First Annual RAZZIE® Awards (For 1980)

Ceremonies Held on Oscar Night: Tuesday, March 31, 1981

(in RAZZIE® Founder John Wilson's living room alcove)

Historic Notes: 1981's Academy Awards were postponed 24 hours due to the assassination attempt on then-newly-inaugurated President Ronald Reagan 

For the first year only, Ten nominees were selected for Worst Picture, Actor, Actress, Screenplay and Director

 
WORST PICTURE

• CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC (AFD) Allan Carr, producer
• Cruising (Lorimar/United Artists) Jerry Weintraub, producer
• The Formula (MGM/UA) Steve Shagan, producer
• Friday The 13th (Paramount) Sean S. Cunningham, producer
• The Jazz Singer (AFD) Jerry Leider, producer
• The Nude Bomb (Universal) Jennings Lang, producer
• Raise The Titanic (AFD) William Frye, producer
• Saturn 3 (AFD) Stanley Donen, producer
• Windows (United Artists) Michael Lobell, producer
• Xanadu (Universal) Lawrence Gordon, producer

WORST ACTOR

• Neil Diamond/THE JAZZ SINGER
• Michael Beck/XANADU
• Robert Blake/COAST TO COAST
• Michael Caine/DRESSED TO KILL and THE ISLAND
• Kirk Douglas/SATURN 3
• Richard Dreyfuss/THE COMPETITION
• Anthony Hopkins/A CHANGE OF SEASONS
• Bruce Jenner/CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC
• Sam J. Jones/FLASH GORDON

WORST ACTRESS

• Brooke Shields/THE BLUE LAGOON
• Nancy Allen/DRESSED TO KILL
• Faye Dunaway/FIRST DEADLY SIN
• Shelley Duvall/THE SHINING
• Farrah Fawcett/SATURN 3
• Sondra Locke/BRONCO BILLY
• Olivia Newton-John/XANADU
• Valerie Perrine/CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC
• Deborah Raffin/TOUCHED BY LOVE
• Talia Shire/WINDOWS

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• (tie)John Adames/GLORIA
• (tie) Laurence Olivier/THE JAZZ SINGER
• Marlon Brando/THE FORMULA
• Charles Grodin/SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES
• David Selby/RAISE THE TITANIC

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Amy Irving/HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (a.k.a. "Honey, Suck My Nose")
• Elizabeth Ashley/WINDOWS
• George Sanford Brown/STIR CRAZY
• Betsy Palmer/FRIDAY THE 13th
• Marilyn Sokol/CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC

WORST DIRECTOR

• Robert Greenwald/XANADU
• John G. Avildsen/THE FORMULA
• Brian dePalma/DRESSED TO KILL
• William Friedkin/CRUISING
• Sidney J. Furie and Richard Fleisher/THE JAZZ SINGER
• Stanley Kubrick/THE SHINING
• Michael Ritchie/THE ISLAND
• John Trent/MIDDLE AGE CRAZY
• Nancy Walker/CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC
• Gordon Willis/WINDOWS

WORST SCREENPLAY

• CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC written by Bronte Woodward and Allan Carr
• CHANGE OF SEASONS (Erich Segal, Ronni Kern and Fred Segal)
• CRUISING (William Friedkin)
• THE FORMULA (Steve Shagan, from his own novel)
• IT'S MY TURN (Eleanor Bergstein)
• MIDDLE AGE CRAZY (Carl Kleinschmidt)
• RAISE THE TITANIC (Adam Kennedy, Eric Hughes; from Clive Cussler's Novel)
• TOUCHED BY LOVE (Hesper Anderson)
• WINDOWS (Barry Siegel)
• XANADU (Richard C. Danus and Marc C. Rubel)

WORST 'ORIGINAL' SONG

• "THE MAN WITH BOGART'S FACE" from THE MAN WITH BOGART'S FACE, Music by George Duning, Lyrics by Andrew Fenady
• "(You) Can't Stop The Music" from CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC, Music and Lyrics by Jaques Morali
• "Suspended in Time" from XANADU, Music and Lyrics by John Farrar
• "Where Do You Catch The Bus for Tomorrow?" from CHANGE OF SEASONS, Music by Henry Mancini, Lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman
• "You, Baby, Baby!" from THE JAZZ SINGER, Music and Lyrics by Neil Diamond.

BREAKDOWN

• CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC: 7 Nominations / 2 "Wins" (Picture and Screenplay)
• XANADU: 6 Nominations / 1 "Win" (Director)
• THE JAZZ SINGER: 5 Nominations / 2 "Wins" (Actor and Supporting Actor)
• THE FORMULA: 4 Nominations / No "Wins"
• CHANGE OF SEASONS, RAISE THE TITANIC and SATURN 3: 3 Nominations Each / No "Wins"

© 1981 / Golden Raspberry Award Foundation & John Wilson