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Razzie Awards: 1981

Razzie Award

Date:	31 March
Location:	John Wilson's living room, Los Angeles, California, USA

Worst Picture


Winner:
	Can't Stop the Music (1980) - Allan Carr
Other Nominees:
	Cruising (1980) - Jerry Weintraub Formula, The (1980) - Steve Shagan Friday the 13th (1980) - Sean S. Cunningham Jazz Singer, The (1980) - Jerry Leider Nude Bomb, The (1980) - Jennings Lang Raise the Titanic (1980) - William Frye Saturn 3 (1980) - Stanley Donen Windows (1980) - Mike Lobell Xanadu (1980) - Lawrence Gordon (I)

Worst Actor


Winner:
	Jazz Singer, The (1980) - Neil Diamond
Other Nominees:
	Can't Stop the Music (1980) - Bruce Jenner Change of Seasons, A (1980) - Anthony Hopkins Coast to Coast (1980) - Robert Blake (I) Competition, The (1980) - Richard Dreyfuss Dressed to Kill (1980) - Michael Caine (I) - Also for his perfomance in Island, The (1980). Flash Gordon (1980) - Sam J. Jones (I) Saturn 3 (1980) - Kirk Douglas (I) Xanadu (1980) - Michael Beck (I)

Worst Actress


Winner:
	Blue Lagoon, The (1980) - Brooke Shields
Other Nominees:
	Bronco Billy (1980) - Sondra Locke Can't Stop the Music (1980) - Valerie Perrine Dressed to Kill (1980) - Nancy Allen (I) First Deadly Sin, The (1980) - Faye Dunaway Saturn 3 (1980) - Farrah Fawcett Shining, The (1980) - Shelley Duvall Touched by Love (1980) - Deborah Raffin Windows (1980) - Talia Shire Xanadu (1980) - Olivia Newton-John

Worst Supporting Actor


Winners:
	Gloria (1980) - John Adames Jazz Singer, The (1980) - Laurence Olivier
Other Nominees:
	Formula, The (1980) - Marlon Brando Raise the Titanic (1980) - David Selby Seems Like Old Times (1980) - Charles Grodin (I)

Worst Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Honeysuckle Rose (1980) - Amy Irving
Other Nominees:
	Can't Stop the Music (1980) - Marilyn Sokol Friday the 13th (1980) - Betsy Palmer Stir Crazy (1980) - Georg Stanford Brown Windows (1980) - Elizabeth Ashley (I)

Worst Director


Winner:
	Xanadu (1980) - Robert Greenwald
Other Nominees:
	Can't Stop the Music (1980) - Nancy Walker (I) Cruising (1980) - William Friedkin (I) Dressed to Kill (1980) - Brian De Palma Formula, The (1980) - John G. Avildsen Island, The (1980) - Michael Ritchie (I) Jazz Singer, The (1980) - Sidney J. Furie; Richard Fleischer Middle Age Crazy (1980) - John Trent (I) Shining, The (1980) - Stanley Kubrick Windows (1980) - Gordon Willis (I)

Worst Screenplay


Winner:
	Can't Stop the Music (1980) - Bronte Woodard; Allan Carr
Other Nominees:
	Change of Seasons, A (1980) - Erich Segal; Ronni Kern; Fred Segal (I) Cruising (1980) - William Friedkin (I) Formula, The (1980) - Steve Shagan It's My Turn (1980) - Eleanor Bergstein Middle Age Crazy (1980) - Carl Kleinschmitt Raise the Titanic (1980) - Adam Kennedy (I); Eric Hughes (I) Touched by Love (1980) - Hesper Anderson Windows (1980) - Barry Siegel Xanadu (1980) - Richard Christian Danus; Marc Reid Rubel

Worst Original Song


Winner:
	Man with Bogart's Face, The (1980) - George Duning; Andrew J. Fenady (lyrics) - For the song "The Man With Bogart's Face".
Other Nominees:
	Can't Stop the Music (1980) - Jacques Morali - For the song "(You) Can't Stop The Music". Change of Seasons, A (1980) - Henry Mancini; Marilyn Bergman (lyrics); Alan Bergman (lyrics) - For the song "Where Do You Catch The Bus for Tomorrow?". Jazz Singer, The (1980) - Neil Diamond - For the song "You, Baby, Baby!". Xanadu (1980) - John Farrar - For the song "Suspended in Time".

Worst Career Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Ronald Reagan (I) - Retired movie star.