29th Golden Raspberry Awards

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29th Golden Raspberry Awards
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John Wilson at 29th Golden Raspberry Awards
DateFebruary 21, 2009
Site Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, Hollywood, California
Highlights
Worst Picture The Love Guru
Most awardsThe Love Guru (3)
Most nominationsThe Love Guru (7)

The 29th Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, ceremony was held by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation to identify the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2008, according to votes from members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation. Razzies co-founder John J. B. Wilson has stated that the intent of the awards is "to be funny." [1] The ceremony was held at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 21, 2009. [2] Nominations were announced on January 21, 2009. The Love Guru was the most nominated film of 2008, with seven. Award results were based on votes from approximately 650 journalists, cinema fans and film professionals from 20 countries. Awards were presented by John Wilson, the ceremony's founder. The Love Guru received the most awards, winning Worst Picture, Worst Actor, and Worst Screenplay. Paris Hilton received three awards, including Worst Actress for her work in The Hottie & the Nottie and Worst Supporting Actress for Repo! The Genetic Opera . Hilton matched the record number of awards received by an actor in a single year, set by Eddie Murphy the previous year at the 28th Golden Raspberry Awards for his roles in Norbit .

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Pierce Brosnan received Worst Supporting Actor for his role in Mamma Mia! , and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull received the award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel. Uwe Boll received the Worst Director award for the films 1968 Tunnel Rats , In the Name of the King and Postal , and also received a special award for Worst Career Achievement.

Nominations were announced on January 21, 2009, [3] one day before the 81st Academy Awards nominations, [4] and according to Razzies tradition the ceremony itself also preceded the corresponding Academy Award function by one day. [5] [6] The most nominated film of 2008 was the box office bomb The Love Guru , with seven nominations. [2] [7] Paid members of the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation voted to determine the winners; [8] individuals may become members of the foundation by visiting the organization's website at www.razzies.com. [9] Award results were based on votes from approximately 650 journalists, cinema fans and professionals from the film industry. [2] [8] Voters were from 45 states in the United States and 19 other countries. [10]

Ceremony

The ceremony opened with a musical number which parodied the song "Dancing Queen" from Mamma Mia! The Movie. [11] Awards were presented by John Wilson, the ceremony's founder. [2] Awardees received a gold spray-painted raspberry worth $4.97. [6] The Love Guru received three awards: Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Screenplay. [12] Worst Picture was the last award given out at the ceremony. [11] John Wilson did not agree with the voters' determination on The Love Guru, and after viewing the film again in preparation for the ceremony, said to the Associated Press: "A couple of things he did got me to laugh, and these days, two laughs in a comedy is a high ratio." [13] "The main thing wrong with it is no one said to Myers that it wasn't funny. He managed to offend the entire Indian population and his investors," said Wilson in a statement in The Guardian . [14] Wilson shredded a copy of The Love Guru at the awards ceremony. [11] [15]

Presentation of Worst Director at 29th Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Director at 29th Razzie Awards.jpg
Presentation of Worst Director at 29th Golden Raspberry Awards

Paris Hilton's acting roles brought her three awards: Worst Actress and as part of Worst Screen Couple (with either Christine Lakin or Joel David Moore) for her performance in The Hottie & the Nottie , and Worst Supporting Actress for her work in Repo! The Genetic Opera . [2] Hilton matched the record number of awards received by an actor in a single year, set by Eddie Murphy the previous year at the 28th Golden Raspberry Awards; he received three awards from different categories for the multiple characters he played in Norbit . [16] "She is the 21st century Zsa Zsa Gabor. She is famous for who she hangs out with. She's not famous for any talent she has yet exhibited. She may end up working with Uwe Boll. She could be the head vampire in 'BloodRayne 3'," said Wilson of Hilton's performances. [13] Pierce Brosnan received Worst Supporting Actor for his role in Mamma Mia! The Movie. [17] Award hosts Chip Dornell and Kelie McIver described Brosnan as "an actor who could not sing, should not sing and arguably did not sing, in a role he should not have accepted." [11] The Steven Spielberg film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull received the award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel. [6]

Uwe Boll received the Worst Director award for films 1968 Tunnel Rats , In the Name of the King and Postal . [5] He also received a special award for Worst Career Achievement. [3] Boll was dubbed by award organizers as "Germany's answer to Ed Wood", [3] a reference to Plan 9 from Outer Space film director Ed Wood [2] Boll sent a humorous videotaped speech from a mock set of Darfur, Sudan, stating he would not return because the Razzie awards had "ruined his life". [11] Wilson commented to Agence France-Presse: "Uwe Boll is the world-class movie director – anything he does is awful. He was the overwhelming choice to receive our career achievement award." [7]

Winners and nominees

  Winner (in bold)
CategoryImageRecipient [18] [19]
Worst Picture The Love Guru (Paramount)
Disaster Movie (Lionsgate) and Meet the Spartans (20th Century Fox) (jointly)
The Happening (20th Century Fox)
The Hottie and the Nottie (Regent/Summit)
In the Name of the King (Boll KG/Brightlight Pictures)
Worst Actor Mike Myers 2017.jpg Mike Myers in The Love Guru as Guru Maurice Pitka
Larry the Cable Guy in Witless Protection as Larry Stalder
Eddie Murphy in Meet Dave as Dave Ming Cheng / The Captain
Al Pacino in 88 Minutes and Righteous Kill as Dr. Jack Gramm and Det. David "Rooster" Fisk (respectively)
Mark Wahlberg in The Happening and Max Payne as Elliot Moore and Max Payne (respectively)
Worst Actress Paris Hilton at the US Capitol (cropped).jpg Paris Hilton in The Hottie and the Nottie as Cristabel Abbott
Jessica Alba in The Eye and The Love Guru as Sydney Wells and Jane Bullard (respectively)
Cameron Diaz in What Happens in Vegas as Joy McNally
Kate Hudson in Fool's Gold and My Best Friend's Girl as Tess Finnegan and Alexis (respectively)
Cast of The Women (Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Meg Ryan) as Sylvie Fowler, Crystal Allen, Edie Cohen, Alex Fisher and Mary Haines (respectively)
Worst Supporting Actor Pierce Brosnan 2017.jpg Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia! as Sam Carmichael
Uwe Boll in Postal as Himself
Ben Kingsley in The Love Guru , The Wackness , and War, Inc. as Guru Tugginmypudha, Dr. Jeffrey Squires, and Walken (respectively)
Burt Reynolds in Deal and In the Name of the King as Tommy Vinson and King Konreid (respectively)
Verne Troyer in The Love Guru and Postal as Coach Punch Cherkhov and Himself (respectively)
Worst Supporting Actress Paris Hilton at the US Capitol (cropped).jpg Paris Hilton in Repo! The Genetic Opera as Amber Sweet
Carmen Electra in Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans as The Beautiful Assassin and Queen Margo (respectively)
Kim Kardashian in Disaster Movie as Lisa Taylor
Jenny McCarthy in Witless Protection as Connie
Leelee Sobieski in 88 Minutes and In the Name of the King as Lauren Douglas/Lydia Doherty and Muriella (respectively)
Worst Screen Couple Paris Hilton at the US Capitol (cropped).jpg Christine-Lakin-USO-Tour-Jan-11-09.jpg Joel David Moore (Tribeca 2016).jpg Paris Hilton and either Christine Lakin or Joel David Moore in The Hottie and the Nottie
Uwe Boll and "any actor, camera, or screenplay"
Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher in What Happens in Vegas
Larry the Cable Guy and Jenny McCarthy in Witless Protection
Eddie Murphy in Meet Dave (alongside himself)
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Paramount)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (20th Century Fox) (remake of the 1951 film)
Disaster Movie (Lionsgate) and Meet the Spartans (20th Century Fox) (jointly)
Speed Racer (Warner Bros.)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Warner Bros.)
Worst Director UweBollRampage3SHORTREVIEW1 (cropped).jpg Uwe Boll for 1968 Tunnel Rats , In the Name of the King , and Postal
Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer for Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans
Tom Putnam for The Hottie and the Nottie
Marco Schnabel for The Love Guru
M. Night Shyamalan for The Happening
Worst Screenplay Mike Myers 2017.jpg The Love Guru (written by Mike Myers and Graham Gordy)
Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans (jointly) (written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer)
The Happening (written by M. Night Shyamalan)
The Hottie and the Nottie (written by Heidi Ferrer)
In the Name of the King (screenplay by Doug Taylor)
Worst Career Achievement UweBollRampage3SHORTREVIEW1 (cropped).jpg Uwe Boll ("Germany's answer to Ed Wood" [3] )

Films with multiple nominations

These films garnered multiple nominations:

NominationsFilms
7 The Love Guru
6 Disaster Movie
5 The Hottie and the Nottie
In the Name of the King
Meet the Spartans
4 The Happening
3 Postal
Witless Protection
2 88 Minutes
Meet Dave
What Happens in Vegas
Tunnel Rats

Films with multiple wins

NominationsFilms
3 The Love Guru
2 The Hottie and the Nottie

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