes)
Best Supporting Actress on Televison: Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter)
Guest Starring Role on Television: Jimmy Smits (Dexter)
Best DVD Release: Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
Best DVD Special Edition Release: Stephen King's The Mist 2-Disc Collector's Edition
Best DVD Classic Film Release: Psycho Universal Legacy Series
Best DVD Collection: The Godfather Collection - Coppola Restoration
Best Series on DVD: Moonlight
Best Retro Series on DVD: The Invaders
The Life Career Award: Lance Henriksen
The Lifetime Achievement Award: Leonard Nimoy
The Visionary Award: Jeffrey Katzenberg


19 Comments


June 28th, 2009 2:28pm
Jon Favreau was not best director. Nolan or Fincher was. And as people below said, HB2 was not a horror movie.
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June 26th, 2009 7:30am
Won't comment on TDK coz we all know it was gonna make it,and is still makin it. Am happy that Curious Case is on the list.. i liked that movie, even Day The Earth Stood Still kicked ass.
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June 25th, 2009 7:24pm
Iron man is not a science fiction movie.Cloverfield should have one for sci fi. Fuck the Saturns. They give that bitch Jolie an award for best actress instead of Anne Hathaway who deserved it. They gave the most annoying child an award, Jaden Smith. Nolan should have one for director. I have to see that let the right one in. Every thing with tv suck ass. They got all these lifetime, life career and visionary bullshit and none of those awards go to Bruce Willis, before that guy leaves this planet he better get awarded with something. Pussies.
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June 25th, 2009 5:00pm
i love how, even though hes only appeared twice on the big screen, the joker just steals the movie

i loved jacks version for years but till heaths came out, i was blown away at how perfect they made the characteristics of the clown prince of crime

sadistic, clever, always 2 steps ahaead of everyone, charming, plays with ur head and emotions,a petty thug with the mind of a crime boss and just enjoying every single moment of chaos hes creating

well see in another 10 -20 years when they remake batman again and try to top heaths perfomance with another joker, highly doubt it
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June 25th, 2009 4:43pm
hasnt TDK dominated every award show sho far?
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June 25th, 2009 4:31pm
why don't we just call it the joker movie? whenever someone puts a picture up about TDK, it is ALWAYS of Heath. TDK was great, but it wasnt a BATMAN film.
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June 25th, 2009 2:33pm
Nice to hear that The Dark Knight is finally getting its awards. It earned it. The oscars can F*** Off for not even letting The Dark Knight go fo Best Picture. Who the hell even saw The Reader?
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June 25th, 2009 2:07pm
I think the Dark Knight is simple one of the top 3 best films ive ever seen so its no surprise its still kicking ass and taking names
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June 25th, 2009 1:16pm
ooooooo. hellboy is so scary. it has hell in the name. its horror. oooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
fuck off, put some good movie that deserves the award. everything else is amazing though. but that fault destroys it all.
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June 25th, 2009 1:06pm
It's cool to see that The Dark Knight is still going strong. It deserves everything it's given.
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June 25th, 2009 12:33pm
There is only three things I do not like about the list.

HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY is not a HORROR movie.
BEST DIRECTOR should have been CHRISTOPHER NOLAN (THE DARK KNIGHT)
The DVD lists

Other than that, great list.
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June 25th, 2009 11:59am
Someone should be fired if their idea of a horror film was "Hellboy II: The Golden Army."
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June 25th, 2009 11:40am
WTF hell boy 2 a horror thats retarded
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June 25th, 2009 11:11am
fantasy actually.
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June 25th, 2009 10:59am
seriously... hellboy sucked. the first one was boring.. but the second was a little better but it still sucked and its far from a horror range. its more comical
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June 25th, 2009 10:45am
This is good, but how the hell is Hellboy II a horror film? Can someone explain this to me?!
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June 25th, 2009 10:33am
oh yeah, and "The Wire" season 5 should be the best TV show award winner. But I still can't fathom why HellBoy II is slated as being a horror film? That's doing a disgrace to Guillermo Del Toro AND the movie!

Mary Zophers did do a fantastic job at costume design for IJ4.

And I disagree with the best director award. For me it'd be a toss up between Christopher Nolan & David Fincher.
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June 25th, 2009 10:24am
I agree with most of the list but best DVD release? WTF?
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June 25th, 2009 10:21am
I agree with most of these. But wtf? HB2 wasn't a horror film! It was fantasy/comic book. And who the hell is Jack Brooks and how can he have the best DVD release?
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