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The 1st Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 31, 1981. They were presented at John Wilson's living room alcove and recognized the worst the film industry had to offer of 1980. The event was scheduled the day before The Oscars, but John Hinckley's attempt on Ronald Reagan's life delayed the Oscars, and thus the Razzies, by a day. The recipients are denoted in bold: Razzie Award The Golden Raspberry Awards or Razzies were created by John Wilson in 1980, intended to complement the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films that the film industry had to offer. ...
March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...
1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
John Wilson (May 18, 1785 - April 3, 1854) was a Scottish writer, the Christopher North of Blackwoods Magazine. ...
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Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...
John Warnock Hinckley, Jr. ...
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ...
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Can't Stop the Music (AFD), produced by Allan Carr Cant Stop the Music is a musical comedy film directed by Nancy Walker in 1980. ...
Allan Carr (born Allan Solomon on May 27, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American film producer and manager of actors and musicians. ...
Cruising is the name of a film released in 1980, directed by William Friedkin and starring Al Pacino. ...
Lorimar Productions was an American television production company, active from 1968-1993. ...
The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ...
Jerry Weintraub (born September 26, 1937) is a film producer whose credits include Nashville, Diner, The Karate Kid, and the 2001 remake of Oceans Eleven. ...
The Formula is a thriller film directed by John G. Avildsen in 1980. ...
For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ...
The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ...
Friday the 13th is a 1980 slasher film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller, admittedly made to cash in on the success of Halloween, the films theme was to take mom and apple pie and turn it on its head. ...
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ...
Sean S. Cunningham is a writer, producer and director of films born on December 31st 1941. ...
The Jazz Singer was a 1980 musical remake of the 1927 classic, The Jazz Singer. ...
The Nude Bomb (also known as The Return of Maxwell Smart or Maxwell Smart and the Nude Bomb) was a 1980 comedy film based on the television series Get Smart. ...
The current Universal Studios logo Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or, officially, Universal City Studios), a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is one of the major American film studios that has production studios and offices located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, an unincorporated area of...
Raise the Titanic is the name of a 1976 novel by Clive Cussler, and a film directed by Jerry Jameson released in 1980 // The 1980 Film The films tagline is The film was a poorly received, financial flop, and Lew Grade (one of its major backers) is said to...
William Pierce Frye William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830—August 8, 1911) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. ...
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Stanley Donen (born April 13, 1924) is an American film director and choreographer hailed by David Quinlan as the King of the Hollywood musicals. His most famous work is Singin In The Rain, which he co-directed with Gene Kelly. ...
Windows is a 1980 thriller starring Talia Shire, Joseph Cortese and Elizabeth Ashley, directed by Gordon Willis. ...
The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ...
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The current Universal Studios logo Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or, officially, Universal City Studios), a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is one of the major American film studios that has production studios and offices located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, an unincorporated area of...
Lawrence Gordon (born March 25, 1936 in Yazoo City, Mississippi) is an American producer and motion picture executive. ...
Worst Actor Neil Diamond in The Jazz Singer Essential Neil Diamond album cover. ...
The Jazz Singer was a 1980 musical remake of the 1927 classic, The Jazz Singer. ...
Michael Beck (born February 4, 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA) is an American actor born as John Michael Beck Taylor. ...
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Robert Blake on the cover of the Baretta Season 1 DVD set. ...
Coast to Coast is a 1980 comedy starring Robert Blake and Dyan Cannon. ...
Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, KBE (born March 14, 1933), known professionally as Michael Caine, is a double Oscar-winning English film actor. ...
Dressed to Kill is a 1980 horror film written and directed by Brian de Palma. ...
The Island is a 1980 film, in which David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation out in the Caribbean. ...
Kirk Douglas (born December 9, 1916) is an American actor and film producer known for his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters Douglas himself once described as sons of bitches. He is also father to Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas. ...
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Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an Oscar-winning American actor. ...
The Competition is the 3rd episode of the Dilbert animated series. ...
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (IPA: ) (born 31 December 1937) is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning Welsh-born film, stage and television actor. ...
William Bruce Jenner (born October 28, 1949 in Mount Kisco, New York) is a U.S. track athlete. ...
Cant Stop the Music is a musical comedy film directed by Nancy Walker in 1980. ...
Autographed picture of Sam J. Jones as Flash Gordon Sam J. Jones (born August 12, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, often credited as Sam Jones. ...
Flash Gordon is a 1980 science fiction film, based on the eponymous comic strip character Flash Gordon, which was directed by Mike Hodges and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. ...
Worst Actress Brooke Shields in The Blue Lagoon Brooke Christa Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and former fashion model. ...
The Blue Lagoon is a 1980 American romance and adventure film starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins, produced and directed by Randal Kleiser. ...
Nancy Allen (born June 24, 1950 in New York City died October 12, 2006) was an American film actress. ...
Dressed to Kill is a 1980 horror film written and directed by Brian de Palma. ...
Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941, in Bascom, Florida) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ...
Shelley Duvall in a publicity photo from the 1970s. ...
The Shining is a 1980 horror film by Stanley Kubrick based on Stephen Kings novel of the same name. ...
Farrah Fawcett (born Ferrah Leni Fawcett[1] on February 2, 1947) is an American actress. ...
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Sondra Locke, actress and director (born May 28, 1947 in Shelbyville, Tennessee), made her film debut in 1968 in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter with Alan Arkin for which, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. ...
Bronco Billy is a 1980 film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood and written by Dennis Hackin. ...
Olivia Newton-John AO OBE (born September 26, 1948) is an English-born Australian pop singer and actress. ...
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On the cover of Playboy, August 1981 Valerie Perrine (born September 3, 1943) is an American actress. ...
Cant Stop the Music is a musical comedy film directed by Nancy Walker in 1980. ...
Deborah Raffin (born March 13, 1953) is a American movie actress who is best known for her role as Aunt Julie in the former television show 7th Heaven. ...
Talia Shire (born April 25, 1946), is an American actress. ...
Windows is a 1980 thriller starring Talia Shire, Joseph Cortese and Elizabeth Ashley, directed by Gordon Willis. ...
Worst Supporting Actor John Adames in Gloria (tie)
Laurence Olivier in The Jazz Singer (tie) Gloria is a 1980 film which tells the story of a gangsters girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy who is being hunted by the mob for information he may or may not have. ...
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ...
The Jazz Singer was a 1980 musical remake of the 1927 classic, The Jazz Singer. ...
Marlon Brando, Jr. ...
The Formula is a thriller film directed by John G. Avildsen in 1980. ...
Grodin on The Charles Grodin Show Charles Grodin (born April 21, 1935) is an American actor and cable talk show host. ...
Seems Like Old Times is a 1980 comedy film (See: 1980 in film) starring Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn and directed by Jay Sandrich. ...
David Selby (born February 5, 1941 in Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American character actor, best known for playing Quentin Collins from 1968-1971 on the ABC-TV cult serial Dark Shadows, and as Jane Wymans evil and compassionate TV son, Richard Channing, on the long-running, primetime CBS...
Clive Cussler is an American adventure novelist. ...
Worst Supporting Actress Amy Irving in Honeysuckle Rose Amy Irving (born September 10, 1953 in Palo Alto, California) is an Academy Award nominated American actress. ...
Honeysuckle Rose is a song from 1929 written by Fats Waller. ...
Elizabeth Ashley is an American actress who first came to prominence in the Broadway play Take Her, Shes Mine, which earned her a Tony award as Best Featured Actress in a Play. ...
Windows is a 1980 thriller starring Talia Shire, Joseph Cortese and Elizabeth Ashley, directed by Gordon Willis. ...
Stir Crazy is a 1980 comedy film starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor as two men framed for a bank robbery and ending up in prison. ...
Betsy Palmer as Mrs. ...
Friday the 13th is a 1980 slasher film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller, admittedly made to cash in on the success of Halloween, the films theme was to take mom and apple pie and turn it on its head. ...
Cant Stop the Music is a musical comedy film directed by Nancy Walker in 1980. ...
Worst Director Robert Greenwald for Xanadu Robert Greenwald Robert Greenwald (born August 28, 1945 in New York, New York) is an American film director and producer. ...
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John Gilbert Avildsen (born December 21, 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American film director. ...
The Formula is a thriller film directed by John G. Avildsen in 1980. ...
Brian De Palma The image above is believed to be a replaceable fair use image. ...
Dressed to Kill is a 1980 horror film written and directed by Brian de Palma. ...
William Friedkin (born August 29, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American movie and television director, producer, and writer best known for directing The Exorcist and The French Connection in the early 1970s. ...
Cruising is the name of a film released in 1980, directed by William Friedkin and starring Al Pacino. ...
Richard Fleischer (born December 8, 1916) is an American film director. ...
The Jazz Singer was a 1980 musical remake of the 1927 classic, The Jazz Singer. ...
Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an artistically influential, Academy Award-winning and critically acclaimed American film director and producer. ...
The Shining is a 1980 horror film by Stanley Kubrick based on Stephen Kings novel of the same name. ...
Michael Ritchie (November 28, 1938 - April 16, 2001) was an American film director Michael Ritchie is also the name of an English college student in East Sussex who is famous for writing three novels for teenagers about teenage life. ...
The Island is a 1980 film, in which David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation out in the Caribbean. ...
Dr. John Trent is an american writer and president of the organization Strong Families, committed to strengthening marriage and family relationships worldwide. ...
Nancy Walker (May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992) was an American actress. ...
Cant Stop the Music is a musical comedy film directed by Nancy Walker in 1980. ...
Gordon Willis (born May 28, 1931 in Queens, New York) is a highly respected Hollywood cinematographer best known for his work on the The Godfather series and on some of Woody Allens most popular films. ...
Windows is a 1980 thriller starring Talia Shire, Joseph Cortese and Elizabeth Ashley, directed by Gordon Willis. ...
Worst Screenplay Can't Stop the Music, written by Bronte Woodward and Allan Carr Cant Stop the Music is a musical comedy film directed by Nancy Walker in 1980. ...
Allan Carr (born Allan Solomon on May 27, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American film producer and manager of actors and musicians. ...
- A Change of Seasons, written by Erich Segal, Ronni Kern and Fred Segal
- Cruising, written by William Friedkin
- The Formula, written by Steve Shagan
- It's My Turn, written by Eleanor Bergstein
- Middle Age Crazy, written by Carl Kleinschmidt
- Raise the Titanic!, written by Adam Kennedy and Eric Hughes
- Touched by Love, written by Hesper Anderson
- Windows, written by Barry Siegel
- Xanadu, written by Richard C. Danus and Marc C. Rubel
Erich Wolf Segal (born June 16, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author, screenwriter and educator. ...
Fred Segal is a Los Angeles based clothing boutique. ...
Cruising is the name of a film released in 1980, directed by William Friedkin and starring Al Pacino. ...
William Friedkin (born August 29, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American movie and television director, producer, and writer best known for directing The Exorcist and The French Connection in the early 1970s. ...
The Formula is a thriller film directed by John G. Avildsen in 1980. ...
Its My Turn Now is the second single by Keke Palmer. ...
Raise the Titanic is the name of a 1976 novel by Clive Cussler, and a film directed by Jerry Jameson released in 1980 // The 1980 Film The films tagline is The film was a poorly received, financial flop, and Lew Grade (one of its major backers) is said to...
Adam Thomas Kennedy (born January 10, 1976 in Riverside, California) is a Major League Baseball player. ...
Eric Hughes (born in England) was a rugby league player for the Widnes Vikings, Canterbury Bulldogs and for the Great Britain national side. ...
Windows is a 1980 thriller starring Talia Shire, Joseph Cortese and Elizabeth Ashley, directed by Gordon Willis. ...
Barry Siegel is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times who won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 2002. ...
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Worst "Original" Song "The Man with Bogart's Face" from The Man with Bogart's Face, music by George Duning, lyrics by Andrew Fenady George Duning (1908 - 2000) was educated in Cincinnati, Ohio, and during his early twenties played trumpet and piano for the Kay Kyser band, later arranging most of the music for Kysers popular Kollege of Musical Knowledge radio programme. ...
Cant Stop the Music is a musical comedy film directed by Nancy Walker in 1980. ...
Jacques Morali was a disco composer. ...
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The cover of Farrars self-titled album. ...
Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted American composer and arranger. ...
Marilyn Bergman (née Keith, born 1929) is a composer, songwriter and author. ...
Alan Bergman (born 11 September 1925) is a prolific lyricist and songwriter, particularly of music for stage and film. ...
The Jazz Singer was a 1980 musical remake of the 1927 classic, The Jazz Singer. ...
Essential Neil Diamond album cover. ...
Worst Career Achievement Award Ronald Reagan, retired movie star Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ...
See also The 52nd Academy Awards were presented March 31, 1980 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. ...
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