2000 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

Last updated
23rd Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
Date2001
Highlights
Worst Film Battlefield Earth
Most awardsBattlefield Earth (8)
Most nominationsBattlefield Earth (9)
  •   1999
  • Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
  • 2001  

The 23rd Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 2001 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2000. [1] The most nominated film of the year was Battlefield Earth with nine nominations, which also had eight wins. Worth noting is that there were no listed percentages of votes for each nominee; however, this would resurface with next year's ballot. Dishonourable mentions are also featured for Worst Picture (32 total).

Contents

Winners and nominees

Worst Picture

Film [2] Production company(s)
Battlefield Earth Warner Bros.
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 Artisan Entertainment
Dungeons & Dragons New Line Cinema
Get Carter Warner Bros.
Little Nicky New Line Cinema

Dishonourable Mentions

Other Categories

Worst Director
Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More Than $100M Using Hollywood Math
Worst Actor
Worst Actress
Worst Supporting Actor
Worst Supporting Actress
Worst On-Screen Couple
Worst On-Screen Group
Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy
Most Unintentionally Funny Movie
Worst Song or Song Performance Featured in a Film or Its End Credits
Most Intrusive Musical Score in a Major Motion Picture
Least "Special" Special Effects
Worst Achievement in Animation
Most Annoying Fake Accent
Worst On-Screen Hairstyle
Worst Resurrection of a TV Show
Most Unwelcome Direct-To-Video Release
Worst Remake or Sequel
The Remake or Sequel Nobody Was Clamoring For
Musicians and Athletes Who Shouldn't Be Acting
Oldest-Looking Teenagers
Most Annoying Product Placement
Most Unfunny Comic Relief
The Founders Award

Films with multiple wins and nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

NominationsFilm
9 Battlefield Earth
8 Dungeons & Dragons
7 Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Little Nicky
6 102 Dalmatians
5 Charlie's Angels
4 Coyote Ugly
Get Carter
3 Gone in 60 Seconds
The Grinch
Hollow Man
The Next Best Thing
Road Trip
2 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Autumn in New York
Bamboozled
Bless the Child
Casper's Haunted Christmas
Dr. T & The Women
Dracula 2000
Isn't She Great
Loser
Next Friday
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Pokemon: The Movie 2000
Scary Movie *
The Whole Nine Yards

The following films received multiple wins:

WinsFilm
8 Battlefield Earth
2 Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Charlie's Angels
Gone in 60 Seconds
The Next Best Thing
Road Trip

Dissolution of Franchise Pictures

On August 19, 2007, Franchise Pictures was sued by its investors and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after it emerged that it had fraudulently overstated the Battlefield Earth's budget by $31 million. [3]

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