# 9th Golden Satellite Awards

The 9th Golden Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2004, were presented by the International Press Academy on January 23, 2005.

## Special achievement awards

Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Susan Sarandon
Nikola Tesla Award (for introducing video-assist and video playback techniques, which have become industry standards) – Jerry Lewis
Outstanding New Talent – Freddie Highmore

## Motion picture winners and nominees
### Best Actor – Drama

Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda
* Kevin Bacon – The Woodsman
* Javier Bardem – The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)
* Gael García Bernal – The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)
* Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland
* Liam Neeson – Kinsey
* Sean Penn – The Assassination of Richard Nixon

### Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

Jamie Foxx – Ray
* Gerard Butler – The Phantom of the Opera
* Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
* Paul Giamatti – Sideways
* Kevin Kline – De-Lovely
* Bill Murray – The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

### Best Actress – Drama

Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
* Laura Linney – P.S.
* Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace
* Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
* Uma Thurman – Kill Bill: Volume 2
* Sigourney Weaver – Imaginary Heroes

### Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

Annette Bening – Being Julia
* Jena Malone – Saved!
* Natalie Portman – Garden State
* Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera
* Kerry Washington – Ray
* Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

### Best Animated or Mixed Media Film

The Incredibles
* The Polar Express
* Shrek 2
* The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
* Teacher's Pet
* Team America: World Police

### Best Art Direction and Production Design

De-Lovely
* The Aviator
* House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
* The Phantom of the Opera
* Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
* Vanity Fair

### Best Cinematography

House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) – Zhao Xiaoding
* The Aviator
* Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
* The Phantom of the Opera
* Spider-Man 2
* A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)

### Best Costume Design

Vanity Fair – Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
* The Aviator
* De-Lovely
* House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
* The Phantom of the Opera
* Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

### Best Director

Mel Gibson – The Passion of the Christ
* Bill Condon – Kinsey
* Taylor Hackford – Ray
* Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace
* Alexander Payne – Sideways
* Martin Scorsese – The Aviator

### Best Documentary Film

Super Size Me
* Born into Brothels
* The Fuente Family: An American Dream
* Lightning in a Bottle
* Touching the Void
* Tupac: Resurrection

### Best Editing

Collateral – Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
* The Aviator
* Closer
* House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
* Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
* Spider-Man 2

### Best Film – Drama

Hotel Rwanda
* The Aviator
* Kill Bill: Volume 2
* Kinsey
* Maria Full of Grace
* Vera Drake

### Best Film – Musical or Comedy

Sideways
* The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
* The Merchant of Venice
* Napoleon Dynamite
* The Phantom of the Opera
* Ray

### Best Foreign Language Film

The Sea Inside (Mar adentro), Spain
* Bad Education (La mala educación), Spain
* Don't Move (Non ti muovere), Italy
* House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu), China
* The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta), Argentina
* A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles), France

### Best Original Score

"Napoleon Dynamite" – John Swihart
* "Alfie" – Mick Jagger, John Powell, and David A. Stewart
* "The Aviator" – Howard Shore
* "Finding Neverland" – Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
* "The Incredibles" – Michael Giacchino
* "Spider-Man 2" – Danny Elfman

### Best Original Song

"Million Voices" written by Jerry Duplessis, Andrea Guerra, and Wyclef Jean – Hotel Rwanda
* "Believe" written by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri – The Polar Express
* "Blind Leading the Blind" written by Mick Jagger and David A. Stewart – Alfie
* "The Book of Love" written by Stephin Merritt – Shall We Dance
* "Learn to Be Lonely" written by Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Phantom of the Opera
* "Shine Ya Light" written by Robbie Robertson – Ladder 49

### Best Screenplay – Adapted

Million Dollar Baby – Paul Haggis
* Closer – Patrick Marber
* The Phantom of the Opera – Joel Schumacher
* Sideways – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

### Best Screenplay – Original

Ray – James L. White
* The Aviator – John Logan
* Collateral – Stuart Beattie
* Hotel Rwanda – Terry George and Keir Pearson
* Kinsey – Bill Condon
* The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou – Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach

### Best Sound

Collateral
* Code 46
* The Aviator
* The Phantom of the Opera
* Spider-Man 2

### Best Supporting Actor – Drama

Christopher Walken – Around the Bend
* David Carradine – Kill Bill: Volume 2
* Jamie Foxx – Collateral
* Alfred Molina – Spider-Man 2
* Clive Owen – Closer
* Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey

### Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy

Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
* Joseph Fiennes – The Merchant of Venice
* Jeremy Irons – Being Julia
* Peter Sarsgaard – Garden State
* Mark Wahlberg – I Heart Huckabees
* Patrick Wilson – The Phantom of the Opera

### Best Supporting Actress – Drama

Gena Rowlands – The Notebook
* Cate Blanchett – The Aviator
* Daryl Hannah – Kill Bill: Volume 2
* Laura Linney – Kinsey
* Natalie Portman – Closer
* Kyra Sedgwick – The Woodsman

### Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy

Regina King – Ray
* Lynn Collins – The Merchant of Venice
* Minnie Driver – The Phantom of the Opera
* Cloris Leachman – Spanglish
* Virginia Madsen – Sideways
* Sharon Warren – Ray

### Best Visual Effects

The Aviator (TIE)
House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (TIE)
* Collateral
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
* Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
* Spider-Man 2

### Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble

Sideways

## Television winners and nominees
### Best Actor – Drama Series

Matthew Fox – Lost
* Vincent D'Onofrio – Law & Order
* Anthony LaPaglia – Without a Trace
* James Spader – Boston Legal
* Treat Williams – Everwood

### Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

Jason Bateman – Arrested Development
* Zach Braff – Scrubs
* Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm
* Bernie Mac – The Bernie Mac Show
* Damon Wayans – My Wife and Kids

### Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Jamie Foxx – Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
* Keith Carradine – Deadwood
* Mos Def – Something the Lord Made
* Alan Rickman – Something the Lord Made
* Geoffrey Rush – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

### Best Actress – Drama Series

Laurel Holloman – The L Word
* Jennifer Garner – Alias
* Evangeline Lilly – Lost
* Joely Richardson – Nip/Tuck
* Amber Tamblyn – Joan of Arcadia

### Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

Portia de Rossi – Arrested Development
* Marcia Cross – Desperate Housewives
* Lauren Graham – Gilmore Girls
* Teri Hatcher – Desperate Housewives
* Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives
* Maya Rudolph – Saturday Night Live

### Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Dianne Wiest – The Blackwater Lightship
* Clea DuVall – Helter Skelter
* Angela Lansbury – The Blackwater Lightship
* Helen Mirren – Prime Suspect: The Last Witness
* Miranda Richardson – The Lost Prince

### Best Miniseries

The Lost Prince
* The 4400
* American Family
* The Last King
* Prime Suspect: The Last Witness
* The Second Coming

### Best Series – Drama

Nip/Tuck
* Boston Legal
* The L Word
* Lost
* The Shield

### Best Series – Musical or Comedy

Desperate Housewives
* Arrested Development
* The Bernie Mac Show
* Gilmore Girls
* Scrubs

### Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Bill Nighy – The Lost Prince
* Brad Dourif – Deadwood
* Balthazar Getty – Traffic
* William H. Macy – Stealing Sinatra
* Keith McErlean – The Blackwater Lightship

### Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Anjelica Huston – Iron Jawed Angels
* Mary Stuart Masterson – Something the Lord Made
* Helen McCrory – Charles II: The Power and the Passion
* Gina McKee – The Lost Prince
* Emily Watson – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

### Best TV Film

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
* Helter Skelter
* Iron Jawed Angels
* The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
* Something the Lord Made

## New Media winners and nominees

For the game categories, only nominees are listed; winners are unknown:

### Best Classic DVD

La Dolce Vita
* The China Syndrome
* Easy Rider
* Fanny and Alexander
* Murder on the Orient Express
* Persuasion, Little Women, and Sense and Sensibility (for the Classic Masterpiece Book & DVD set)
* Ragtime
* The Snake Pit
* Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi (for the Star Wars Trilogy)
* Time Bandits (for the Divimax Special Edition)
* Zorba the Greek

### Best Documentary DVD

Broadway: The American Musical
* Ancient Mysteries and Rise and Fall of the Spartans (for the "Troy – Unearthing the Legend" DVD)
* Brooklyn Bridge, The Statue of Liberty, Huey Long, The Congress, Thomas Hart Benton, Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, and The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (for the Ken Burns' America Collection)
* Capturing the Friedmans
* Fahrenheit 9/11
* In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
* It's All True
* Seven Up!, 7 Plus Seven, 21 Up, 28 Up, 35 Up, and 42 Up (for the "Up" film series)
* Spellbound
* Super Size Me

### Best DVD Extras

Maria Full of Grace (for the documentary)
* Angel (for Season 4; for the commentary)
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer (for Season 6; for the commentary)
* Easy Rider (for the documentary)
* Ed Wood (for the commentary)
* La Dolce Vita (for the commentary)

### Best DVD Release of TV Shows

Seinfeld
* 24 (for Season 3)
* Alias (for Season 3)
* Angel (for Season 4)
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer (for Season 6)
* Felicity (for Edition III)
* Frasier (for The Final Season)
* Sex and the City (for Season 6)
* Taxi (for The Complete First Season)
* Terrahawks

### Outstanding Game Based on a Previous Medium

* The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
* GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
* Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
* The Incredibles
* Rocky Legends
* Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
* X-Men Legends

### Outstanding Overall DVD

Spider-Man 2
* Angel (for Season 4)
* Broadway: The American Musical
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer (for Season 6)
* Dawn of the Dead (for the Ultimate Edition)
* Easy Rider
* La Dolce Vita
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
* The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, and The Animatrix (for The Ultimate Matrix Collection)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (for the 3-Disc Gift Set)
* Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi (for the Star Wars Trilogy)

### Outstanding Platform Action/Adventure Game

* Call of Duty: Finest Hour
* Doom 3
* Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
* Halo 2
* Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
* Mortal Kombat: Deception

### Outstanding Puzzle/Strategy Game

* The Guy Game
* Katamari Damacy
* Sid Meier's Pirates!
* Ultra Bust-A-Move X
* The Urbz: Sims in the City
* Worms 3D

### Outstanding Sports Game

* ESPN NFL 2K5
* Major League Baseball 2005
* MX Unleashed
* NBA Ballers
* NFL Street
* Tony Hawk's Underground 2

### Outstanding Youth DVD

The Iron Giant
* Aladdin (for the Special Platinum Edition)
* The Big Snooze, Beep, Beep, Bad Ol' Putty Tat, and Back Alley Oproar (for Looney Tunes: Golden Collection – Volume 2)
* Elf
* Ella Enchanted
* Meet Me in St. Louis
* Mulan (for the Special Edition)
* Rocky and His Friends (for The Complete Second Season)
* Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (for the Warner Bros. Edition)
* SpongeBob SquarePants (for The Complete Second Season)
* Terrahawks

## Awards breakdown
### Film

Winners:
    3 / 4 Hotel Rwanda: Best Actor & Film – Drama / Best Original Song
    3 / 7 Ray: Best Actor – Musical or Comedy / Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy / Best Screenplay – Original
    3 / 7 Sideways: Best Film – Musical or Comedy / Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy / Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble
    2 / 2 Million Dollar Baby: Best Actress – Drama / Best Screenplay – Adapted
    2 / 5 Collateral: Best Editing / Best Sound
    2 / 6 House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu): Best Cinematography / Best Visual Effects
    1 / 1 Around the Bend: Best Supporting Actor – Drama
    1 / 1 The Notebook: Best Supporting Actress – Drama
    1 / 1 The Passion of the Christ: Best Director
    1 / 1 Super Size Me: Best Documentary Film
    1 / 2 Being Julia: Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
    1 / 2 The Incredibles: Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
    1 / 2 Napoleon Dynamite: Best Original Score
    1 / 2 The Sea Inside (Mar adentro): Best Foreign Language Film
    1 / 2 Vanity Fair: Best Costume Design
    1 / 3 De-Lovely: Best Art Direction and Production Design
    1 / 11 The Aviator: Best Visual Effects
Losers:
    0 / 11 The Phantom of the Opera
    0 / 6 Kinsey, Spider-Man 2
    0 / 4 Closer, Kill Bill: Volume 2
    0 / 3 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Maria Full of Grace, The Merchant of Venice, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
    0 / 2 Alfie, Finding Neverland, Garden State, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta), The Polar Express, Vera Drake, A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles), The Woodsman

### Television

Winners:
    2 / 2 Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story: Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film / Best TV Film
    2 / 3 Arrested Development: Best Actor & Actress – Musical or Comedy Series
    2 / 4 The Lost Prince: Best Miniseries / Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film
    1 / 2 Iron Jawed Angels: Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
    1 / 2 The L Word: Best Actress – Drama Series
    1 / 2 Nip/Tuck: Best Series – Drama
    1 / 3 The Blackwater Lightship: Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film
    1 / 3 Lost: Best Actor – Drama Series
    1 / 4 Desperate Housewives: Best Series – Musical or Comedy Series
Losers:
    0 / 4 Something the Lord Made
    0 / 3 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
    0 / 2 The Bernie Mac Show, Boston Legal, Deadwood, Gilmore Girls, Helter Skelter, Prime Suspect: The Last Witness, Scrubs