1995 RAZZIE® Nominees & "Winners"

The (Not So) Sweet Sixteenth Annual RAZZIE® Awards (for 1995)

Presented at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Academy Room / March 24, 1996

Winners denoted in boldface type.

WORST PICTURE

• CONGO (Paramount) Produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Sam Mercer
• IT'S PAT! (Touchstone) Produced by Charles B. Wessler
• THE SCARLET LETTER (Hollywood Pictures) Produced by Roland Joffe and Andrew G. Vajna)
• SHOWGIRLS (MGM/UA) Produced by Alan Marshall and Charles Evans
• WATERWORLD (Universal) Produced by Charles Gordon, John Davis and Kevin Costner

WORST REMAKE OR SEQUEL

• ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS (Warner Bros.) Produced by James G. Robinson
• DR. JEKYLL AND MS. HYDE (Savoy Pictures)Produced by Robert Shapiro and Jerry Leider
• THE SCARLET LETTER (Hollywood Pictures) Produced by Roland Joffe# and Andrew G. Vajna)
• SHOWGIRLS (Re-Make of both ALL ABOUT EVE and THE LONELY LADY)
• VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (Universal) Michael Preger and Sandy King

WORST ACTOR

• Kevin Costner, WATERWORLD
• Kyle MacLachlan, SHOWGIRLS
• Keanu Reeves, JOHNNY MNEMONIC (Tri-Star) and A WALK IN THE CLOUDS (20th Century-Fox)
• Pauly Shore, JURY DUTY (Tri-Star)
• Sylvester Stallone, ASSASSINS (Warner Bros.) and JUDGE DREDD (Hollywood Pictures)

WORST ACTRESS

• Elizabeth Berkley, SHOWGIRLS
• Cindy Crawford, FAIR GAME (Warner Bros.)
• Demi Moore, THE SCARLET LETTER
• Julia Sweeney, IT'S PAT!
• Sean Young, DR. JEKYLL & MS. HYDE

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Tim Curry, CONGO
• Robert Davi, SHOWGIRLS
• Robert Duvall, THE SCARLET LETTER
• Dennis Hopper, WATERWORLD
• Alan Rachins, SHOWGIRLS

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Amy The Talking Gorilla, CONGO
• Bo Derek, TOMMY BOY
• Gina Gershon, SHOWGIRLS
• Madonna, FOUR ROOMS (Miramax)
• Lin Tucci (Henrietta Bazoom), SHOWGIRLS

WORST DIRECTOR

• Renny Harlin, CUT-THROAT ISLAND (MGM/UA)
• Roland Joffe, THE SCARLET LETTER
• Frank Marshall, CONGO
• Kevin Reynolds (with More Than a Little Un-Asked Assistance from Kevin Costner) WATERWORLD
• Paul Verhoeven, SHOWGIRLS

WORST SCREENPLAY
(aka The Joe Eszterhas Dis-Honorarial Worst Screenplay Award)

• CONGO, Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, from The Novel by Michael Chrichton
• IT'S PAT! Written by Jim Emerson & Stephen Hibbert & Julia Sweeney, Based on Characters Created by Sweeney
• JADE, Written by Joe Eszterhas (Paramount)
• THE SCARLET LETTER, Screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart, "Freely Adapted" (sic) from The Novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• SHOWGIRLS, Written by Joe Eszterhas

WORST NEW STAR

• Amy The Talking Gorilla, CONGO
• Elizabeth Berkley, SHOWGIRLS
• David Caruso, KISS OF DEATH (20th Century-Fox) and JADE
• Cindy Crawford, FAIR GAME
• Julia Sweeney, IT'S PAT! and STUART SAVES HIS FAMILY (Paramount)

WORST 'ORIGINAL' SONG

• "(Feel The) Spirit of Africa" from CONGO, Music by Jerry Goldsmith, Lyrics by Lebo M
• "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" from BATMAN FOREVER (Warner Bros.) By U2, Lyrics by Bono
• "Walk Into The Wind (a.k.a. Love Theme from The Rape Scene) " from SHOWGIRLS, Written by David A. Stewart and Terry Hall

BREAKDOWN

• SHOWGIRLS - 13 Nominations / 7 "Wins" (Two New RAZZIE Records!)
• SCARLET LETTER - 7 Nominations, 1 "Win"
• WATERWORLD - 4 Nominations, 1 "Win"
• CONGO - 7 Nominations / NO "Wins"
• IT'S PAT! - 5 Nominations, NO "Wins"

HISTORIC NOTE: SHOWGIRLS was only the second film in RAZZIE History to receive more nominations than there were categories (The first was LONELY LADY in 1983). Its director, Paul Verhoeven, becme the first RAZZIE "winner" ever to attend our ceremonies and pick up his Dis-Honors in person, accepting the Awards for both Worst Director and Worst Picture.

©1996, Golden Raspberry Award Foundation and John Wilson