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.
Science fiction film Battlefield [Earth (film)|Battlefield Earth] swept the awards, claiming victory in all seven categories in which it was nominated. J.D. Shapiro later accepted his Worst Screenplay award in a radio program. The record was then beaten by Jack and Jill.
Following the 21st Golden Raspberry Awards on March 24, 2001, the film production and distribution company, Franchise Pictures, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 18, 2004.

Awards and nominations

CategoryRecipient
Worst PictureBattlefield Earth
Worst PictureBook of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Worst PictureThe Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Worst PictureLittle Nicky
Worst PictureThe Next Best Thing
Worst ActorJohn Travolta in Battlefield Earth and Lucky Numbers as Terl and Russ Richards
Worst ActorLeonardo DiCaprio in The Beach as Richard
Worst ActorAdam Sandler in Little Nicky as Nicky
Worst ActorArnold Schwarzenegger in The 6th Day
Worst ActorSylvester Stallone in Get Carter as Jack Carter
Worst ActressMadonna in The Next Best Thing as Abbie Reynolds
Worst ActressKim Basinger in Bless the Child and I Dreamed of Africa as Maggie O'Connor and Kuki Gallmann
Worst ActressMelanie Griffith in Cecil B. Demented as Honey Whitlock
Worst ActressBette Midler in Isn't She Great as Jacqueline Susann
Worst ActressDemi Moore in Passion of Mind as Martha Marie "Marty" Talridge
Worst Supporting ActorBarry Pepper in Battlefield Earth as Jonnie Goodboy Tyler
Worst Supporting ActorStephen Baldwin in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as Barney Rubble
Worst Supporting ActorKeanu Reeves in The Watcher as David Allen Griffin
Worst Supporting ActorArnold Schwarzenegger in The 6th Day
Worst Supporting ActorForest Whitaker in Battlefield Earth as Ker
Worst Supporting ActressKelly Preston in Battlefield Earth as Chirk
Worst Supporting ActressPatricia Arquette in Little Nicky as Valerie Veran
Worst Supporting ActressJoan Collins in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as Pearl Slaghoople
Worst Supporting ActressThandiwe Newton in Mission: Impossible 2 as Nyah Nordoff-Hall
Worst Supporting ActressRene Russo in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle as Natasha Fatale
Worst Screen CoupleJohn Travolta and anyone sharing the screen with him in Battlefield Earth
Worst Screen CoupleAny two actors in Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Worst Screen CoupleRichard Gere and Winona Ryder in Autumn in New York
Worst Screen CoupleMadonna and either Rupert Everett or Benjamin Bratt in The Next Best Thing
Worst Screen CoupleArnold Schwarzenegger and Arnold Schwarzenegger in The 6th Day
Worst Remake or SequelBook of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Worst Remake or SequelThe Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Worst Remake or SequelGet Carter
Worst Remake or SequelHow the Grinch Stole Christmas
Worst Remake or SequelMission: Impossible 2
Worst DirectorRoger Christian for Battlefield Earth
Worst DirectorJoe Berlinger for Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Worst DirectorSteven Brill for Little Nicky
Worst DirectorBrian De Palma for Mission to Mars
Worst DirectorJohn Schlesinger for The Next Best Thing
Worst ScreenplayBattlefield Earth – screenplay by Corey Mandell and J. David Shapiro, based on the novel by L. Ron Hubbard
Worst ScreenplayBook of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 – written by Dick Beebe and Joe Berlinger
Worst ScreenplayHow the Grinch Stole Christmas – screenplay by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman, based on the book by Dr. Seuss
Worst ScreenplayLittle Nicky – screenplay by Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler and Steven Brill
Worst ScreenplayThe Next Best Thing – written by Tom Ropelewski

Films with multiple nominations

These films received multiple nominations:
NominationsFilms
8Battlefield Earth
5Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
5Little Nicky
5The Next Best Thing
4The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
3The 6th Day
2Get Carter
2How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2Mission: Impossible 2

Dissolution of Franchise Pictures

On August 18, 2004, the film production and distribution company, Franchise Pictures, was sued by its investors and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after it emerged that it had fraudulently overstated the Battlefield Earth budget by $31 million.