Worst Prequel,Remake, Rip-off or Sequel(Combined Category for 2008): Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull
Worst Director: Uwe Boll1968: Tunnel Rats,In The Name of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, and Postal
Indiana Jones and The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull = 1 Award:Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel
Current awards are voted upon by the membership of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation (GRAF), and membership is openly available to the public, as opposed to the Academy Awards. Traditionally, nominations are announced one day before the Motion Picture Academy announces its Oscar nominations, and the awards are presented one day before the Oscar ceremony, as a complement to the Oscars.
In 2009, the supposed list of nominees was leaked early. Originally intended to be announced on January 21, a list believed to be the full one was posted online on January 7. The list had already gone viral before the Razzie Award people could do anything about it. What was posted were the suggestions listed on the nominating ballot, not the actual nominees.
Over the years, the Golden Raspberry Awards have awarded special awards next to the actual Razzie Awards as well.
Worst Career Achievement Award
This award has been given only five times, in 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, and 2009 to
Ronald Reagan,
Linda Blair,
Irwin Allen, "Bruce the Rubber Shark" from
Jaws and director
Uwe Boll who received his for his achievement as "Germany's answer to
Ed Wood".
Governor's Award
This is a special award given by Razzie Award Governor John Wilson to an individual whose achievements are not covered by the Razzie's other categories. It was awarded in 2003 to Travis Payne for "Distinguished Under-Achievement in Choreography" in the film
From Justin to Kelly.
Stars who have accepted the award
Many actors, directors, and producers have been awarded a Golden Raspberry. In a few cases, some of the winners have accepted their award in person, although only three have done so at the award ceremony itself - Paul Verhoeven, Tom Green and Halle Berry.
1987:
Bill Cosby won three Razzie Awards for Worst Picture, Worst Actor, and Worst Screenplay for
Leonard Part 6, a botched spoof of spy flicks that Cosby himself had condemned on several talk shows. Cosby arranged for the
Fox network to reproduce the Razzies in gold and Italian marble, at a cost of $27,500, and accepted them on
The Late Show.
1992:
Tom Selleck accepted his Razzie for Worst Supporting Actor for his performance as King Ferdinand of Spain in
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery during an episode of
The Chevy Chase Show.
1995: Director
Paul Verhoeven became the first winner to actually show up at the Razzie ceremony, when he personally accepted his award for Worst Director for the film
Showgirls. He also accepted the Worst Picture Award for the movie.
1997:
Screenwriter Brian Helgeland became the first person to win a Razzie and an Oscar in the same year. He won the
Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for
L.A. Confidential and the Razzie for Worst Screenplay for
Kevin Costner's
The Postman. He did not attend the Razzie ceremony, but wanted to have the Razzie to display it next to his Oscar to remind him of "the quixotic nature" of Hollywood. He was later officially presented his Razzie at his offices on the
Warner Bros.1999:
Wild Wild West earned five Razzies (including Worst Picture) that year.
Robert Conrad, who starred in the 1960s
The Wild Wild West television series and despised the film version, accepted three of the five Razzies.
2000: Although he didn't officially accept the award,
Barry Pepper stated (after the fact) that had he known he was going to win the 2000 Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor (which he did win, for
Battlefield Earth).
2001:
Tom Green accepted all five of his Razzie Awards, including Worst Picture, for
Freddy Got Fingered. He declared, "I want to say I didn't deserve this any more than anyone else here... dear God, I want to say that. I don't think it would be true, though." He turned up in a white Cadillac and brought his own length of
red carpet. Green's speech included a never-ending piece of music played on the harmonica, and he was eventually dragged off stage.
[8]2003:
Ben Affleck, after winning Worst Actor for his work in
Gigli,
Daredevil, and
Paycheck, asked why he did not get his trophy. He was presented the Razzie live on
Larry King Live a week later, which he promptly broke.
2004:
Halle Berry accepted her Razzie for Worst Actress for the film
Catwoman. She gave a speech, similar to when she won the
2002 Best Actress Academy Award for
Monster's Ball, carrying her Oscar in one hand and her Razzie in the other.While onstage, she called the film a "piece of shit, god-awful movie", which met laughter and applause. Shortly afterwards, John Wilson released a statement to the press praising Halle Berry's other performances and stating that he looks forward to Berry giving other
Oscar-worthy performances.
2008:
Kim Kardashian was nominated for
Worst Supporting Actress in 2009 for her performance in
Disaster Movie. She mentioned being nominated in her personal blog and rather than being insulted, she took it in stride and said that "It's an honor just being nominated!"
Razzie/Oscar connection
The only two actors to be nominated for an Oscar and Razzie for the same performance are
James Coco for
Only When I Laugh in
1982 and
Amy Irving for
Yentl in
1984. Neither won either award.
Jack Nicholson was nominated for Worst Actor (for both
Hoffa and
Man Trouble) in 1992. That same year, he was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars for
A Few Good Men.
Uma Thurman was nominated for Worst Actress (for
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues) in 1994. That same year, she was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars for
Pulp Fiction.
Daryl Hannah won the Razzie for Worst Supporting Actress for her role in
Wall Street in 1987. Her co-star
Michael Douglas, meanwhile, won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in that film.
Tom Cruise starred in the Worst Picture winner
Cocktail and co-starred in the Best Picture Oscar winner
Rain Man in 1988.
Christopher Walken and
Alec Baldwin were both nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and a Razzie for Worst Supporting Actor in the same year, although for different films. Walken was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 2002 for
Catch Me if You Can and Worst Supporting Actor for
The Country Bears. Baldwin was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 2003 for
The Cooler and Worst Supporting Actor for
The Cat in the Hat.
The actors to have won both a Razzie and an Oscar for acting are:
Faye Dunaway,
Marlon Brando,
Charlton Heston,
Laurence Olivier,
Roberto Benigni,
Halle Berry, and
Liza Minnelli, as well as
Nicole Kidman (worst screen couple with
Will Ferrell for
Bewitched in 2005) who won Best Actress for The Hours in 2002. In addition
Sofia Coppola,
Ben Affleck,
Kevin Costner and
Prince are also Oscar and Razzie winners, but only one of the two awards was in acting.
Filmmaker
James Cameron won the Worst Screenplay Razzie in 1986 for his role in the writing of
Rambo: First Blood Part II. He would later go on to win three Oscars for
Titanic.
Songwriter
Diane Warren earned both Razzie and
Oscar nominations for the songs "
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" from the movie
Armageddon and "
How Do I Live" from the movie
Con Air; she didn't win either of the two awards.
Songwriters
Leslie Bricusse &
Henry Mancini earned both Razzie and
Oscar nominations for the song, "Life in a Looking Glass" from the 1986 film
That's Life!.
Rambo: First Blood Part II,
Rocky III,
Pearl Harbor,
Norbit,
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,
Batman Begins, and
Superman Returns were all nominated for an Academy Award and a Razzie. Rambo lost at the Oscars in the category of Best Sound Effects Editing but won the Razzie for Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Screenplay. Rocky III received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song and a Razzie nomination for Worst New Star. Pearl Harbor won an
Oscar for Best Sound Effects Editing while getting shut out at the Razzies, and Norbit saw Eddie Murphy winning three of the four Acting Razzies (see Razzie Records below) while getting shut out at the Oscars. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was nominated an Oscar for Best Achievement in Makeup, but won a Razzie for Worst Supporting Actor. Batman Begins was nominated an
Oscar for Best Cinematography, but was nominated a Razzie for Worst Supporting Actress. Superman Returns was nominated an
Oscar for Best Visual Effects, but was nominated a Razzie for Worst Supporting Actress.
Filmmaker
M. Night Shyamalan was nominated for Oscar in the categories of Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for his film
The Sixth Sense in the year 2000 but was nominated for Razzie awards in the categories Worst Picture, Actor, Director and Screenplay for
The Happening in the year 2009.
Razzie records
The 2003 film
Gigli was the first and, so far, only film to win in the top five categories at the Razzies (Worst Picture, Actor, Actress, Director and Screenplay). This makes it the Razzie equivalent of 1934's
It Happened One Night, which was the first film to win the Oscar grand slam (Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director and Screenplay).
I Know Who Killed Me (2007) has received the most Razzie awards, at eight wins out of nine nominations (only lost at Worst Supporting Actress), in a single awards year. It is also the only movie to have an actress win the Worst Actress award twice: both of
Lindsay Lohan's characters tied for the honor. This also ties the record for most Razzies won by a single film:
Showgirls (1995) and
Battlefield Earth (2000) each won seven Razzies in their respective eligibility years and then an eighth in later years (the former won
Worst Movie of the Decade in 2000, the latter
Worst Drama of Our First 25 Years in 2005).
Actor
Sylvester Stallone has received 30 nominations and ten wins and is the actor with the largest number of nominations and wins. He was nominated for the Worst Actor award for nine consecutive years from 1984 to 1992, winning four times.
Former
United States president
George W. Bush, former Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld, and former Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice are the only non-actors to have won Razzies for their appearances in the 2004
Michael Moore documentary
Fahrenheit 9/11. Bush won Worst Actor and shared the Worst Screen Couple Award with Rice and "
his pet goat", while Rumsfeld won Worst Supporting Actor. Rice lost to
Britney Spears for Worst Supporting Actress.
Actor
Ben Stiller was nominated for Worst Actor in 2004 for a record five titles in one year. Stiller was nominated for his work in
Along Came Polly,
Anchorman,
Dodgeball,
Envy and
Starsky & Hutch.
Actor
Eddie Murphy received a single-year record five nominations in 2007 for
Norbit: three acting nominations (one for each character he played), one for Worst Couple (again, relating to his playing multiple characters) and one for Worst Screenplay. He went on to win all three acting nominations, becoming the first person ever to win a Razzie for both male and female performances in a single film.
The Razzie Award for Worst Picture is a penalty given out at the annual
Golden Raspberry Awards to the worst
film of the past year. Following is a list of nominees and recipients of that award, including each film's distribution company and producer(s).
