30th Saturn Awards Date May 5, 2004 Site Los Angeles , California , U.S.Most awards The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (8)Most nominations The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (13)
The 30th Saturn Awards , honoring the best in science fiction , fantasy and horror film and television in 2003 , were held on May 5, 2004 at the Universal Sheraton Hotel in Los Angeles , California .[1] The nominations were announced on February 17, 2004.[2]
The five Best Film categories were respectively won by X2 (Science Fiction ), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Fantasy ), 28 Days Later (Horror ), Kill Bill: Volume 1 (Action/Adventure/Thriller Film ), and Finding Nemo (Animated ). The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King received the most nominations with thirteen (including two Best Actor nominations and three Best Supporting Actor nominations), and the most wins with eight.
The ceremony marked the only time a person received one single nomination for two different works: James Marsters won the award for Best Supporting Actor on Television for his work on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and, its spin-off series, Angel ; he portrayed the same character, Spike , in both. Ellen DeGeneres also became the first actress to win an award for voice acting , and the third person to do so after Robin Williams and Scott Weinger at the 19th Saturn Awards in 1993, both for Aladdin .
The following is a complete list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in boldface .
Winners and nominees [ ]
Film [ ]
Best Science Fiction Film
Best Fantasy Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Big Fish
Freaky Friday
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Peter Pan
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Best Horror Film
Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
Best Director
Best Writing
Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Danny Boyle – 28 Days Later
Bryan Singer – X2
Quentin Tarantino – Kill Bill: Volume 1
Gore Verbinski – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Edward Zwick – The Last Samurai
Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , and Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Michael Dougherty , Dan Harris , and David Hayter – X2
Alex Garland – 28 Days Later
Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon – Freaky Friday
Andrew Stanton , Bob Peterson , and David Reynolds – Finding Nemo
Quentin Tarantino – Kill Bill: Volume 1
Best Actor
Best Actress
Elijah Wood – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Frodo Baggins
Tom Cruise – The Last Samurai as Captain Nathan Algren
Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Captain Jack Sparrow
Albert Finney – Big Fish as Senior Edward Bloom
Crispin Glover – Willard as Willard Stiles
Viggo Mortensen – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Aragorn Elessar
Uma Thurman – Kill Bill: Volume 1 as The Bride
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Sean Astin – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Samwise Gamgee
Sonny Chiba – Kill Bill: Volume 1 as Hattori Hanzō
Ian McKellen – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Gandalf the White
Geoffrey Rush – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Hector Barbossa
Andy Serkis – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Sméagol Trahald / Gollum
Ken Watanabe – The Last Samurai as Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu
Ellen DeGeneres – Finding Nemo as Dory
Keira Knightley – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Elizabeth Swann
Kristanna Loken – Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as T-X
Lucy Liu – Kill Bill: Volume 1 as O-Ren Ishii
Miranda Otto – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Éowyn
Peta Wilson – The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as Mina Harker
Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Best Music
Howard Shore – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Klaus Badelt – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Danny Elfman – Hulk
Jerry Goldsmith – Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Thomas Newman – Finding Nemo
John Ottman – X2
Best Costume
Best Make-Up
Penny Rose – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Kym Barrett – The Matrix Revolutions
Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Louise Mingenbach – X2
Janet Patterson – Peter Pan
Jacqueline West – The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Best Special Effects
Best Animated Film
Jim Rygiel , Joe Letteri , Randall William Cook , and Alex Funke – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Michael L. Fink , Richard E. Hollander, Stephen Rosenbaum , and Mike Vézina – X2
John Gaeta , Kim Libreri, George Murphy , and Craig Hayes – The Matrix Revolutions
Pablo Helman , Danny Gordon Taylor , Allen Hall , and John Rosengrant – Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
John Knoll , Hal Hickel , Terry Frazee , and Charles Gibson – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Dennis Muren , Ed Hirsh , Colin Brady , and Michael Lantieri – Hulk
Television [ ]
Programs [ ]
Acting [ ]
Home video [ ]
Best DVD Release
Best DVD Special Edition Release
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Special Extended DVD Edition)
Black Hawk Down
Finding Nemo (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Identity (Special Edition)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
Best DVD Classic Film Release
Best DVD Movie Collection
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Indiana Jones: The Complete DVD Movie Collection
Alien Quadrilogy
The Jack Ryan Special Edition DVD Collection
The Lon Chaney Collection
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection (Vol. 2 – 4)
X-Men Collection
Best DVD Television Release
Firefly – The Complete Firefly
Cinescape Genre Face of the Future [ ]
Male
Female
Scott Speedman – Underworld
James Badge Dale – 24
Christopher Gorham – Jake 2.0 (Episode: "The Tech")
Jason Ritter – Freddy vs. Jason
Clayton Watson – The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions
Shane West – The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Melissa George – Alias
Reiko Aylesworth – 24
Keira Knightley – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Chiaki Kuriyama – Kill Bill: Volume 1
Gabrielle Union – Bad Boys II and Cradle 2 the Grave
Cerina Vincent – Cabin Fever
Special Achievements [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
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