13th Satellite Awards
The 13th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2008, were given on December 14, 2008.
13th Satellite Awards | |
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Date | DecemberΒ 14,Β 2008 |
Highlights | |
Best drama film | Slumdog Millionaire |
Best comedy/musical film | Happy-Go-Lucky |
Best television drama | Dexter |
Best television musical/comedy | Tracey Ullman's State of the Union |
Best director | Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire |
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Special achievement awards
Auteur Award (for his signature scope and style of filmmaking) β Baz Luhrmann
Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) β Louis Gossett Jr.
Nikola Tesla Award (for his innovative make-up, prosthetics, and creature effects in films) β Rick Baker
Outstanding New Talent β Brandon Walters
Motion picture winners and nominees
Best Actor β Drama
Richard Jenkins β The Visitor
- Leonardo DiCaprio β Revolutionary Road
- Frank Langella β Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn β Milk
- Mickey Rourke β The Wrestler
- Mark Ruffalo β What Doesn't Kill You
Best Actor β Musical or Comedy
- Josh Brolin β W.
- Michael Cera β Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
- Brendan Gleeson β In Bruges
- Sam Rockwell β Choke
- Mark Ruffalo β The Brothers Bloom
Best Actress β Drama
- Anne Hathaway β Rachel Getting Married
- Melissa Leo β Frozen River
- Meryl Streep β Doubt
- Kristin Scott Thomas β I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)
- Kate Winslet β The Reader
Best Actress β Musical or Comedy
Sally Hawkins β Happy-Go-Lucky
- Catherine Deneuve β A Christmas Tale (Un conte de NoΓ«l)
- Kat Dennings β Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
- Lisa Kudrow β Kabluey
- Debra Messing β Nothing like the Holidays
- Meryl Streep β Mamma Mia!
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
Best Art Direction and Production Design
- Brideshead Revisited
- City of Ember
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Duchess
- Revolutionary Road
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Director
Danny Boyle β Slumdog Millionaire
- Stephen Daldry β The Reader
- Ron Howard β Frost/Nixon
- Tom McCarthy β The Visitor
- Christopher Nolan β The Dark Knight
- Gus Van Sant β Milk
Best Documentary Film
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (TIE)
Man on Wire (TIE)
- Encounters at the End of the World
- Pray the Devil Back to Hell
- Religulous
- Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
Best Editing
Best Film β Drama
Best Film β Musical or Comedy
Best Foreign Language Film
- Caramel (Sekkar banat) β’ France / Lebanon
- The Class (Entre les murs) β’ France
- Let the Right One In (LΓ₯t den rΓ€tte komma in) β’ Sweden
- Padre Nuestro (Sangre de Mi Sangre) β’ Argentina
- Reprise β’ Norway
Best Original Score
Slumdog Millionaire β A. R. Rahman
- Australia β David Hirschfelder
- Horton Hears a Who! β John Powell
- Milk β Danny Elfman
- Quantum of Solace β David Arnold
- WALL-E β Thomas Newman
Best Original Song
"Another Way to Die" β Quantum of Solace
- "By the Boab Tree" β Australia
- "Down to Earth" β WALL-E
- "If the World" β Body of Lies
- "Jai Ho" β Slumdog Millionaire
- "The Wrestler" β The Wrestler
Best Screenplay β Adapted
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button β Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
- Doubt β John Patrick Shanley
- Elegy β Philip Roth
- The Reader β David Hare
- Revolutionary Road β Justin Haythe
- Slumdog Millionaire β Simon Beaufoy
Best Screenplay β Original
- Australia β Baz Luhrmann
- Frozen River β Courtney Hunt
- Milk β Dustin Lance Black
- Seven Pounds β Grant Nieporte
Best Sound
Best Supporting Actor
Michael Shannon β Revolutionary Road
- Robert Downey Jr. β Tropic Thunder
- James Franco β Milk
- Philip Seymour Hoffman β Doubt
- Heath Ledger β The Dark Knight (posthumous)
- Rade Ε erbedΕΎija β Fugitive Pieces
Best Supporting Actress
Rosemarie DeWitt β Rachel Getting Married
- BeyoncΓ© β Cadillac Records
- PenΓ©lope Cruz β Elegy
- Anjelica Huston β Choke
- Sophie Okonedo β The Secret Life of Bees
- Emma Thompson β Brideshead Revisited
Best Visual Effects
Television winners and nominees
Best Actor β Drama Series
Bryan Cranston β Breaking Bad
- Gabriel Byrne β In Treatment
- Michael C. Hall β Dexter
- Jon Hamm β Mad Men
- Jason Isaacs β Brotherhood
- David Tennant β Doctor Who
Best Actor β Musical or Comedy Series
Justin Kirk β Weeds
- Alec Baldwin β 30 Rock
- Danny DeVito β It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- David Duchovny β Californication
- Jonny Lee Miller β Eli Stone
- Lee Pace β Pushing Daisies
Best Actor β Miniseries or TV Film
- Benedict Cumberbatch β The Last Enemy
- Ralph Fiennes β Bernard and Doris
- Stellan SkarsgΓ₯rd β God on Trial
- Kevin Spacey β Recount
- Tom Wilkinson β Recount
Best Actress β Drama Series
- Glenn Close β Damages
- Kathryn Erbe β Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Sally Field β Brothers and Sisters
- Holly Hunter β Saving Grace
- Kyra Sedgwick β The Closer
Best Actress β Musical or Comedy Series
Tracey Ullman β Tracey Ullman's State of the Union
- Christina Applegate β Samantha Who?
- America Ferrera β Ugly Betty
- Tina Fey β 30 Rock
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus β The New Adventures of Old Christine
- Mary-Louise Parker β Weeds
Best Actress β Miniseries or TV Film
Judi Dench β Cranford
- Jacqueline Bisset β An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
- Laura Linney β John Adams
- Phylicia Rashad β A Raisin in the Sun
- Susan Sarandon β Bernard and Doris
- Julie Walters β Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Best Miniseries
Best Series β Drama
Best Series β Musical or Comedy
Tracey Ullman's State of the Union
Best Supporting Actor β Miniseries or TV Film
- Ε½eljko Ivanek β Damages
- Harvey Keitel β Life on Mars
- John Noble β Fringe
- John Slattery β Mad Men
- Jimmy Smits β Dexter
Best Supporting Actress β Miniseries or TV Film
Fionnula Flanagan β Brotherhood
- Kristin Chenoweth β Pushing Daisies
- Laura Dern β Recount
- Sarah Polley β John Adams
- Dianne Wiest β In Treatment
- Chandra Wilson β Grey's Anatomy
Best TV Film
New Media winners and nominees
Best Classic DVD
The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and The Godfather Part III (The Godfather Collection β The Coppola Restoration)
- Beetlejuice (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
- Diva
- Dracula (75th Anniversary Edition)
- High Noon (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)
- The Mummy
- Psycho
- Road House
- Touch of Evil (50th Anniversary Edition)
- Young Frankenstein
Best DVD Extras
Iron Man (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
- Across the Universe
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- The Bank Job
- Eight Men Out
- Gone Baby Gone
- High Noon (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)
- Into the Wild
- WALL-E (Three-Disc Special Edition)
Best DVD Release of a TV Show
- 30 Rock (Season 2)
- The Tudors (The Complete First Season)
Outstanding Action/Adventure Game
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Outstanding Music/Rhythm Game
- Guitar Hero World Tour
- Patapon
- Rock Band
- SingStar
Outstanding Overall Blu-Ray
Sleeping Beauty (Two-Disc 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition Blu-Ray and DVD)
- The Dark Knight
- The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and The Godfather Part III (The Godfather Collection β The Coppola Restoration)
- Iron Man
- WALL-E (Three-Disc Special Edition Blu-Ray and DVD)
Outstanding Overall DVD
- 3:10 to Yuma
- Atonement
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Juno
- Lars and the Real Girl
- Lust, Caution
- Michael Clayton
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Two-Disc Collection)
- The Visitor
Outstanding Puzzle/Strategy Game
- Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
- Professor Layton and the Curious Village
- Sid Meyer's Civilization Revolution
- Spore
Outstanding Sports/Racing Game
Outstanding Youth DVD
WarGames (25th Anniversary Edition)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (Book 3 Fire, Vol. 4)
- Cars
- Enchanted
- Nim's Island
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Two-Disc Platinum Edition DVD)
- Sleeping Beauty (Two-Disc 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition Blu-Ray and DVD)
- The Spiderwick Chronicles
- WALL-E (Three-Disc Special Edition)
- The Water Horse (Two-Disc Edition)
- Watership Down (Deluxe Edition)
Awards breakdown
Film
Winners:
- 3 / 6 Slumdog Millionaire: Best Director / Best Film β Drama / Best Original Score
- 3 / 9 Australia: Best Art Direction and Production Design / Best Cinematography / Best Visual Effects
- 2 / 2 Happy-Go-Lucky: Best Actress β Musical or Comedy / Best Film β Musical or Comedy
- 2 / 3 The Visitor: Best Actor β Drama / Best Screenplay β Original
- 1 / 1 Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer: Best Documentary Film
- 1 / 1 Ghost Town: Best Actor β Musical or Comedy
- 1 / 1 Gomorrah (Gomorra): Best Foreign Language Film
- 1 / 1 Man on Wire: Best Documentary Film
- 1 / 2 Changeling: Best Actress β Drama
- 1 / 2 Rachel Getting Married: Best Supporting Actress
- 1 / 3 The Duchess: Best Costume Design
- 1 / 3 Iron Man: Best Editing
- 1 / 4 WALL-E: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
- 1 / 5 The Dark Knight: Best Sound
- 1 / 5 Frost/Nixon: Best Screenplay β Adapted
- 1 / 5 Quantum of Solace: Best Original Song
- 1 / 5 Revolutionary Road: Best Supporting Actor
Losers:
- 0 / 6 Milk
- 0 / 4 Brideshead Revisited, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Reader
- 0 / 3 Choke, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
- 0 / 2 City of Ember, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Doubt, Elegy, Horton Hears a Who!, In Bruges, Frozen River, Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir), The Wrestler
Television
Winners:
- 2 / 2 Cranford: Best Actress β Miniseries or TV Film / Best Miniseries
- 2 / 2 Tracey Ullman's State of the Union: Best Actress β Musical or Comedy Series / Best Series β Musical or Comedy
- 2 / 2 True Blood: Best Actress β Drama Series / Best Supporting Actor β Miniseries or TV Film
- 1 / 1 Breaking Bad: Best Actor β Drama Series
- 1 / 2 Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story: Best TV Film
- 1 / 2 Weeds: Best Actor β Musical or Comedy Series
- 1 / 3 Brotherhood: Best Supporting Actress β Miniseries or TV Film
- 1 / 3 Dexter: Best Series β Drama
- 1 / 4 John Adams: Best Actor β Miniseries or TV Film
Losers:
- 0 / 4 Recount
- 0 / 3 30 Rock, Bernard and Doris, In Treatment, Mad Men, Pushing Daisies
- 0 / 2 Damages, God on Trial, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Last Enemy, Life on Mars