1980 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

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The 3rd Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 1981 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 1980. The ballot was later revisited and the expanded version was released in 2006. 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 (24 total), and all nominees included in the expanded ballot. All winners are highlighted.

Contents

Original Ballot

Worst Picture

Film [1] Production company(s)
Popeye Paramount Pictures
The Apple The Cannon Group
Can't Stop the Music Associated Film Distribution
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu Warner Bros.
Wholly Moses Columbia Pictures

Dishonourable Mentions

Expanded Ballot

CategoryRecipient
Worst Picture Popeye (Paramount)
The Apple (Cannon)
Caligula (Analysis)
Can't Stop the Music (AFD)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (Warner Bros.)
Worst Director Menahem Golan for The Apple
Robert Altman for Popeye
Tinto Brass and Bob Guccione for Caligula
Peter Sellers and Piers Haggard for The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Nancy Walker for Can't Stop the Music
Worst Actor Steve Guttenberg in Can't Stop the Music
Christopher Atkins in The Blue Lagoon
Robby Benson in Die Laughing and Tribute
Peter Sellers in The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Robin Williams in Popeye
Worst Actress Brooke Shields in The Blue Lagoon
Nancy Allen in Dressed to Kill
Faye Dunaway in The First Deadly Sin
Farrah Fawcett in Saturn 3
Robin Johnson in Times Square
Worst Supporting Actor Bruce Jenner in Can't Stop the Music
Marlon Brando in The Formula
Jackie Gleason in Smokey and the Bandit II
Ron Leibman in Up the Academy
Laurence Olivier in The Jazz Singer
Worst Supporting Actress Rhonda Bates in Roadie
Elizabeth Ashley in Windows
Anne Bancroft in Fatso
Amy Irving in Honeysuckle Rose
Elizabeth Taylor in The Mirror Crack'd
Worst Screenplay The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (Warner Bros.)
The Apple (Cannon)
Can't Stop the Music (AFD)
Popeye (Paramount)
Up the Academy (Warner Bros.)
Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (Warner Bros.)
First Family (Warner Bros.)
Just Tell Me What You Want (Warner Bros.)
Simon (Warner Bros.)
Up the Academy (Warner Bros.)
Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or Its End Credits"He Needs Me" by Shelley Duvall from Popeye
"B.I.M." by Alan Young and Grace Kennedy from The Apple
"Milkshake" by Village People from Can't Stop the Music
"Mr. Weinstein" by Robby Benson from Die Laughing
"Universal Melody" by George Gilmour and Mary Hylan from The Apple
Most Intrusive Musical Score The Blue Lagoon (United Artists)
The Apple (Cannon)
Cruising (United Artists)
First Family (Warner Bros.)
Smokey and the Bandit II (Universal)
Worst On-Screen Couple Sam J. Jones and Melody Anderson in Flash Gordon
Christopher Atkins and Brooke Shields in The Blue Lagoon
Robert Blake and Dyan Cannon in Coast to Coast
Kirk Douglas and Farrah Fawcett in Saturn 3
Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving in The Competition
Most Annoying Fake Accent (Male) Robby Benson in Die Laughing
Marlon Brando in The Formula
Jackie Gleason in Smokey and the Bandit II
Charles Haid in Altered States
Laurence Olivier in The Jazz Singer
Most Annoying Fake Accent (Female) Sally Field in Smokey and the Bandit II
Sarah Holcomb in Caddyshack
Kaki Hunter in Roadie
Robin Johnson in Times Square
Rita Taggart in Die Laughing
Worst Sequel Any Which Way You Can (Warner Bros.)
Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (Paramount)
Herbie Goes Bananas (Disney)
Oh, God! Book II (Warner Bros.)
Smokey and the Bandit II (Universal)
Worst Remake Popeye (Paramount)
Flash Gordon (Universal)
The Jazz Singer (AFD)
Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature Role Louanne Sirota in Oh, God! Book II
John Adames in Gloria
Ricky Schroder in The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
Jill Whelan in Airplane!
Least "Special" Special Effects The Apple (Cannon)
Galaxina (CIP)
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (Disney)
Xanadu (Universal)

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References

  1. "Past Winners Database". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 2007-01-06.