'Dark Knight' Nominated for Eleven Saturn Awards

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11Mar2009

'Dark Knight' Nominated for Eleven Saturn Awards

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 2:07AM

The Dark Knight should finally clean house at an awards show when The 35th annual Saturn Awards are presented this summer. The film is up for 11 awards total, and though I hate to be a stickler, Jumper also received a nomination and it's over a full year old.

Regardless, the Saturn Awards put the spotlight on science fiction, fantasy, and horror, and as it relates to those categories, they gets it right more often than not, at least where the winners are concerned. There are awards for movies and televsion - where Lost also collected 11 nominations - so it's a full night of sensational awards fun.

The weird thing about this particular honor is that it happens so late in the year. This year, the Saturn Awards will be handed out on June 25th, meaning that if The Dark Knight wins everything, it'll be almost a year old. If Iron Man takes home Best science Fiction Film, which it should, it will be nearly 14 months old.

When it comes to the acting categories, they lump all the performances together, rather than having Best Science Fiction Actor or something. That keeps those categories really competitive, in my estimation.

Here are the film nominees; if you're interested in the TV nominations, check out the official site of the Saturn Awards.

Best Science Fiction Film
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Eagle Eye
The Incredible Hulk
Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Jumper

Best Fantasy Film
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Hancock
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Twilight
Wanted

Best Horror Film
The Happening
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Quarantine
Splinter
The Strangers

Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
Changeling
The Dark Knight
Gran Torino
Quantum of Solace
Traitor
Valkyrie

Best Actor
Christian Bale - The Dark Knight
Tom Cruise - Valkyrie
Robert Downey, Jr. - Iron Man
Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones & Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Will Smith - Hancock

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Dark Knight
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Julianne Moore - Blindness
Emily Mortimer - Transsiberian
Gwyneth Paltrow - Iron Man

Best Supporting Actor
Jeff Bridges - Iron Man
Aaron Eckhart - The Dark Knight
Woody Harrelson - Transsiberian
Shia LaBeouf - Indiana Jones & Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Bill Nighy - Valkyrie

Best Supporting Actress
Joan Allen - Death Race
Judi Dench - Quantum of Solace
Olga Kurylenko - Quantum of Solace
Tilda Swinton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Charlize Theron - Hancock
Carice Van Houten - Valkyrie

Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Freddie Highmore - The Spiderwick Chronicles
Lina Leandersson - Let the Right One In
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Jaden Christopher Smith - The Day the Earth Stood Still
Catinca Untaru - The Fall
Brandon Walters - Australia

Best Director
Clint Eastwood - Changeling
Jon Favreau - Iron Man
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Bryan Singer - Valkyrie
Steven Spielberg - Indiana Jones & Kingdom of the Crystal Skul
Andrew Stanton - Wall-E

Best Writing
Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway - Iron Man
David Koepp, John Kamps - Ghost Town
John Ajvide Lindqvist - Let the Right One In
Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
J. Michael Straczynski - Changeling

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