1st Golden Raspberry Awards

{{Short description|Award for worst cinematic under-achievements in 1980}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 1

| award = Golden Raspberry Awards

| date = March 31, 1981

| site = John J. B. Wilson's living room alcove

| film = Can't Stop the Music

| most_wins = Can't Stop the Music and The Jazz Singer (2)

| most_nominations = Can't Stop the Music (7)

| host = John J. B. Wilson

| next = 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 Murphy, who was a presenter.{{cite news |title=25 Years of Razzing Hollywood's Stinkers |last=Germain |first=David |work=Sun Sentinel |date=February 26, 2005 |page=7D}}{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/01/28/razzies-brief-history/ |title=The Razzies: A brief history |last=Svetkey |first=Benjamin |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=January 28, 2011 |access-date=November 3, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/razzie-awards-worst-picture-winner-complete-cats/ |title=Razzie Awards: Every Worst Picture "Winner", From 'Can't Stop the Music' to 'Diana: The Musical' (Photos) |last=Geier |first=Thom |work=TheWrap |date=March 26, 2022 |access-date=November 3, 2023}}

Winners and nominees

File:RobertGreenwald.jpg, Worst Director winner]]

File:Neil Diamond HWOF Aug 2012 other (levels adjusted and cropped).jpg, Worst Actor winner]]

File:Brooke Shields (2022) 2.png, Worst Actress winner]]

File:Lord Olivier 18 Allan Warren.jpg, Worst Supporting Actor co-winner]]

File:Amy Irving cropped.jpg, Worst Supporting Actress winner]]

File:Allan Carr at 1989 Academy Awards.jpg, Worst Screenplay co-winner]]

class=wikitable
valign="top" width="50%"|

{{Award category|#eedd82|Worst Picture}}

| valign="top" width="50%"|

{{Award category|#eedd82|Worst Director}}

valign="top" width="50%"|

{{Award category|#eedd82|Worst Actor}}

| valign="top" width="50%"|

{{Award category|#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 Torrance{{efn|name=a|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.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/razzie-awards-rescind-bruce-willis-award-shelley-duvall-nomination/ |title=Razzie Awards Backtrack, Rescind Bruce Willis Award – and Shelley Duvall Nomination as Well |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |work=TheWrap |date=March 31, 2022 |access-date=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
valign="top" width="50%"|

{{Award category|#eedd82|Worst Supporting Actor}}

| valign="top" width="50%"|

{{Award category|#eedd82|Worst Supporting Actress}}

valign="top" width="50%"|

{{Award category|#eedd82|Worst Screenplay}}

| valign="top" width="50%"|

{{Award category|#eedd82|Worst Original Song}}

Films with multiple wins and nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Films with multiple nominations

! scope="col" width="55"| Nominations

! scope="col" align="center"| Film

7

| Can't Stop the Music

6

| Xanadu

rowspan="2"| 5

| The Jazz Singer

Windows
4

| The Formula

rowspan="5"| 3

| A Change of Seasons

Cruising
Dressed to Kill
Raise the Titanic
Saturn 3
rowspan="5"| 2

| Friday the 13th

The Island
Middle Age Crazy
The Shining
Touched by Love

The following films received multiple awards:

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Films with multiple wins

! scope="col" width="55"| Wins

! scope="col" align="center"| Film

rowspan="2"| 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.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/times-the-razzies-got-it-wrong/ |title=From 'The Shining' to 'Jaws': 10 Times The Razzies Got It Wrong |last=Disalvo |first=Tom |work=Collider |date=March 27, 2022 |access-date=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."{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/razzie-awards-regret-shelley-duvall-shining-nom-1235187354/ |title=Razzie Awards Founder Regrets Shelley Duvall's 'Shining' Nomination: 'I'd Take That Back' |last=Sharf |first=Zack |work=Variety |date=February 22, 2022 |access-date=November 3, 2023}} That same year, the awards committee rescinded Duvall's nomination, but not Kubrick's.{{cite web |url=https://razzies.com/2/post/2020/05/a-shining-razzie-throwback.html |title=A Shining Razzie Throwback! |last=Wilson |first=John |author-link=John J. B. Wilson |publisher=The Razzies |date=May 28, 2020 |access-date=September 25, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/razzies-shining-shelley-duvall-nomination-rescinded-response/ |title=Razzies Rescind Shelley Duvall's 'The Shining' Nomination |last=Hermanns |first=Grant |work=Screen Rant |date=April 1, 2022 |access-date=September 25, 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/04/02/razzies-revoke-shining-award/ |title=Razzies void Shelley Duvall's 'The Shining' nomination. Here's why. |last=Ables |first=Kelsey |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 2, 2022 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |issn=0190-8286}} The nominations for Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill have also been criticized.{{cite web |url=https://cultfollowing.co.uk/2020/05/29/dressed-to-kill-review/ |title=Dressed to Kill Review |last=Gleadow |first=Ewan |work=Cult Following |date=May 29, 2020 |access-date=November 15, 2022}}

See also

Notes

{{Notelist}}

References

{{Reflist|2}}