13th Satellite Awards | |
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Date | December 14, 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 |
The 13th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2008, were given on December 14, 2008.
Special achievement awards
Auteur Award (for his signature scope and style of filmmaking) – Baz Luhrmann
Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Louis Gossett Jr.
Nikola Tesla Award (for his innovative make-up, prosthetics, and creature effects in films) – Rick Baker
Outstanding New Talent – Brandon Walters
Motion picture winners and nominees
Best Actor – Drama
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
Best Actress – Drama
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
Best Art Direction and Production Design
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Director
Best Documentary Film
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (TIE)
Man on Wire (TIE)
Best Editing
Best Film – Drama
Best Film – Musical or Comedy
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
"Another Way to Die" – Quantum of Solace
- "By the Boab Tree" – Australia
- "Down to Earth" – WALL-E
- "If the World" – Body of Lies
- "Jai Ho" – Slumdog Millionaire
- "The Wrestler" – The Wrestler
Best Screenplay – Adapted
Best Screenplay – Original
Best Sound
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Visual Effects
Television winners and nominees
Best Actor – Drama Series
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series
Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
Best Actress – Drama Series
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
Best Miniseries
Best Series – Drama
Best Series – Musical or Comedy
Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
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 – 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
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 – The Coppola Restoration)
- Iron Man
- WALL-E (Three-Disc Special Edition Blu-Ray and DVD)
Outstanding Overall DVD
Outstanding Puzzle/Strategy Game
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 – 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 – Musical or Comedy / Best Film – Musical or Comedy
- 2 / 3 The Visitor: Best Actor – Drama / Best Screenplay – Original
- 1 / 1 Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer: Best Documentary Film
- 1 / 1 Ghost Town: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
- 1 / 1 Gomorrah (Gomorra): Best Foreign Language Film
- 1 / 1 Man on Wire: Best Documentary Film
- 1 / 2 Changeling: Best Actress – 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 – Adapted
- 1 / 5 Quantum of Solace: Best Original Song
- 1 / 5 Revolutionary Road: Best Supporting Actor
Losers:
Television
Winners:
- 2 / 2 Cranford: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film / Best Miniseries
- 2 / 2 Tracey Ullman's State of the Union: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series / Best Series – Musical or Comedy
- 2 / 2 True Blood: Best Actress – Drama Series / Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
- 1 / 1 Breaking Bad: Best Actor – Drama Series
- 1 / 2 Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story: Best TV Film
- 1 / 2 Weeds: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series
- 1 / 3 Brotherhood: Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
- 1 / 3 Dexter: Best Series – Drama
- 1 / 4 John Adams: Best Actor – 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