For Immediate Release
Halle’s
Berry Bad CATWOMAN, Oliver’s Stoned Epic
ALEXANDER
Lead 25th RAZZIE® Noms as 2004’s Worst
A Complete LIST of All Nominees Appears Below
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An Oscar® winner calamitously miscast
as a cartoon character and a big budget epic that managed to be both historical
and hysterical led the pack as Golden Raspberry Award Foundation members
revealed their choices for 2004’s Worst Achievements in Film. Contenders for The Gala 25th Annual RAZZIES®
were unveiled for the first time in a press conference celebrating both the
Awards’ having reached the quarter century mark and the publication of
Foundation founder John Wilson’s new
book, THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE MOVIE GUIDE.
In addition
to CATWOMAN with 7 nominations and ALEXANDER with 6, this year’s Worst Picture list also includes the
inexplicable, astoundingly unfunny sequel SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2, Ben Affleck’s snowball-from-Hell
yuletide “comedy” SURVIVING CHRISTMAS and the Wayans Brothers’ creepy, cross-dressing reverse-blackface farce
WHITE CHICKS. Vying alongside Halle
Berry for Worst Actress are Hilary Duff for CINDERELLA STORY and
RAISE YOUR VOICE, Angelina Jolie for
both ALEXANDER and TAKING LIVES and two pairs of risible siblings, Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen for NEW
YORK MINUTE and The Wayans “Sisters”
for WHITE CHICKS. Besides Colin Farrell’s comically intense
portrayal of ALEXANDER, the Worst Actor
field also features last year’s “winner” Affleck for both SURVIVING and JERSEY
GIRL, Vin Diesel in CHRONICLES of
RIDDICK, Ben Stiller (setting a new
record with FIVE titles) and one of several political figures garnering RAZZIE
nods this year, President George W. Bush
as himself in FAHRENHEIT 9/11, for which performance he is also nominating as Worst Screen Couple paired with either Condoleeza Rice and/or His Pet Goat. For their appearances in
FAHRENHEIT, both Rice and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld got Supporting
nominations. And California’s current governor Ah-Nuld Schwarzenegger is also nominated as Worst Supporting Actor for his cameo as “Prince Hapi” in Worst Remake contender AROUND THE WORLD
IN EIGHTY DAYS. “The Uber-Nator” is
also one of the contenders for a Special Commemorative RAZZIE as one of five Worst RAZZIE “Losers” of The First 25 Years
– eligibility for which was determined by having amassed the most nominations
over the years without ever actually “winning” a statuette. There are also
categories dis-honoring The Worst Comedy,
Drama and Musical of the First 25 Years. A complete list of nominations is
included in this press release.
Nominees
were determined by mailing ballots to more than 650 film professionals, film
journalists and film fans from 40 U.S. states and 15 foreign countries. Often
called Tinsel Town’s tackiest Trophy, the RAZZIE Award itself is an
intentionally cheapjack tchotchke featuring a
golf-ball-sized, handcrafted RAZZberry atop a mangled Super 8 film reel that’s
spray-painted gold and has an estimated street value of $4.97. Ceremonies will
be held the now-traditional 24 hours BEFORE That Other Award Show: 7:30pm/PST Saturday, February 26 at the
historic Ivar Theatre in Hollywood.
For more
information on The RAZZIE nominees, RAZZIE history or THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE
MOVIE GUIDE, please inquire to: HeadBerry@razzies.com
25th
Annual Golden Raspberry (RAZZIE®) Award Nominations
ALEXANDER (Warner Bros.)
CATWOMAN (Warner Bros.)
SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2 (Triumph Films)
SURVIVING CHRISTMAS (DreamWorks)
WHITE CHICKS (Columbia/Revolution)
Ben Affleck / JERSEY GIRL and SURVIVING CHRISTMAS
George W. Bush / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Vin Diesel / CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
Colin Farrell / ALEXANDER
Ben Stiller / ALONG CAME POLLY, ANCHORMAN, DODGEBALL,
ENVY and STARSKY & HUTCH
Halle Berry / CATWOMAN
Hilary Duff / CINDERELLA STORY and RAISE YOUR VOICE
Angelina Jolie / ALEXANDER and TAKING LIVES
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen / NEW YORK MINUTE
Shawn & Marlon (The Wayans Sisters) / WHITE CHICKS
Ben Affleck & EITHER Jennifer Lopez OR Liv Tyler / JERSEY GIRL
Halle Berry & EITHER Benjamin Bratt OR Sharon Stone / CATWOMAN
George W. Bush & EITHER Condoleeza Rice OR His Pet Goat / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen / NEW YORK MINUTE
The Wayans Brothers (In or Out of Drag) WHITE CHICKS
Carmen Electra / STARKSY & HUTCH
Jennifer Lopez / JERSEY GIRL
Condoleeza Rice / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Britney Spears / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Sharon Stone / CATWOMAN
Val Kilmer / ALEXANDER
Ah-Nuld Schwarzenegger / AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAZE
Donald Rumsfeld / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Jon Voight / SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2
Lambert Wilson / CATWOMAN
Bob Clark / SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2
Renny Harlin and/or Paul Schrader / EXORCIST 4: THE BEGINNING
“Pitof” / CATWOMAN
Oliver Stone / ALEXANDER
Keenan Ivory Wayans / WHITE CHICKS
ALIEN v PREDATOR (20th Century-Fox)
ANACONDAS: HUNT FOR THE BLOOD
ORCHID (Screen Gems)
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAZE (Disney)
EXORCIST 4: THE BEGINNING (Warner Bros.)
SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED (Warner Bros.)
ALEXANDER, Written by Oliver Stone, Christopher Kyle and Laeta Kalogridis
CATWOMAN, Written by Theresa Rebeck and John Brancato & Michael Ferris and John Rogers
SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2, Written by Steven Paul and Gregory Poppen
SURVIVING CHRISTMAS, Written by Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont and Jeffrey Ventimilia & Joshua Sternin
WHITE CHICKS, Written by Keenan &
Shawn & Marlon Wayans and Andy McElfresh, Michael Anthony Snowden
and Xavier Cook
Special “Worst of Our First 25 Years” Awards
Kim Basinger (With 6 Nominations Total)
Angelina Jolie (With 7 Nominations, including 2 for 2004)
Ryan O’Neal (With 6 Nominations Total)
Keanu Reeves (With 7 Nominations Total)
Ah-Nuld Schwarzenegger (With 8 Nominations, including 1 for 2004)
BATTLEFIELD EARTH (2000)
THE LONELY LADY (1983)
MOMMIE DEAREST (1981)
SHOWGIRLS (1995)
SWEPT AWAY (2002)
ADVENTURES of PLUTO NASH (2002)
GIGLI (2003)
CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC (1980)
FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY (2003)
GLITTER (2001)
RHINESTONE (1984)
SPICE WORLD (1998)
XANADU (1980)
NOMINATIONS PER PICTURE
CATWOMAN = 7 (Picture, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Couple, Director, Screenplay)
ALEXANDER = 6 (Picture,
Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Director, Screenplay)
WHITE CHICKS = 5 (Picture, Actress, Director, Couple, Screenplay)
FAHRENHEIT 9/11 = 5 (Actor, Couple, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress 2x)
SUPERBABIES = 4 (Picture, Supporting Actor, Director, Screenplay)
SURVIVING CHRISTMAS = 3 (Picture, Actor, Screenplay)
JERSEY GIRL = 3 (Actor, Supporting Actress, Couple)
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAZE = 2 (Supporting Actor, Remake or Sequel)
EXORCIST 4: THE BEGNINNING = 2 (Director, Remake or Sequel)
NEW YORK MINUTE = 2 (Actress, Couple)
STARSKY & HUTCH = 2 (Actor, Supporting Actress)
©2005, Golden
Raspberry Award Foundation and John Wilson