1st Golden Raspberry Awards

Award for worst cinematic under-achievements in 1980

1st Golden Raspberry Awards

Date| March 31, 1981
Site| John J. B. Wilson's living room alcove
Hosted by| John J. B. Wilson
Highlights
Worst Picture| Can't Stop the Music
Most awards| Can't Stop the Music and The Jazz Singer (2)
Most nominations| Can't Stop the Music (7)

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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 Murphy, who was a presenter.[1][2][3]

## Winners and nominees

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Robert Greenwald, Worst Director winner Neil Diamond, Worst Actor winner Brooke Shields, Worst Actress winner Laurence Olivier, Worst Supporting Actor co-winner Amy Irving, Worst Supporting Actress winner Allan Carr, Worst Screenplay co-winner

Worst Picture

* Can't Stop the Music
* Cruising
* The Formula
* Friday the 13th
* The Jazz Singer
* The Nude Bomb
* Raise the Titanic
* Saturn 3
* Windows
* Xanadu

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

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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 Jenner[a] – Can't Stop the Music as Ron White
* Sam J. Jones – Flash Gordon as Flash Gordon

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 Torrance~~[b]
* 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

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

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

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

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

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The following films received multiple nominations:

Films with multiple nominations  Nominations  | Film

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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

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2  | Can't Stop the Music
The Jazz Singer

## Criticism

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The awards are often criticized for nominating The Shining for two categories: Shelley Duvall for Worst Actress and Stanley Kubrick for Worst Director.[5] 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."[6] That same year, the awards committee rescinded Duvall's nomination, but not Kubrick's.[7][8][9] The nominations for Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill have also been criticized.[10]

## See also

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* Film portal

* 53rd Academy Awards
* 38th Golden Globe Awards
* 34th British Academy Film Awards

## Notes

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1. ^ Known as Bruce Jenner until her gender transition in 2015.
2. ^ 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.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Germain, David (February 26, 2005). "25 Years of Razzing Hollywood's Stinkers". Sun Sentinel. p. 7D.
2. ^ Svetkey, Benjamin (January 28, 2011). "The Razzies: A brief history". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
3. ^ Geier, Thom (March 26, 2022). "Razzie Awards: Every Worst Picture "Winner", From 'Can't Stop the Music' to 'Diana: The Musical' (Photos)". TheWrap. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
4. ^ Chitwood, Adam (March 31, 2022). "Razzie Awards Backtrack, Rescind Bruce Willis Award – and Shelley Duvall Nomination as Well". TheWrap. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
5. ^ Disalvo, Tom (March 27, 2022). "From 'The Shining' to 'Jaws': 10 Times The Razzies Got It Wrong". Collider. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
6. ^ Sharf, Zack (February 22, 2022). "Razzie Awards Founder Regrets Shelley Duvall's 'Shining' Nomination: 'I'd Take That Back'". Variety. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
7. ^ Wilson, John (May 28, 2020). "A Shining Razzie Throwback!". The Razzies. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
8. ^ Hermanns, Grant (April 1, 2022). "Razzies Rescind Shelley Duvall's 'The Shining' Nomination". Screen Rant. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
9. ^ Ables, Kelsey (April 2, 2022). "Razzies void Shelley Duvall's 'The Shining' nomination. Here's why". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
10. ^ Gleadow, Ewan (May 29, 2020). "Dressed to Kill Review". Cult Following. Retrieved November 15, 2022.

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