20th Golden Raspberry Awards


The 20th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 25, 2000 at the Sheraton Hotel in Santa Monica, California to recognize the worst the film industry had to offer in 1999.
Included with the normal Golden Raspberry categories to mark the dawn of the year 2000 were four special awards: Worst Picture of the Decade, Worst New Star of the Decade, Worst Actor of the Century, and Worst Actress of the Century.
Robert Conrad, who played the lead role of James T. West in the 1960s television series The Wild Wild West, created by Michael Garrison, showed up at the ceremony, as a way of expressing his disapproval with the film adaptation. He accepted three awards on behalf of the cinematic version of Wild Wild West, including Worst Picture.

Awards and nominations

CategoryRecipient
Worst PictureWild Wild West
Worst PictureBig Daddy
Worst PictureThe Blair Witch Project
Worst PictureThe Haunting
Worst PictureStar Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Worst ActorAdam Sandler in Big Daddy as Sonny Koufax
Worst ActorKevin Costner in For Love of the Game and Message in a Bottle as Billy Chapel and Garret Blake
Worst ActorKevin Kline in Wild Wild West as Artemus Gordon
Worst ActorArnold Schwarzenegger in End of Days as Jericho Cane
Worst ActorRobin Williams in Bicentennial Man and Jakob the Liar as Andrew Martin and Jakob Heym
Worst ActressHeather Donahue in The Blair Witch Project as Heather
Worst ActressMelanie Griffith in Crazy in Alabama as Lucille Vinson
Worst ActressMilla Jovovich in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc as Joan of Arc
Worst ActressSharon Stone in Gloria as Gloria
Worst ActressCatherine Zeta-Jones in Entrapment and The Haunting as Virginia Baker and Theo
Worst Supporting ActorAhmed Best in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace as Jar Jar Binks
Worst Supporting ActorKenneth Branagh in Wild Wild West as Dr. Arliss Loveless
Worst Supporting ActorGabriel Byrne in End of Days and Stigmata as Satan and Father Andrew Kiernan
Worst Supporting ActorJake Lloyd in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace as Anakin Skywalker
Worst Supporting ActorRob Schneider in Big Daddy as Nazo
Worst Supporting ActressDenise Richards in The World Is Not Enough as Christmas Jones
Worst Supporting ActressSofia Coppola in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace as Sache
Worst Supporting ActressSalma Hayek in Dogma and Wild Wild West as Serendipity and Rita Escobar
Worst Supporting ActressKevin Kline in Wild Wild West
Worst Supporting ActressJuliette Lewis in The Other Sister as Carla Tate
Worst Screen CoupleKevin Kline and Will Smith in Wild Wild West
Worst Screen CouplePierce Brosnan and Denise Richards in The World Is Not Enough
Worst Screen CoupleSean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Entrapment
Worst Screen CoupleJake Lloyd and Natalie Portman in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Worst Screen CoupleLili Taylor and Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Haunting
Worst DirectorBarry Sonnenfeld for Wild Wild West
Worst DirectorJan de Bont for The Haunting
Worst DirectorDennis Dugan for Big Daddy
Worst DirectorPeter Hyams for End of Days
Worst DirectorGeorge Lucas for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Worst ScreenplayWild Wild West, story by Jim Thomas and John Thomas, screenplay by S. S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman, based on the TV series by Michael Garrison
Worst ScreenplayBig Daddy, screenplay by Steve Franks, Tim Herlihy & Adam Sandler
Worst ScreenplayThe Haunting, screenplay by David Self, based on the novel by Shirley Jackson
Worst ScreenplayThe Mod Squad, written by Stephen T. Kay, Scott Silver & Kate Lanier, based on the TV series
Worst ScreenplayStar Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, written by George Lucas
Worst Original Song"Wild Wild West" from Wild Wild West, music and lyrics by Stevie Wonder, Kool Moe Dee and Will Smith

Worst of the Century, Decade

CategoryRecipient
Worst Actor of the CenturySylvester Stallone for "99.5% of everything he's EVER done
Worst Actor of the CenturyKevin Costner for The Postman, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Waterworld, Wyatt Earp, etc.
Worst Actor of the CenturyPrince for Graffiti Bridge, Under the Cherry Moon, etc.
Worst Actor of the CenturyWilliam Shatner for "Every Star ''Trek film he was ever in"
Worst Actor of the CenturyPauly Shore for Bio-Dome, Encino Man, Jury Duty, etc.
Worst Actress of the CenturyMadonna for Body of Evidence, Shanghai Surprise, Who's That Girl, etc.
Worst Actress of the CenturyElizabeth Berkley for Showgirls
Worst Actress of the CenturyBo Derek for Bolero, Ghosts Can't Do It, Tarzan, the Ape Man, etc.
Worst Actress of the CenturyBrooke Shields for The Blue Lagoon, Endless Love, Sahara, Speed Zone, etc.
Worst Actress of the CenturyPia Zadora for Butterfly, Fake-Out, The Lonely Lady, Voyage of the Rock Aliens, etc.
Worst Picture of the DecadeShowgirls
Worst Picture of the DecadeAn Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
Worst Picture of the DecadeHudson Hawk
Worst Picture of the DecadeThe Postman
Worst Picture of the DecadeStriptease
Worst New Star of the DecadePauly Shore for Bio-Dome, Encino Man, Jury Duty, Etc.
Worst New Star of the DecadeElizabeth Berkley for Showgirls
Worst New Star of the DecadeAhmed Best for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Worst New Star of the DecadeSofia Coppola for The Godfather Part III and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Worst New Star of the DecadeDennis Rodman for Double Team and Simon Sez''

Films with multiple nominations

These films received multiple nominations:
NominationsFilms
9Wild Wild West
7Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
5Big Daddy
5The Haunting
3End of Days
2The Blair Witch Project
2Entrapment
2The World Is Not Enough

Criticism

The awards are often criticized for nominating Heather Donahue for Worst Actress for her roll in The Blair Witch Project. GQ said it's "a ridiculous sham of an anti-Oscars ceremony" Donahue said as an experience it "still sucked as a young actress who felt totally unprepared for how enormous the movie had become."