21st Golden Raspberry Awards

The 21st Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 24, 2001 at the Radisson-Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica, California, USA, to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 2000. ^[1][2]

Science fiction flop Battlefield Earth swept the awards, claiming victory in all seven categories in which it was nominated (from a total of eight nominations, with its double nomination in the Supporting Actor category). J.D. Shapiro later accepted his Worst Screenplay award in a radio program.^[3][4]

The complete list of nominees are as follows with winners marked in bold type:

Awards and nominations

Category		Recipient
Worst Picture		Battlefield Earth (Warner Bros.)
		Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (Artisan)
		The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (Universal)
		Little Nicky (New Line Cinema)
		The Next Best Thing (Paramount)
Worst Actor		John Travolta in Battlefield Earth and Lucky Numbers as Terl and Russ Richards (respectively)
		Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach as Richard
		Adam Sandler in Little Nicky as Nicky
		Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the real Adam Gibson) in The 6th Day
		Sylvester Stallone in Get Carter as Jack Carter
Worst Actress		Madonna in The Next Best Thing as Abbie Reynolds
		Kim Basinger in Bless the Child and I Dreamed of Africa as Maggie O'Connor and Kuki Gallmann (respectively)
		Melanie Griffith in Cecil B. Demented as Honey Whitlock
		Bette Midler in Isn't She Great as Jacqueline Susann
		Demi Moore in Passion of Mind as Martha Marie "Marty" Talridge
Worst Supporting Actor		Barry Pepper in Battlefield Earth as Jonnie Goodboy Tyler
		Stephen Baldwin in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as Barney Rubble
		Keanu Reeves in The Watcher as David Allen Griffin
		Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the clone of Adam Gibson) in The 6th Day
		Forest Whitaker in Battlefield Earth as Ker
Worst Supporting Actress		Kelly Preston in Battlefield Earth as Chirk
		Patricia Arquette in Little Nicky as Valerie Veran
		Joan Collins in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as Pearl Slaghoople
		Thandie Newton in Mission: Impossible II as Nyah Nordoff-Hall
		Rene Russo in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle as Natasha Fatale
Worst Screen Couple		John Travolta and anyone sharing the screen with him in Battlefield Earth
		Any two actors in Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
		Richard Gere and Winona Ryder in Autumn in New York
		Madonna and either Rupert Everett or Benjamin Bratt in The Next Best Thing
		Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the real Adam Gibson) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the clone of Adam Gibson) in The 6th Day
Worst Remake or Sequel		Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
		How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Universal)
		The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
		Get Carter (Warner Bros.)
		Mission: Impossible II (Paramount)
Worst Director		Roger Christian for Battlefield Earth
		Joe Berlinger for Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
		Steven Brill for Little Nicky
		Brian De Palma for Mission to Mars
		John Schlesinger for The Next Best Thing
Worst Screenplay		Battlefield Earth - screenplay by Corey Mandell and J.D. Shapiro, based on the novel by L. Ron Hubbard
		Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 - screenplay by Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez, Dick Beebe and Joe Berlinger
		How the Grinch Stole Christmas -screenplay by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman, based on the book by Dr. Seuss
		Little Nicky - screenplay by Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler and Steven Brill
		The Next Best Thing - written by Tom Ropelewski

See also

• 2000 in film
• 73rd Academy Awards
• 54th British Academy Film Awards
• 58th Golden Globe Awards
• 7th Screen Actors Guild Awards

References