13th Golden Raspberry Awards

The 13th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 28, 1993, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1992. Shining Through and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot each won three Razzies, though the latter wasn't nominated for Worst Picture.[1][2] Tom Selleck did not attend the ceremony and later accepted his award on The Chevy Chase Show.[3]

13th Golden Raspberry Awards
DateMarch 28, 1993
SiteHollywood Roosevelt Hotel, California
Highlights
Worst PictureShining Through
Most awardsShining Through (3) and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (3)
Most nominationsThe Bodyguard (7)

Alan Menken, who wrote the music for the Razzie-winning song "High Times, Hard Times" from Newsies, also received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "A Whole New World" from Aladdin in 1993, making him the first person to receive a Razzie and Oscar in the same year,[4] a feat not repeated until screenwriter Brian Helgeland in 1998.[5]

Awards and nominations edit

  Winner (in bold)
Category Recipient Ref
Worst Picture Shining Through (20th Century Fox) [2]
The Bodyguard (Warner Bros.)
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (Warner Bros.)
Final Analysis (Warner Bros.)
Newsies (Disney)
Worst Actor Sylvester Stallone in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot as Sgt. Joe Bomowski [2]
Kevin Costner in The Bodyguard as Frank Farmer
Michael Douglas in Basic Instinct and Shining Through as Det. Nick Curran and Ed Leland (respectively)
Jack Nicholson in Hoffa and Man Trouble as Jimmy Hoffa and Eugene Earl Axline (respectively)
Tom Selleck in Folks! as Jon Aldrich
Worst Actress Melanie Griffith in Shining Through and A Stranger Among Us as Linda Voss and Emily Eden (respectively) [2]
Kim Basinger in Cool World and Final Analysis as Holli Would and Heather Evans (respectively)
Lorraine Bracco in Medicine Man and Traces of Red as Dr. Rae Crane and Ellen Schofield (respectively)
Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard as Rachel Marron
Sean Young in Love Crimes as Dana Greenway
Worst Supporting Actor Tom Selleck in Christopher Columbus: The Discovery as King Ferdinand of Spain [2]
Marlon Brando in Christopher Columbus: The Discovery as Tomas de Torquemada
Alan Alda in Whispers in the Dark as Leo Green
Danny DeVito in Batman Returns as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin
Robert Duvall in Newsies as Joseph Pulitzer
Worst Supporting Actress Estelle Getty in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot as Mrs. Tutti Bomowski [2]
Ann-Margret in Newsies as Medda Larkson
Tracy Pollan in A Stranger Among Us as Mara
Jeanne Tripplehorn in Basic Instinct as Dr. Beth Garner
Sean Young in Once Upon a Crime as Phoebe
Worst Director David Seltzer for Shining Through [2]
Danny DeVito for Hoffa
John Glen for Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Barry Levinson for Toys
Kenny Ortega for Newsies
Worst Screenplay Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, written by Blake Snyder, William Osborne, & William Davies [2]
The Bodyguard, written by Lawrence Kasdan
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, screenplay by John Briley, Cary Bates and Mario Puzo
Final Analysis, screenplay by Wesley Strick, story by Robert H. Berger and Wesley Strick
Shining Through, screenplay by David Seltzer, based on the novel by Susan Isaacs
Worst New Star Pauly Shore in Encino Man as Stanley "Stoney" Brown [2]
Georges Corraface in Christopher Columbus: The Discovery as Christopher Columbus
Kevin Costner's crew cut in The Bodyguard
Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard as Rachel Marron
Sharon Stone's tribute to Theodore Cleaver in Basic Instinct
Worst Original Song "High Times, Hard Times" from Newsies, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman [2]
"Book of Days" from Far and Away, music by Enya, lyrics by Roma Ryan
"Queen of the Night" from The Bodyguard, written by Whitney Houston, L.A. Reid, Babyface and Daryl Simmons

Films with multiple nominations edit

These films received multiple nominations:

Nominations Films
7 The Bodyguard
6 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
5 Newsies
Shining Through
3 Basic Instinct
Final Analysis
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
2 Hoffa
A Stranger Among Us

Criticism edit

The awards was criticized for the nomination to Danny DeVito's well-received performance for Worst Supporting Actor in Batman Returns.[6][7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Arar, Yardena (February 16, 1993). "'The Bodyguard' Top Contender for Other Film Awards". Deseret News. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Wilson, John (August 23, 2000). "Ceremonies Presented at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Oscar Room, March 28, 1993". Razzies.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  3. ^ Davis, Dominic-Madori (February 22, 2019). "Sandra Bullock, Halle Berry and More Stars Who Accepted Their Razzie Awards". E! Online.
  4. ^ Lockyer, Margaret (July 31, 2020). "Two EGOT Winners Are Also Razzie 'Winners'". Comic Book Resources.
  5. ^ Gallagher, Caitlin (January 23, 2019). "Melissa McCarthy Was Nominated For Both An Oscar & A Razzie In The Same Week". Bustle.
  6. ^ Top 10 Worst Razzie Nominations, retrieved November 14, 2022
  7. ^ Disalvo, Tom (March 27, 2022). "From 'The Shining' To 'Jaws:' 10 Times The Razzies Got It Wrong". Collider. Retrieved November 14, 2022.

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