16th Golden Raspberry Awards
{{short description|Award ceremony}}
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{{Infobox film awards
| number = 16
| award = Golden Raspberry Awards
| date = March 24, 1996
| site = Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, California
| film = Showgirls
| most_wins = Showgirls (7)
| most_nominations = Showgirls (13)
| last = 15th
| next = 17th
}}
The 16th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 24, 1996, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1995. For the first time in Razzie history, an actual "winner" showed up to the ceremony and accepted his award: Showgirls director Paul Verhoeven.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/31/style/showgirls-crawls-back-as-high-camp-at-midnight.html | work=The New York Times | first=Trip | last=Gabriel | title=Showgirls' Crawls Back As High Camp at Midnight | date=March 31, 1996}}
Awards and nominations
{{Legend|#B0C4DE|Winner (in bold)}}
File:Pauly Shore is Dead Red Carpet.jpg|Pauly Shore, Worst Actor winner
File:Elizabeth Berkley 2016.png|Elizabeth Berkley, Worst Actress winner and Worst New Star winner
File:Dennis Hopper Cannes 2008 (cropped).jpg|Dennis Hopper, Worst Supporting Actor winner
File:MadonnaO2171023 (97 of 133) (53269593787) (cropped).jpg|Madonna, Worst Supporting Actress winner
File:Paul Verhoeven Cannes 2016.jpg|Paul Verhoeven, Worst Director winner
File:Dave Stewart(musician).jpg|Dave Stewart, Worst Original Song co-winner
File:Terry Hall CC (Paul Clarke).jpg|Terry Hall, Worst Original Song co-winner
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| Category
! Recipient |
|---|
| rowspan=5|Worst Picture |
| Congo (Paramount) |
| It's Pat (Touchstone) |
| The Scarlet Letter (Hollywood Pictures) |
| Waterworld (Universal) |
| rowspan=5|Worst Actor
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Pauly Shore in Jury Duty as Tommy Collins |
| Kevin Costner in Waterworld as The Mariner |
| Kyle MacLachlan in Showgirls as Zack Carey |
| Keanu Reeves in Johnny Mnemonic and A Walk in the Clouds as Johnny Mnemonic and Paul Sutton (respectively) |
| Sylvester Stallone in Assassins and Judge Dredd as Robert Rath and Judge Joseph Dredd (respectively) |
| rowspan=5|Worst Actress
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls as Nomi Malone |
| Cindy Crawford in Fair Game as Kate McQuean |
| Demi Moore in The Scarlet Letter as Hester Prynne |
| Julia Sweeney in It's Pat as Pat Riley |
| Sean Young in Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde as Helen Hyde |
| rowspan=5| Worst Supporting Actor
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Dennis Hopper in Waterworld as The Deacon |
| Tim Curry in Congo as Herkermer Homolka |
| Robert Davi in Showgirls as Al Torres |
| Robert Duvall in The Scarlet Letter as Roger Chillingworth |
| Alan Rachins in Showgirls as Tony Moss |
| rowspan=5|Worst Supporting Actress
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Madonna in Four Rooms as Elspeth |
| Amy the Talking Gorilla in Congo |
| Bo Derek in Tommy Boy as Beverly Barish |
| Gina Gershon in Showgirls as Cristal Connors |
| Lin Tucci in Showgirls as Henrietta Bazoom |
| rowspan=5|Worst Screen Couple
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Any combination of two people (or two body parts!) in Showgirls |
| William Baldwin and Cindy Crawford in Fair Game |
| Tim Daly and Sean Young in Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde |
| Dave Foley and Julia Sweeney in It's Pat |
| Demi Moore and either Robert Duvall or Gary Oldman in The Scarlet Letter |
| rowspan=5|Worst Director
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Paul Verhoeven for Showgirls |
| Renny Harlin for Cutthroat Island |
| Roland Joffé for The Scarlet Letter |
| Frank Marshall for Congo |
| Kevin Reynolds (with More Than a Little Un-Asked Assistance from Kevin Costner) for Waterworld |
| rowspan=5|Worst Screenplay
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Showgirls, written by Joe Eszterhas |
| Congo, screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, from the novel by Michael Crichton |
| It's Pat, written by Jim Emerson & Stephen Hibbert & Julia Sweeney, based on characters created by Sweeney |
| Jade, written by Joe Eszterhas |
| The Scarlet Letter, screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart, freely adapted from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| rowspan=5|Worst New Star
|style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls as Nomi Malone |
| Amy the Talking Gorilla in Congo |
| David Caruso in Jade and Kiss of Death as David Corelli and Jimmy Kilmartin (respectively) |
| Cindy Crawford in Fair Game as Kate McQuean |
| Julia Sweeney in It's Pat and Stuart Saves His Family as Pat Riley and Mea C. (respectively) |
| rowspan=3|Worst Original Song
| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |"Walk into the Wind" (also known as Love Theme from the Rape Scene) from Showgirls, adapted/covered originally written by David A. Stewart and Terry Hall |
| "(Feel the) Spirit of Africa" from Congo, music by Jerry Goldsmith, lyrics by Lebo M |
| "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" from Batman Forever, music by U2, lyrics by Bono (also nominated for a Golden Globe) |
| rowspan=5|Worst Remake Or Sequel
|style="background:#B0C4DE;" |The Scarlet Letter (Hollywood Pictures) |
| Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (Warner Bros.) |
| Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (Savoy Pictures) |
| Showgirls (MGM/UA) (remake of both All About Eve and The Lonely Lady) |
| Village of the Damned (Universal) |
Films with multiple nominations
These films garnered multiple nominations:
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!Nominations !Films |
| 13 |
| rowspan="2" |7 |
| The Scarlet Letter |
| 5 |
| 4 |
| rowspan="2" |3 |
| Fair Game |
| 2
|Jade |
See also
References
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- {{cite web | title =Razzie Awards | publisher =Internet Movie Database | year =1996 | url =https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Razzie_Awards/1996 | access-date =2018-06-29 | archive-date =2009-02-23 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090223015510/http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Razzie_Awards/1996 | url-status =dead }}
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Category:Golden Raspberry Awards ceremonies
Category:1996 in American cinema