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The 1979 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 1980 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 1979. The ballot was later revisited and the expanded version was released in late 2004. Listed as follows are the original ballot's picks for Worst Picture and its dishonourable mentions, which are films that were considered for Worst Picture but ultimately failed to make the final ballot (17 total), and all nominees included in the expanded ballot. All winners are highlighted.
Film [1] | Production company(s) |
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Nightwing | Columbia Pictures |
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Warner Bros. |
The Concorde: Airport '79 | Universal Pictures |
Hardcore | Columbia Pictures |
Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Paramount Pictures |
Film | Production company(s) |
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The Main Event | Warner Bros. |
1941 | Universal Pictures |
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! | NAI Entertainment |
Can I Do It... 'Til I Need Glasses? | National American Films |
The Concorde: Airport '79 | Universal Pictures |
Director | Film |
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Howard Zieff | The Main Event |
John DeBello | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! |
David Lowell Rich | The Concorde: Airport '79 |
I. Robert Levy | Can I Do It... 'Til I Need Glasses? |
Russ Meyer | Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens |
Actor | Film |
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Robby Benson | Walk Proud |
James Brolin | The Amityville Horror |
Ryan O'Neal | The Main Event |
George C. Scott | Hardcore |
Sylvester Stallone | Rocky II |
Actor | Film |
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Ricky Schroder | The Champ |
John Belushi | 1941 |
Richard Masur | Hanover Street and Scavenger Hunt |
Pepe Serna | Walk Proud |
Max Wright | All That Jazz |
Actress | Film |
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Margaux Hemingway | Killer Fish |
Zane Buzby | Americathon |
Ilah Davis | Hardcore |
Colleen Dewhurst | Ice Castles |
Helen Shaver | The Amityville Horror |
Film | Production company(s) |
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The Main Event | Warner Bros. |
1941 | Universal |
Americathon | United Artists |
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens | Signal 166 |
The Concorde: Airport '79 | Universal |
Film | Production company(s) |
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Can I Do It... 'Til I Need Glasses? | National American Films |
1941 | Universal |
The Jerk | Universal |
Love at First Bite | American International |
The Main Event | Warner Bros. |
Song and Artist | Film |
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"Adios Yesterday" by Robby Benson | Walk Proud |
"Better Than Ever" by Candice Bergen | Starting Over |
"Don't You Ever Say No" by Zane Buzby | Americathon |
"Live (For Today)" by Dion Pride | The Double McGuffin |
"Puberty Love" by Matt Cameron as "Ronny Desmond" | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! |
Film | Production company(s) |
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The Concorde: Airport '79 | Universal |
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Universal Pictures |
City on Fire | Astral Films |
Love at First Bite | American International |
Nightwing | Columbia Pictures |
Actor | Film |
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Robby Benson | Walk Proud |
Greg Hodges | The Double McGuffin |
Richard Lawson | The Main Event |
Ricky Schroder | The Champ |
Gene Wilder | The Frisco Kid |
Actress | Film |
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Zane Buzby | Americathon |
Faye Dunaway | The Champ |
Linda Manz | The Wanderers |
Penny Marshall | 1941 |
Lisa Whelchel | The Double McGuffin |
Group | Film |
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The Accent-Challenged Teen Detectives | The Double McGuffin |
The Annoying Passengers | The Concorde: Airport '79 |
The Greedy Heirs | Scavenger Hunt |
Kitten Natividad and the Ultra-Vixens | Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens |
The World's Oldest Looking Gang Members | Walk Proud , The Wanderers , and The Warriors |
Non-Human | Film |
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Twiki (voice by Mel Blanc) and Dr. Theo | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century |
Bob (voice by Slim Pickens) | The Black Hole |
C.H.O.M.P.S. the Robot Dog | C.H.O.M.P.S. |
Muffet the Robot Dagget | Battlestar Galactica |
V.I.N.C.E.N.T. (voice by Roddy McDowell) | The Black Hole |
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