1998 RAZZIE® Nominees & "Winners"

Nineteenth Annual RAZZIE® Awards (for 1998)

Presented at The Huntley Hotel Garden Room in Santa Monica, CA / March 20, 1999
  

Winners denoted in boldface type.

Worst Picture

• AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN, HOLLYWOOD, BURN! (Hollywood Pictures), Produced by Ben Myron
• ARMAGEDDON (Touchstone), Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Gale Anne Hurd and Michael Bay
• THE AVENGERS (Warner Bros.), Produced by Jerry Weintraub
• GODZILLA (Tri-Star), Produced by Dean Devlin
• SPICE WORLD (Columbia), Produced by Uri Fruchtmann and Barnaby Thompson

Worst Actor

• Ralph Fiennes THE AVENGERS
• Ryan O'Neal AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN, HOLLYWOOD, BURN!
• Ryan Phillippe, 54 (Miramax)
• Adam Sandler THE WATERBOY (Touchstone)
• Bruce Willis, ARMAGEDDON, MERCURY RISING and THE SIEGE

Worst Actress

• Yasmine Bleeth, BASE-ketball
• Anne Heche, PSYCHO
• Jessica Lange HUSH
• The Spice Girls (A 5-Member Girl Group w/The Talent of ONE Bad Actress Between Them!) SPICE WORLD
• Uma Thurman THE AVENGERS

Worst Screen "Couple"

• Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler, ARMAGEDDON
• Any Combination of Two Characters, Body Parts or Fashion Accessories, SPICE WORLD
• Any Combination of Two People Playing Themselves (or Playing WITH Themselves) AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN. HOLLYWOOD, BURN!
• Leonardo DiCaprio (as Twins!) THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
• Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman THE AVENGERS

Worst Supporting Actor

• Sean Connery THE AVENGERS
• Joe Ezterhas (As Himself) AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN, HOLLYWOOD, BURN!
• Roger Moore, SPICE WORLD
• Joe Pesci LETHAL WEAPON 4
• Sylvester Stallone (As Himself) AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN, HOLLYWOOD, BURN!

Worst Supporting Actress

• Ellen Albertini Dow (As "Disco Dottie") 54
• Jenny McCarthy, BASE-ketball
• Maria Pitillo, GODZILLA
• Liv Tyler, ARMAGEDDON
• Raquel Welch, CHAIRMAN of THE BOARD

Special Award: "1998 -- The Worst Movie-Going Year EVER!"
(New Category, Dis-Honoring The Worst Movie Trends of The Year)

• GIDGETS 'n' GEEZERS (58-Year-Old Leading Men Wooing 28-Year-Old Leading Ladies)
• IF YOU'VE SEEN THE TRAILER, WHY BOTHER TO SEE THE MOVIE?! (Previews That Give Away The Film's ENTIRE Plot )
• 30-MINUTES of STORY -- CONVEYED IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS! (L-O-N-G-E-R Movies...Shorter Plotz )
• THX: THE AUDIO IS DEAFENING! (Movie Sound So Loud It Constitutes Assault w/a Deadening Weapon)
• YO QUIERO TACKY TIE-INS! (Mega-Zillion-Dollar Cross-Promotional Overkill: Armageddon, Godzilla, ETC.)

Worst Director

• Michael Bay, ARMAGEDDON
• Jeremiah Chechik, THE AVENGERS
• Roland Emmerich GODZILLA
• Alan Smithee (a.k.a. Arthur Hiller ) AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN, HOLLYWOOD BURN!
• Gus Van Sant, PSYCHO

Worst Re-Make or Sequel (Including Films Based on TV Shows) -- (3-WAY TIE)

• THE AVENGERS
• GODZILLA
• LOST IN SPACE (New Line)
• MEET JOE BLACK (Universal)
• PSYCHO

The Joe Eszterhas Dis-Honorarial Worst Screenplay Award

• AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN! Written by Joe Eszterhas
• ARMAGEDDON, Screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh and J.J. Abrams
• THE AVENGERS Written by Don MacPherson
• GODZILLA Screenplay by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich
• SPICE WORLD Written by Kim Fuller from an Idea by Fuller and The Spice Girls

Worst New Star -- (TIE)

• Barney, BARNEY'S GREAT ADVENTURE
• Carrot Top, CHAIRMAN of THE BOARD
• Joe Ezsterhas (As Himself) AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN! (TIE)
• The Spice Girls, SPICE WORLD
• Jerry Springer, RINGMASTER (TIE)

Worst "Original" Song

• "Barney, The Song" from BARNEY'S GREAT ADVENTURE, Written by Jerry Herman
• "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" from ARMAGEDDON, Written by Diane Warren
• "I Wanna Be Mike Ovitz!" from BURN, HOLLYWOOD, BURN! Written by Joe Eszterhas and Gary G. Wiz
• "Storm" from THE AVENGERS, Written by Bruce Wooley, Chris Elliott, Marius deVries, Betsy Cook and Andy Caine
• "Too Much" from SPICE WORLD, Written by The Spice Girls, Andy Watkins and Paul Wilson

Awards per Picture Breakdown:

• AN ALAN SMITHEE FILM: BURN, HOLLYWOOD, BURN- 5
• GODZILLA, PSYCHO - 2 Each
• ARMAGEDDON, THE AVENGERS, RINGMASTER and SPICE WORLD --1 Each 
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©1999, Golden Raspberry Award Foundation and John Wilson