1st Golden Raspberry Awards

Award for worst cinematic under-achievements in 1980 February 2025 1 Golden Raspberry Awards Founder John Wilson speaks at the 1st Razzie Awards in LA in 1981.jpg John Wilson at the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards in LA in 1981 March 31, 1981 John J. B. Wilson's living room alcove Can't Stop the Music Can't Stop the Music and The Jazz Singer (2) Can't Stop the Music (7) John J. B. Wilson 2nd The 1st Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 31, 1981, at founder John J. B. Wilson's living room alcove to recognize the worst the film industry had to offer in 1980. For it was a double feature of Can't Stop the Music, winner of Worst Picture, and Xanadu that inspired Wilson to start the Razzies. Each category included as many as ten nominees; the maximum was lowered to five the following year to mirror the Oscars. "There was a fake stage in John's apartment," remembers Maureen "Mo" Murphy, who was a presenter.25 Years of Razzing Hollywood's Stinkers Germain David Sun Sentinel February 26, 2005 7Dhttps://ew.com/article/2011/01/28/razzies-brief-history/ The Razzies: A brief history Svetkey Benjamin Entertainment Weekly January 28, 2011 November 3, 2023https://www.thewrap.com/razzie-awards-worst-picture-winner-complete-cats/ Razzie Awards: Every Worst Picture "Winner", From 'Can't Stop the Music' to 'Diana: The Musical' (Photos) Geier Thom TheWrap March 26, 2022 November 3, 2023 Winners and nominees thumb|right|150px|Robert Greenwald, Worst Director winner thumb|right|150px|Neil Diamond, Worst Actor winner thumb|right|150px|Laurence Olivier, Worst Supporting Actor co-winner thumb|right|150px|Amy Irving, Worst Supporting Actress winner thumb|right|150px|Allan Carr, Worst Screenplay co-winner #eedd82 Worst Picture Can't Stop the Music (AFD) Cruising (United Artists) The Formula (MGM) Friday the 13th (Paramount) The Jazz Singer (AFD) The Nude Bomb (Universal) Raise the Titanic (AFD) Saturn 3 (ITC) Windows (United Artists) Xanadu (Universal) | valign="top" width="50%"| #eedd82 Worst Director Robert Greenwald – Xanadu John G. Avildsen – The Formula Brian De Palma – Dressed to Kill William Friedkin – Cruising Richard Fleischer – The Jazz Singer Stanley Kubrick – The Shining Michael Ritchie – The Island John Trent – Middle Age Crazy Nancy Walker – Can't Stop the Music Gordon Willis – Windows#eedd82 Worst Actor Neil Diamond – The Jazz Singer as Yussel Rabinovitch / Jess Robin (nominated for Golden Globe for same role) Michael Beck – Xanadu as Sonny Malone Robert Blake – Coast to Coast as Charles Callahan Michael Caine – Dressed to Kill and The Island as Dr. Robert Elliott / Bobbi and Blair Maynard (respectively) Kirk Douglas – Saturn 3 as Adam Richard Dreyfuss – The Competition as Paul Dietrich Anthony Hopkins – A Change of Seasons as Adam Evans Bruce JennerKnown as Bruce Jenner until her gender transition in 2015. – Can't Stop the Music as Ron White Sam J. Jones – Flash Gordon as Flash Gordon#eedd82 Worst Actress Brooke Shields – The Blue Lagoon as Emmeline Lestrange Nancy Allen – Dressed to Kill as Liz Blake Faye Dunaway – The First Deadly Sin as Barbara Delaney Shelley Duvall – The Shining as Wendy Torrancea The Razzie committee officially rescinded the nomination on March 31, 2022, stating: "We have since discovered that Duvall's performance was impacted by Stanley Kubrick's treatment of her throughout the production." The retraction of the nomination was in response to public backlash the Razzies received after refusing to retract Bruce Willis's win for "Worst Bruce Willis Performance in a 2021 Movie" (a one-off category for his roles in eight films released that calendar year), after Willis's family announced that the star had been diagnosed with aphasia, a cognitive brain condition, and was subsequently retiring from acting on March 30, 2022. The Razzie committee retracted both Willis's win and Duvall's nomination the following day.https://www.thewrap.com/razzie-awards-rescind-bruce-willis-award-shelley-duvall-nomination/ Razzie Awards Backtrack, Rescind Bruce Willis Award – and Shelley Duvall Nomination as Well Chitwood Adam TheWrap March 31, 2022 March 31, 2022 Farrah Fawcett – Saturn 3 as Alex Sondra Locke – Bronco Billy as Antoinette Lily Olivia Newton-John – Xanadu as Kira Valerie Perrine – Can't Stop the Music as Samantha Simpson Deborah Raffin – Touched by Love as Lena Canada (nominated for Golden Globe for same role) Talia Shire – Windows as Emily Hollander#eedd82 Worst Supporting Actor John Adames – Gloria as Phil Dawn (TIE) Laurence Olivier – The Jazz Singer as Cantor Rabinovitch (TIE) Marlon Brando – The Formula as Adam Stieffel Charles Grodin – Seems Like Old Times as Ira Parks David Selby – Raise the Titanic as Dr. Gene Seagram#eedd82 Worst Supporting Actress Amy Irving – Honeysuckle Rose as Lily Ramsey Elizabeth Ashley – Windows as Andrea Glassen Georg Stanford Brown (in drag) – Stir Crazy as Rory Schutlebrand Betsy Palmer – Friday the 13th as Mrs. Voorhees Marilyn Sokol – Can't Stop the Music as Lulu Brecht#eedd82 Worst Screenplay Can't Stop the Music – Bronté Woodard and Allan Carr A Change of Seasons – Erich Segal, Ronni Kern, and Fred Segal Cruising – William Friedkin The Formula – Steve Shagan It's My Turn – Eleanor Bergstein Middle Age Crazy – Carl Kleinschmidt Raise the Titanic – Adam Kennedy and Eric Hughes (from the novel by Clive Cussler) Touched by Love – Hesper Anderson Windows – Barry Siegel Xanadu – Richard C. Danus and Marc R. Rubel#eedd82 Worst Original Song "The Man with Bogart's Face" from The Man with Bogart's Face – Music by George Duning; Lyrics by Andrew J. Fenady "(You) Can't Stop the Music" from Can't Stop the Music – Music and Lyrics by Jacques Morali "Suspended in Time" from Xanadu – Music and Lyrics by John Farrar "Where Do You Catch the Bus for Tomorrow?" from A Change of Seasons – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman "You, Baby, Baby!" from The Jazz Singer – Music and Lyrics by Neil Diamond Films with multiple wins and nominations The following films received multiple nominations: + Films with multiple nominations Nominations Film 7 Can't Stop the Music 6 Xanadu 5 The Jazz Singer Windows 4 The Formula 3 A Change of Seasons Cruising Dressed to Kill Raise the Titanic Saturn 3 2 Friday the 13th The Island Middle Age Crazy The Shining Touched by Love The following films received multiple awards: + Films with multiple wins Wins Film 2 Can't Stop the Music The Jazz Singer Criticism The awards are often criticized for nominating The Shining in two categories: Shelley Duvall for Worst Actress and Stanley Kubrick for Worst Director.https://collider.com/times-the-razzies-got-it-wrong/ From 'The Shining' to 'Jaws': 10 Times The Razzies Got It Wrong Disalvo Tom Collider March 27, 2022 September 25, 2022 In 2022, Razzies founder John J. B. Wilson admitted that he regrets the nomination, saying: "Knowing the backstory and the way that Stanley Kubrick kind of pulverized her, I would take that back."https://variety.com/2022/film/news/razzie-awards-regret-shelley-duvall-shining-nom-1235187354/ Razzie Awards Founder Regrets Shelley Duvall's 'Shining' Nomination: 'I'd Take That Back' Sharf Zack Variety February 22, 2022 November 3, 2023 That same year, the awards committee rescinded Duvall's nomination, but not Kubrick's.https://razzies.com/2/post/2020/05/a-shining-razzie-throwback.html A Shining Razzie Throwback! Wilson John John J. B. Wilson The Razzies May 28, 2020 September 25, 2022https://screenrant.com/razzies-shining-shelley-duvall-nomination-rescinded-response/ Razzies Rescind Shelley Duvall's 'The Shining' Nomination Hermanns Grant Screen Rant April 1, 2022 September 25, 2022https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/04/02/razzies-revoke-shining-award/ Razzies void Shelley Duvall's 'The Shining' nomination. Here's why. Ables Kelsey The Washington Post April 2, 2022 September 25, 2022 0190-8286 The nominations for Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill have also been criticized.https://cultfollowing.co.uk/2020/05/29/dressed-to-kill-review/ Dressed to Kill Review Gleadow Ewan Cult Following May 29, 2020 November 15, 2022 See also Film 53rd Academy Awards 38th Golden Globe Awards 34th British Academy Film Awards Notes References 2 External links https://www.razzies.com Official summary of awards Nomination and award listing https://web.archive.org/web/20090207085549/https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Razzie_Awards/1981 2009-02-07 at IMDb 01 Golden Raspberry Awards Golden Raspberry Awards Golden Raspberry Golden Raspberry Awards