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The 2008 Saturn Awards were handed out this Tuesday night. The Saturns are where you turn for the awarding of genre movies and television, the stuff usually overlooked by Oscar or the Emmys in favor of boring dramas starring Keira Knightley. I can’t blame them, Keira Knightley is an attention getter.

This year the Saturn’s selected Cloverfield as the year’s best Science Fiction movie. I’d have gone I Am Legend, but at least that film got a little love with a win for Will Smith as best Actor. Here’s the complete list of this years Saturn Award winners:

Best Science Fiction Film: Cloverfield
Best Fantasy Film: Enchanted
Best Horror Film: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Action Adventure Thriller Film: 300
Best Actor: Will Smith – I Am Legend
Best Actress: Amy Adams – Enchanted
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: – Marcia Gay Harden The Mist
Best Performance by a Younger Actor: Freddie Highmore August Rush
Best Direction: Zack Snyder – 300
Best Writing: Brad Bird – Ratatouille
Best Music: Alan Menken – Enchanted
Best Costume: Colleen Atwood – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Make-Up: Ve Neill, Martin Samuel – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Best Special Effects: Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, John Frazier – Transformers
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille
Best International Film: Eastern Promises
Best Network Television Series: Lost
Best Syndicated / Cable Television Series: Dexter
Best Presentation on Television: Family Guy: Blue Harvest
Best Actor on Television: Matthew Fox – Lost
Best Actress on Television: Jennifer Love Hewitt Ghost Whisperer
Best Supporting Actor on Television: Michael Emerson – Lost
Best Supporting Actress on Television: (TIE): Summer Glau – Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles /
Elizabeth Mitchell – Lost
Best DVD Release: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (remix)
Best DVD Special Edition Release: Blade Runner (5 Disc Ultimate Edition)
Best DVD Classic Film Release: The Monster Squad
Best DVD Collection: Mario Bava (Box Sets 1 & 2)
Best Television Series Release on DVD: Heroes (Season 1)
Best Retro Television Series Release on DVD: Twin Peaks (Definitive Gold Box Ed.)
The Life Career Award: Robert Halmi, Sr.
George Pal Memorial Award: Guillermo del Toro
Filmmakers Showcase Award: Matt Reeves
Special Achievement Award: Tim & Donna Lucas
Service Award: Fred Barton