8th Golden Raspberry Awards

8th Golden Raspberry Awards
Date April 10, 1988
Site Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, California
Highlights
Worst Picture Leonard Part 6
Most awards Leonard Part 6 (3)
Most nominations Jaws: The Revenge (7) and Tough Guys Don't Dance (7)
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The 8th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on April 10, 1988 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognize the worst the film industry had to offer in 1987. Leonard Part 6 was the biggest "winner" with three awards out of five nominations. Although he did not attend the ceremony, actor/producer/co-writer Bill Cosby later accepted all his awards on The Late Show. The list of nominees follows, with recipients marked in bold.

Awards and nominations

  Winner (in bold)
Category Recipient
Worst Picture Leonard Part 6 – (Columbia) – Bill Cosby
Ishtar – (Columbia) – Warren Beatty
Jaws: The Revenge – (Universal) – Joseph Sargent
Tough Guys Don't Dance – (Cannon Group) – Golan-Globus
Who's That Girl – (Warner Bros.)
Worst Actor Bill Cosby in Leonard Part 6
Bruce the Shark in Jaws: The Revenge
Judd Nelson in From the Hip
Ryan O'Neal in Tough Guys Don't Dance
Sylvester Stallone in Over the Top
Worst Actress Madonna in Who's That Girl
Lorraine Gary in Jaws: The Revenge
Sondra Locke in Ratboy
Debra Sandlund in Tough Guys Don't Dance
Sharon Stone in Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Worst Supporting Actor David Mendenhall in Over the Top
Billy Barty in Masters of the Universe
Tom Bosley in Million Dollar Mystery
Michael Caine in Jaws: The Revenge
Mack Dryden and Jamie Alcroft in Million Dollar Mystery
Worst Supporting Actress Daryl Hannah in Wall Street
Gloria Foster in Leonard Part 6
Mariel Hemingway in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Grace Jones in Siesta
Isabella Rossellini in Siesta and Tough Guys Don't Dance
Worst Director Norman Mailer for Tough Guys Don't Dance (tie) and Elaine May for Ishtar (tie)
James Foley for Who's That Girl
Joseph Sargent for Jaws: The Revenge
Paul Weiland for Leonard Part 6
Worst Screenplay Leonard Part 6, screenplay by Jonathan Reynolds, story by Bill Cosby
Ishtar, written by Elaine May
Jaws: The Revenge, screenplay by Michael deGuzma, based on characters created by Peter Benchley
Tough Guys Don't Dance, screenplay by Norman Mailer, based on his novel
Who's That Girl, screenplay by Andrew Smith and Ken Finkleman, story by Smith
Worst New Star David Mendenhall in Over the Top
The Garbage Pail Kids (Ali Gator, Greaser Greg, Nat Nerd, Foul Phil, Messy Tessie, Valerie Vomit and Windy Winston) in The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
David and Peter Paul (The Barbarian Brothers) in The Barbarians
Debra Sandlund in Tough Guys Don't Dance
Jim Varney in Ernest Goes to Camp
Worst Original Song "I Want Your Sex" from Beverly Hills Cop II, written by George Michael
"El Coco Loco (So, So Bad)" from Who's That Girl, written by Coati Mundi
"Let's Go to Heaven in My Car" from Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, written by Brian Wilson, Eugene E. Landy, and Gary Usher
"Million Dollar Mystery" from Million Dollar Mystery, written by Barry Mann and John Lewis Parker
"You Can Be a Garbage Pail Kid" from The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, written by Michael Lloyd
Worst Visual Effects Jaws: The Revenge, special effects supervisor: Henry Millar
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, animatronics by John Buechler, Mechanical Make-Up Imageries, Inc.
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, special effects supervisors: Harrison Ellenshaw and John Evans

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