21st Golden Raspberry Awards
The 21st Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 24, 2001, at the Radisson-Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica, California, USA, to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 2000.[1][2]
Science fiction film Battlefield Earth swept the awards, claiming victory in all seven categories in which it was nominated (from a total of eight nominations, with its double nomination in the Supporting Actor category). J.D. Shapiro later accepted his Worst Screenplay award in a radio program.[3][4] The record was then beaten by Jack and Jill (with the total of 12 nominations and 10 wins).
Following the 21st Golden Raspberry Awards on March 24, 2001, the film production and distribution company, Franchise Pictures, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 19, 2007.
Awards and nominations
Category | Recipient | |
---|---|---|
Worst Picture | Battlefield Earth (Warner Bros.) | |
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (Artisan) | ||
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (Universal) | ||
Little Nicky (New Line) | ||
The Next Best Thing (Paramount) | ||
Worst Actor | ![]() | John Travolta in Battlefield Earth and Lucky Numbers as Terl and Russ Richards (respectively) |
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach as Richard | ||
Adam Sandler in Little Nicky as Nicky | ||
Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the real Adam Gibson) in The 6th Day | ||
Sylvester Stallone in Get Carter as Jack Carter | ||
Worst Actress | ![]() | Madonna in The Next Best Thing as Abbie Reynolds |
Kim Basinger in Bless the Child and I Dreamed of Africa as Maggie O'Connor and Kuki Gallmann (respectively) | ||
Melanie Griffith in Cecil B. Demented as Honey Whitlock | ||
Bette Midler in Isn't She Great as Jacqueline Susann | ||
Demi Moore in Passion of Mind as Martha Marie "Marty" Talridge | ||
Worst Supporting Actor | ![]() | Barry Pepper in Battlefield Earth as Jonnie Goodboy Tyler |
Stephen Baldwin in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as Barney Rubble | ||
Keanu Reeves in The Watcher as David Allen Griffin | ||
Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the clone of Adam Gibson) in The 6th Day | ||
Forest Whitaker in Battlefield Earth as Ker | ||
Worst Supporting Actress | ![]() | Kelly Preston in Battlefield Earth as Chirk |
Patricia Arquette in Little Nicky as Valerie Veran | ||
Joan Collins in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as Pearl Slaghoople | ||
Thandiwe Newton in Mission: Impossible 2 as Nyah Nordoff-Hall | ||
Rene Russo in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle as Natasha Fatale | ||
Worst Screen Couple | ![]() | John Travolta and anyone sharing the screen with him in Battlefield Earth |
Any two actors in Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 | ||
Richard Gere and Winona Ryder in Autumn in New York | ||
Madonna and either Rupert Everett or Benjamin Bratt in The Next Best Thing | ||
Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the real Adam Gibson) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the clone of Adam Gibson) in The 6th Day | ||
Worst Remake or Sequel | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (Artisan) | |
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (Universal) | ||
Get Carter (Warner Bros.) | ||
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Universal) | ||
Mission: Impossible 2 (Paramount) | ||
Worst Director | ![]() | Roger Christian for Battlefield Earth |
Joe Berlinger for Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 | ||
Steven Brill for Little Nicky | ||
Brian De Palma for Mission to Mars | ||
John Schlesinger for The Next Best Thing | ||
Worst Screenplay | ![]() | Battlefield Earth – screenplay by Corey Mandell and J. David Shapiro, based on the novel by L. Ron Hubbard |
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 – written by Dick Beebe and Joe Berlinger | ||
How the Grinch Stole Christmas – screenplay by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman, based on the book by Dr. Seuss | ||
Little Nicky – screenplay by Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler and Steven Brill | ||
The Next Best Thing – written by Tom Ropelewski |
Films with multiple nominations
These films received multiple nominations:
Nominations | Films |
---|---|
8 | Battlefield Earth |
5 | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 |
Little Nicky | |
The Next Best Thing | |
4 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas |
3 | The 6th Day |
2 | Get Carter |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas | |
Mission: Impossible 2 |
Dissolution of Franchise Pictures
On August 19, 2007, The film production and distribution company, Franchise Pictures, was sued by its investors and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after it emerged that it had fraudulently overstated the Battlefield Earth budget by $31 million.[5]
See also
- 2000 in film
- 73rd Academy Awards
- 54th British Academy Film Awards
- 58th Golden Globe Awards
- 27th Saturn Awards
- 7th Screen Actors Guild Awards
References
- ^ "Twenty-First Annual RAZZIE Awards (for 2000)". Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Razzies Name Year's Worst Films". ABC News. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ Child, Ben (30 March 2010). "Battlefield Earth: writer JD Shapiro apologises". Retrieved 31 October 2016 – via The Guardian.
- ^ Finke, Nikki (28 March 2010). "'Battlefield Earth' Scripter Pens Apology". Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ Parish, James Robert (2007). Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops. Wiley. pp. 275–291. ISBN 978-0-470-09829-5.
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