Ceremonies Held on
Oscar Night: Tuesday, March 31, 1981 in Hollywood (RAZZIE
Founder John Wilson's living room alcove)
Historic
Note: 1981's Academy Awards were postponed 24 hours due to the
assassination attempt on then-newly-inaugurated President Ronald
Reagan
Winners denoted in boldface
type.
(Note: For the
first year only, Ten nominees were selected for Worst Picture, Actor, Actress, Screenplay and Director)
WORST PICTURE
- CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC
(AFD) Allan Carr, producer
- Cruising (Lorimar/United
Artists) Jerry Weintraub, producer
- The Formula (MGM/UA) Steve
Shagan, producer
- Friday The 13th
(Paramount) Sean S. Cunningham, producer
- The Jazz Singer (AFD)
Jerry Leider, producer
- The Nude Bomb (Universal)
Jennings Lang, producer
- Raise The Titanic (AFD)
William Frye, producer
- Saturn 3 (AFD) Stanley
Donen, producer
- Windows (United Artists)
Michael Lobell, producer
- Xanadu (Universal)
Lawrence Gordon, producer
WORST ACTOR
- Neil Diamond/THE JAZZ
SINGER
- Michael Beck/XANADU
- Robert Blake/COAST TO
COAST
- Michael Caine/DRESSED TO
KILL and THE ISLAND
- Kirk Douglas/SATURN 3
- Richard Dreyfuss/THE
COMPETITION
- Anthony Hopkins/A CHANGE
OF SEASONS
- Bruce Jenner/CAN'T STOP
THE MUSIC
- Sam J. Jones/FLASH GORDON
WORST ACTRESS
- Brooke Shields/THE BLUE
LAGOON
- Nancy Allen/DRESSED TO
KILL
- Faye Dunaway/FIRST DEADLY
SIN
- Shelley Duvall/THE SHINING
- Farrah Fawcett/SATURN 3
- Sondra Locke/BRONCO BILLY
- Olivia Newton-John/XANADU
- Valerie Perrine/CAN'T STOP
THE MUSIC
- Deborah Raffin/TOUCHED BY
LOVE
- Talia Shire/WINDOWS
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- (tie)John Adames/GLORIA
- (tie) Laurence
Olivier/THE JAZZ SINGER
- Marlon Brando/THE FORMULA
- Charles Grodin/SEEMS LIKE
OLD TIMES
- David Selby/RAISE THE
TITANIC
WORST SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
- Amy Irving/HONEYSUCKLE
ROSE (a.k.a. "Honey, Suck My Nose")
- Elizabeth Ashley/WINDOWS
- George Sanford Brown/STIR
CRAZY
- Betsy Palmer/FRIDAY THE
13th
- Marilyn Sokol/CAN'T STOP
THE MUSIC
WORST DIRECTOR
- Robert Greenwald/XANADU
- John G. Avildsen/THE
FORMULA
- Brian dePalma/DRESSED TO
KILL
- William Friedkin/CRUISING
- Sidney J. Furie and
Richard Fleisher/THE JAZZ SINGER
- Stanley Kubrick/THE
SHINING
- Michael Ritchie/THE ISLAND
- John Trent/MIDDLE AGE
CRAZY
- Nancy Walker/CAN'T STOP
THE MUSIC
- Gordon Willis/WINDOWS
WORST SCREENPLAY
- CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC
written by Bronte Woodward and Allan Carr
- CHANGE OF SEASONS (Erich
Segal, Ronni Kern and Fred Segal)
- CRUISING (William Friedkin)
- THE FORMULA (Steve Shagan,
from his own novel)
- IT'S MY TURN (Eleanor
Bergstein)
- MIDDLE AGE CRAZY (Carl
Kleinschmidt)
- RAISE THE TITANIC (Adam
Kennedy, Eric Hughes; from Clive Cussler's Novel)
- TOUCHED BY LOVE (Hesper
Anderson)
- WINDOWS (Barry Siegel)
- XANADU (Richard C. Danus
and Marc C. Rubel)
WORST 'ORIGINAL' SONG
- "THE MAN WITH
BOGART'S FACE" from THE MAN WITH BOGART'S FACE,
Music by George Duning, Lyrics by Andrew Fenady
- "(You) Can't Stop The
Music" from CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC, Music and Lyrics by
Jaques Morali
- "Suspended in
Time" from XANADU, Music and Lyrics by John Farrar
- "Where Do You Catch
The Bus for Tomorrow?" from CHANGE OF SEASONS, Music by
Henry Mancini, Lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman
- "You, Baby,
Baby!" from THE JAZZ SINGER, Music and Lyrics by Neil
Diamond.
BREAKDOWN
- CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC -- 7
Nominations / 2 "Wins" (Picture and Screenplay)
- XANADU -- 6 Nominations /
1 "Win" (Director)
- THE JAZZ SINGER -- 5
Nominations / 2 "Wins" (Actor and Supporting
Actor)
- THE FORMULA -- 4
Nominations / No "Wins"
- CHANGE OF SEASONS, RAISE
THE TITANIC and SATURN 3 -- 3 Nominations Each / No
"Wins"
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