The 18th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 22, 1998 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1997. This year, the film with the most nominations was Batman & Robin with 11, followed by Speed 2: Cruise Control with 8 nominations, Anaconda with 6 nominations, The Postman with 5 nominations (winning all of the awards it was nominated for), and Fire Down Below with 4 nominations. The film that won the most awards was The Postman, winning in all five categories the movie was nominated for. The list of nominees follows, with recipients denoted in bold. [1][2]
The Postman screenwriter Brian Helgeland also won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for L.A. Confidential in 1998. Only Helgeland, composer Alan Menken and actress Sandra Bullock won Razzies and Oscars at the same year.
Awards and nominations
Winner (in bold)
Category |
Recipient |
Worst Picture |
The Postman - (Warner Bros.) - Kevin Costner / Steve Tisch / Jim Wilson |
Anaconda - (Columbia Pictures) - Verna Harrah |
Batman & Robin (Warner Bros.) - Peter MacGrergor-Scott |
Fire Down Below - (Warner Bros.) - Julius R. Nasso / Steven Seagal |
Speed 2: Cruise Control (20th Century Fox) - Jan de Bont / Michael Peyser |
Worst Actor |
Kevin Costner in The Postman as The Postman (Gordon Krantz) |
Val Kilmer in The Saint as Simon Templar |
Shaquille O'Neal in Steel as John Henry Irons / Steel |
Steven Seagal in Fire Down Below as Jack Taggart |
Jon Voight in Anaconda as Paul Sarone |
Worst Actress |
Demi Moore in G.I. Jane as Jordan O'Neil |
Sandra Bullock in Speed 2: Cruise Control as Annie Porter |
Fran Drescher in The Beautician and the Beast as Joy Miller |
Lauren Holly in A Smile Like Yours and Turbulence as Jennifer Robertson and Teri Halloran (respectively) |
Alicia Silverstone in Excess Baggage as Emily Hope |
Worst Supporting Actor |
Dennis Rodman in Double Team as Yaz |
Willem Dafoe in Speed 2: Cruise Control as John Geiger |
Chris O'Donnell in Batman & Robin as Dick Grayson / Robin |
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Batman & Robin as Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze |
Jon Voight in Most Wanted and U Turn as Gen. Adam Woodward/Lt. Col. Grant Casey and Blind Man (respectively) |
Worst Supporting Actress |
Alicia Silverstone in Batman & Robin as Barbara Wilson / Batgirl |
Faye Dunaway in Albino Alligator as Janet Boudreaux |
Milla Jovovich in The Fifth Element as Leeloo |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Fathers' Day as Carrie Lawrence |
Uma Thurman in Batman & Robin as Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy |
Worst Screen Couple |
Dennis Rodman and Jean-Claude Van Damme in Double Team |
Sandra Bullock and Jason Patric in Speed 2: Cruise Control |
George Clooney and Chris O'Donnell in Batman & Robin |
Steven Seagal and his guitar in Fire Down Below |
Jon Voight and the animatronic anaconda in Anaconda |
Worst Remake or Sequel |
Speed 2: Cruise Control (20th Century Fox) |
Batman & Robin (Warner Bros.) |
Home Alone 3 (20th Century Fox) |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Universal) |
McHale's Navy (Universal) |
Worst Director |
Kevin Costner for The Postman |
Jan de Bont for Speed 2: Cruise Control |
Luis Llosa for Anaconda |
Joel Schumacher for Batman & Robin |
Oliver Stone for U Turn |
Worst Screenplay |
The Postman, screenplay by Eric Roth and Brian Helgeland, based on the book by David Brin |
Anaconda, written by Hans Bauer and Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr. |
Batman & Robin, written by Akiva Goldsman |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park, screenplay by David Koepp, based on the novel by Michael Crichton |
Speed 2: Cruise Control, screenplay by Randall McCormick and Jeff Nathanson, story by Jan de Bont and McCormick |
Worst New Star |
Dennis Rodman in Double Team as Yaz |
The animatronic anaconda in Anaconda |
Tori Spelling in The House of Yes and Scream 2 as Lesly and herself (respectively) |
Howard Stern in Private Parts as Himself |
Chris Tucker in The Fifth Element and Money Talks as Ruby Rhod and Franklin Hatchett (respectively) |
Worst Original Song |
The entire song score from The Postman, words and music by Jeffrey Barr, Glenn Burke, John Coinman, Joe Flood, Blair Forward, Maria Machado, and Jono Manson |
"The End Is the Beginning Is the End" from Batman & Robin, written by Billy Corgan |
"Fire Down Below" from Fire Down Below, music and lyrics by Steven Seagal and Mark Collie |
"How Do I Live" from Con Air, written by Diane Warren (also Oscar-nominated) |
"My Dream" from Speed 2: Cruise Control, written by Orville Burrell, Robert Livingston, and Dennis Haliburton |
Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property |
Con Air (Touchstone) |
Batman & Robin (Warner Bros.) |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Universal) |
Turbulence (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) |
Volcano (20th Century Fox) |
See also
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