18th Golden Raspberry Awards

18th Golden Raspberry Awards
Date	March 22, 1998
Site	Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, California
Highlights
Worst Picture	The Postman
Most awards	The Postman (5)
Most nominations	Batman & Robin (11)

The 18th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 22, 1998 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1997. This year, the film with the most nominations was Batman & Robin with 11, followed by Speed 2: Cruise Control with 8 nominations, Anaconda with 6 nominations, The Postman with 5 nominations (winning all of the awards it was nominated for), and Fire Down Below with 4 nominations. The film that won the most awards was The Postman, winning in all five categories the movie was nominated for. The list of nominees follows, with recipients denoted in bold.

The Postman screenwriter Brian Helgeland also won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for L.A. Confidential in 1998. Only Helgeland, composer Alan Menken and actress Sandra Bullock won Razzies and Oscars at the same year.

Awards and nominations

  Winner (in bold)

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  Kevin Costner, Worst Director and Worst Actor winner.
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  Demi Moore, Worst Actress winner.
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  Dennis Rodman, Worst Supporting Actor and Worst New Star winner, Worst Screen Couple co-winner.
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  Alicia Silverstone, Worst Supporting Actress winner.
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  Jean-Claude Van Damme, Worst Screen Couple co-winner.

Category	Recipient
Worst Picture	The Postman – (Warner Bros.) – Kevin Costner / Steve Tisch / Jim Wilson
	Anaconda – (Columbia Pictures) – Verna Harrah
	Batman & Robin (Warner Bros.) – Peter MacGrergor-Scott
	Fire Down Below – (Warner Bros.) – Julius R. Nasso / Steven Seagal
	Speed 2: Cruise Control (20th Century Fox) – Jan de Bont / Michael Peyser
Worst Actor	Kevin Costner in The Postman as The Postman (Gordon Krantz)
	Val Kilmer in The Saint as Simon Templar
	Shaquille O'Neal in Steel as John Henry Irons / Steel
	Steven Seagal in Fire Down Below as Jack Taggart
	Jon Voight in Anaconda as Paul Sarone
Worst Actress	Demi Moore in G.I. Jane as Jordan O'Neil
	Sandra Bullock in Speed 2: Cruise Control as Annie Porter
	Fran Drescher in The Beautician and the Beast as Joy Miller
	Lauren Holly in A Smile Like Yours and Turbulence as Jennifer Robertson and Teri Halloran (respectively)
	Alicia Silverstone in Excess Baggage as Emily Hope
Worst Supporting Actor	Dennis Rodman in Double Team as Yaz
	Willem Dafoe in Speed 2: Cruise Control as John Geiger
	Chris O'Donnell in Batman & Robin as Dick Grayson / Robin
	Arnold Schwarzenegger in Batman & Robin as Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze
	Jon Voight in Most Wanted and U Turn as Gen. Adam Woodward/Lt. Col. Grant Casey and Blind Man (respectively)
Worst Supporting Actress	Alicia Silverstone in Batman & Robin as Barbara Wilson / Batgirl
	Faye Dunaway in Albino Alligator as Janet Boudreaux
	Milla Jovovich in The Fifth Element as Leeloo
	Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Fathers' Day as Carrie Lawrence
	Uma Thurman in Batman & Robin as Pamela Isley / Poison Ivy
Worst Screen Couple	Dennis Rodman and Jean-Claude Van Damme in Double Team
	Sandra Bullock and Jason Patric in Speed 2: Cruise Control
	George Clooney and Chris O'Donnell in Batman & Robin
	Steven Seagal and his guitar in Fire Down Below
	Jon Voight and the animatronic anaconda in Anaconda
Worst Remake or Sequel	Speed 2: Cruise Control (20th Century Fox)
	Batman & Robin (Warner Bros.)
	Home Alone 3 (20th Century Fox)
	The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Universal)
	McHale's Navy (Universal)
Worst Director	Kevin Costner for The Postman
	Jan de Bont for Speed 2: Cruise Control
	Luis Llosa for Anaconda
	Joel Schumacher for Batman & Robin
	Oliver Stone for U Turn
Worst Screenplay	The Postman, screenplay by Eric Roth and Brian Helgeland, based on the book by David Brin
	Anaconda, written by Hans Bauer and Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr.
	Batman & Robin, written by Akiva Goldsman
	The Lost World: Jurassic Park, screenplay by David Koepp, based on the novel by Michael Crichton
	Speed 2: Cruise Control, screenplay by Randall McCormick and Jeff Nathanson, story by Jan de Bont and McCormick
Worst New Star	Dennis Rodman in Double Team as Yaz
	The animatronic anaconda in Anaconda
	Tori Spelling in The House of Yes and Scream 2 as Lesly and herself (respectively)
	Howard Stern in Private Parts as Himself
	Chris Tucker in The Fifth Element and Money Talks as Ruby Rhod and Franklin Hatchett (respectively)
Worst Original Song	The entire song score from The Postman, words and music by Jeffrey Barr, Glenn Burke, John Coinman, Joe Flood, Blair Forward, Maria Machado, and Jono Manson
	"The End Is the Beginning Is the End" from Batman & Robin, written by Billy Corgan
	"Fire Down Below" from Fire Down Below, music and lyrics by Steven Seagal and Mark Collie
	"How Do I Live" from Con Air, written by Diane Warren (also Oscar-nominated)
	"My Dream" from Speed 2: Cruise Control, written by Orville Burrell, Robert Livingston, and Dennis Haliburton
Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property	Con Air (Touchstone)
	Batman & Robin (Warner Bros.)
	The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Universal)
	Turbulence (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
	Volcano (20th Century Fox)

See also

• 1997 in film
• 70th Academy Awards
• 51st British Academy Film Awards
• 55th Golden Globe Awards
• 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards

References

• "Razzie Awards". Internet Movie Database. Amazon.com. 1998.

• 1997 Golden Rasberries