Razzie Awards: 1997

Razzie Award

Date:	23 March
Location:	Academy Room, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

Worst Picture


Winner:
	Striptease (1996) - Mike Lobell
Other Nominees:
	Barb Wire (1996) - Mike Richardson (I); Todd Moyer; Brad Wyman Ed (1996) - Rosalie Swedlin Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1996) - Edward R. Pressman (I) Stupids, The (1996) - Leslie Belzberg

Worst Actor


Winners:
	Big Bully (1996) - Tom Arnold (I) - Also for Carpool (1996) and Stupids, The (1996). Bio-Dome (1996) - Pauly Shore
Other Nominees:
	Bulletproof (1996) - Adam Sandler (I) - Also for Happy Gilmore (1996). Chain Reaction (1996) - Keanu Reeves Daylight (1996) - Sylvester Stallone

Worst Actress


Winner:
	Juror, The (1996) - Demi Moore - Also for Striptease (1996).
Other Nominees:
	Barb Wire (1996) - Pamela Anderson (I) Bogus (1996) - Whoopi Goldberg - Also for Eddie (1996) and Theodore Rex (1995) (V). Mary Reilly (1996) - Julia Roberts (I) Two Much (1995) - Melanie Griffith

Worst Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1996) - Marlon Brando
Other Nominees:
	Executive Decision (1996) - Steven Seagal From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) - Quentin Tarantino Ghost and the Darkness, The (1996) - Val Kilmer - Also for Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1996). Striptease (1996) - Burt Reynolds (I)

Worst Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Mulholland Falls (1996) - Melanie Griffith
Other Nominees:
	Chamber, The (1996) - Faye Dunaway - Also for Dunston Checks In (1996). Heaven's Prisoners (1996) - Teri Hatcher - Also for 2 Days in the Valley (1996). Twister (1996) - Jami Gertz Two Much (1995) - Daryl Hannah

Worst Director


Winner:
	Striptease (1996) - Andrew Bergman
Other Nominees:
	Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1996) - John Frankenheimer Jingle All the Way (1996) - Brian Levant Mary Reilly (1996) - Stephen Frears Stupids, The (1996) - John Landis (I)

Worst Screenplay


Winner:
	Striptease (1996) - Andrew Bergman
Other Nominees:
	Barb Wire (1996) - Chuck Pfarrer (also story); Ilene Chaiken Ed (1996) - David M. Evans (I); Ken Richards (III) (story); Janus Cercone (story) Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1996) - Richard Stanley (I); Ron Hutchinson Stupids, The (1996) - Brent Forrester

Worst Original Song


Winner:
	Striptease (1996) - Marvin 'Smokey' Montgomery - For the song "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy (Whose Kitty Cat Are You?)".
Other Nominees:
	Barb Wire (1996) - Tommy Lee (VI) - For the song "Welcome to Planet Boom! (a.k.a. This Boom's for You)". Daylight (1996) - Bruce Roberts (I); Sam Roman (II) - For the song "Whenever There is Love (Love Theme from Daylight)".

Worst New Star


Winner:
	Barb Wire (1996) - Pamela Anderson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Jennifer Aniston; Lisa Kudrow; Matt LeBlanc; David Schwimmer (I) - For "Friends" cast members turned movie-star-wanna-be's. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) - "Beavis"; "Butt-Head" Diabolique (1996) - Sharon Stone (I) - For the 'new serious' Sharon Stone. - Also for Last Dance (1996). Mr. Wrong (1996) - Ellen DeGeneres

Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million


Winner:
	Twister (1996) - Michael Crichton; Anne-Marie Martin
Other Nominees:
	Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1996) - Tab Murphy (animation screenplay); Irene Mecchi (animation screenplay); Bob Tzudiker (animation screenplay); Noni White (animation screenplay) Independence Day (1996) - Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich Mission: Impossible (1996) - David Koepp (also story); Steven Zaillian (story); Robert Towne Time to Kill, A (1996) - Akiva Goldsman

Worst Screen Couple


Winner:
	Striptease (1996) - Demi Moore; Burt Reynolds (I)
Other Nominees:
	Barb Wire (1996) - Pamela Anderson (I) - More specific: her "Impressive Enhancements" Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) - "Beavis"; "Butt-Head" Ed (1996) - Matt LeBlanc; "Ed the Mechanical Monkey" - Matt LeBlanc and Ed, the Mechanical Monkey Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1996) - Marlon Brando; "That Darn Dwarf" - Marlon Brando and that 'darn dwarf'