The 29th Annual Saturn Awards Nominations - Feature Film Category

By Eric Moro     March 05, 2003

CINESCAPE and The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announced today the nominees for the 2003 Saturn Awards ceremony. Leading the pack in the feature film category with a whopping 10 nominations each are THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS and MINORITY REPORT, followed closely behind by STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (six nominations), HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (five nominations) and SPIDER-MAN (five nominations).

Here is the complete list of feature film nominations:

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM

MEN IN BLACK 2 (Sony)
MINORITY REPORT (20th Century Fox)
SIGNS (Buena Vista)
SOLARIS (20th Century Fox)
STAR TREK: NEMESIS (Paramount)
STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm)

 

BEST FANTASY FILM

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (Warner Bros.)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line Cinema
REIGN OF FIRE (Buena Vista)
THE SANTA CLAUSE 2 (Buena Vista)
THE SCORPION KING (Universal)
SPIDER-MAN (Sony)

 

BEST HORROR FILM

BLADE 2 (New Line Cinema)
EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS (Warner Bros.)
FRAILTY (Lions Gate)
QUEEN OF THE DAMNED (Warner Bros.)
RESIDENT EVIL (Screen Gems)
THE RING (Dreamworks SKG)

 

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM

THE BOURNE IDENTITY (Universal)
DIE ANOTHER DAY (MGM/UA)
ONE HOUR PHOTO (Fox Searchlight)
RED DRAGON (Universal)
ROAD TO PERDITION (Dreamworks SKG)
XXX (Sony / Revolution)

 

BEST ANIMATED FILM

ICE AGE (20th Century Fox)
LILO & STITCH (Buena Vista)
SPIRITED AWAY (Buena Vista)
TREASURE PLANET (Buena Vista)

 

BEST ACTOR

Pierce Brosnan DIE ANOTHER DAY (MGM/UA)
George Clooney SOLARIS(20th Century Fox)
Tom Cruise MINORITY REPORT(20th Century Fox)
Tobey Maguire SPIDER-MAN(Sony)
Viggo Mortensen THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS(New Line Cinema)
Robin Williams ONE HOUR PHOTO(Fox Searchlight)

 

BEST ACTRESS

Kirsten Dunst SPIDER-MAN(Sony)
Jodie Foster PANIC ROOM(Sony)
Milla Jovovich RESIDENT EVIL(Screen Gems)
Natascha McElhone SOLARIS(20th Century Fox)
Natalie Portman STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES(20th Century Fox)
Naomi Watts THE RING(Dreamworks SKG)

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Ralph Fiennes RED DRAGON(Universal)
Tom Hardy STAR TREK: NEMESIS(Paramount)
Andy Serkis THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS(New Line Cinema)
Toby Stephens DIE ANOTHER DAY(MGM/UA)
Max Von Sydow MINORITY REPORT(20th Century Fox)
Robin Williams INSOMNIA(Warner Bros.)

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Halle Berry DIE ANOTHER DAY(MGM/UA)
Samantha Morton MINORITY REPORT(20th Century Fox)
Connie Nielsen ONE HOUR PHOTO(Fox Searchlight)
Rachel Roberts SIMONE(New Line Cinema)
Sissy Spacek TUCK EVERLASTING (Buena Vista)
Emily Watson RED DRAGON (Universal)

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER ACTOR

Alexis Bledel TUCK EVERLASTING (Buena Vista)
Hayden Christensen STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES(20th Century Fox)
Tyler Hoechlin ROAD TO PERDITION(Dreamworks SKG)
Daniel Radcliffe HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS(Warner Bros.)
Jeremy Sumpter FRAILTY(Lions Gate)
Elijah Wood THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS(New Line Cinema)

 

BEST DIRECTION

Chris Columbus HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (Warner Bros.)
Peter Jackson THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line Cinema)
George Lucas STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (20th Century Fox)
Bill Paxton FRAILTY (Lions Gate)
Sam Raimi SPIDER-MAN (Sony)
Steven Spielberg MINORITY REPORT (20th Century Fox)

 

BEST WRITING

Scott Frank and Jon Cohen MINORITY REPORT(20th Century Fox)
Brent Hanley FRAILTY(Lions Gate)
Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt & Donald H. Hewitt (English version) SPIRITED AWAY(Buena Vista)
Mark Romanek ONE HOUR PHOTO(Fox Searchlight)
Hillary Seitz INSOMNIA(Warner Bros.)
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson THE LORD OF THE RINGS:THE TWO TOWERS (New Line Cinema)

 

BEST MUSIC

Danny Elfman SPIDER-MAN(Sony)
Reinhold Heil & Johnny Klimek ONE HOUR PHOTO (Fox Searchlight)
Jo Hisaishi SPIRITED AWAY(Buena Vista)
Howard Shore THE LORD OF THE RINGS:THE TWO TOWERS (New Line Cinema)
John Williams MINORITY REPORT(20th Century Fox)
John Williams STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES(20th Century Fox)

 

BEST COSTUME

Deena Appel AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER(New Line Cinema)
Trisha Biggar STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (20th Century Fox)
Ngila Dickson THE LORD OF THE RINGS:THE TWO TOWERS(New Line Cinema)
Lindy Hemming HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS(Warner Bros.)
Bob Ringwood STAR TREK: NEMESIS (Paramount)
Deborah L. Scott MINORITY REPORT (20th Century Fox)

 

BEST MAKE-UP

Michelle Taylor, Gary Matanky, Bob Newton, & Mark Boley BLADE 2(New Line Cinema)
Nick Dudman & Amanda Knight HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS(Warner Bros.)
Peter Owen & Peter King THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line Cinema)
Michele Burke-Winter, Camille Calvet, & KNB Effects Group, Inc. MINORITY REPORT (20th Century Fox)
Rick Baker, Jean A. Black & Bill Sturgeon THE RING (Dreamworks SKG)
Michael Westmore STAR TREK: NEMESIS (Paramount)

 

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

John Mitchell, Nick Davis, John Richardson & Bill George HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (Warner Bros.)
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook & Alex Funke THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS(New Line Cinema)
Scott Farrar, Henry La Bounta, Michael Lantieri, & Nathan McGuiness MINORITY REPORT(20th Century Fox)
John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara & John Frazier SPIDER-MAN (Sony)
Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll & Ben Snow STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES(20th Century Fox)
John Hynek, Matthew Butler, Sean Andrew Faden, & John Frazier XXX(Sony/Revolution)