# 9th Golden Raspberry Awards

The 9th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 29, 1989, at the Hollywood Palace to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1988.

## Awards and nominations

* Sylvester Stallone, Worst Actor winner.
* Liza Minnelli, Worst Actress winner.
* Dan Aykroyd, Worst Supporting Actor winner.
* Kristy McNichol, Worst Supporting Actress winner.
* Blake Edwards, Worst Director co-winner.
* Stewart Raffill, Worst Director co-winner.
* Ronald McDonald, Worst New Star winner.
| Category | Recipient |
| Worst Picture | Cocktail (Touchstone) |
| Worst Picture | Caddyshack II (Warner Bros.) |
| Worst Picture | Hot to Trot (Warner Bros.) |
| Worst Picture | Mac and Me (Orion) |
| Worst Picture | Rambo III (TriStar) |
| Worst Actor | Sylvester Stallone in Rambo III as John Rambo |
| Worst Actor | Tom Cruise in Cocktail as Brian Flanagan |
| Worst Actor | Bobcat Goldthwait in Hot to Trot as Fred Chaney |
| Worst Actor | Jackie Mason in Caddyshack II as Jack Hartounian |
| Worst Actor | Burt Reynolds in Rent-a-Cop and Switching Channels as Tony Church and John L. Sullivan IV (respectively) |
| Worst Actress | Liza Minnelli in Arthur 2: On the Rocks and Rent-a-Cop as Linda Marolla Bach and Della Roberts (respectively) |
| Worst Actress | Rebecca De Mornay in And God Created Woman as Robin Shea |
| Worst Actress | Whoopi Goldberg in The Telephone as Vashti Blue |
| Worst Actress | Cassandra Peterson in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark as Elvira |
| Worst Actress | Vanity in Action Jackson as Sydney Ash |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Dan Aykroyd in Caddyshack II as Captain Tom Everett |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Billy Barty in Willow as The High Aldwin |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Richard Crenna in Rambo III as Colonel Sam Trautman |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Harvey Keitel in The Last Temptation of Christ as Judas Iscariot |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Christopher Reeve in Switching Channels as Blaine Bingham |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Kristy McNichol in Two Moon Junction as Patti Jean |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Eileen Brennan in The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking as Miss Bannister |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Daryl Hannah in High Spirits as Mary Plunkett Brogan |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Mariel Hemingway in Sunset as Cheryl King |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Zelda Rubinstein in Poltergeist III as Tangina Barrons |
| Worst Director | Blake Edwards for Sunset (TIE) |
| Worst Director | Stewart Raffill for Mac and Me (TIE) |
| Worst Director | Michael Dinner for Hot to Trot |
| Worst Director | Roger Donaldson for Cocktail |
| Worst Director | Peter MacDonald for Rambo III |
| Worst Screenplay | Cocktail, screenplay by Heywood Gould, based on his book |
| Worst Screenplay | Hot to Trot, screenplay by Steven Neigher & Hugo Gilbert and Charlie Peters, story by Neigher & Gilbert |
| Worst Screenplay | Mac and Me, written by Stewart Raffill and Steve Feke |
| Worst Screenplay | Rambo III, written by Sylvester Stallone and Sheldon Lettich, based on characters created by David Morrell |
| Worst Screenplay | Willow, screenplay by Bob Dolman, story by George Lucas |
| Worst New Star | Ronald McDonald (as himself) in Mac and Me |
| Worst New Star | Don (the talking horse) in Hot to Trot |
| Worst New Star | Tami Erin in The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking as Pippi Longstocking |
| Worst New Star | Robi Rosa in Salsa as Rico |
| Worst New Star | Jean-Claude Van Damme in Bloodsport as Frank Dux |
| Worst Original Song | "Jack Fresh" from Caddyshack II, written and performed by Full Force |
| Worst Original Song | "Skintight" from Johnny Be Good, written and performed by Ted Nugent |
| Worst Original Song | "Therapist" from A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, written and performed by Vigil |

## Films with multiple nominations

These films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Films |
| 5 | Hot to Trot |
| 5 | Rambo III |
| 4 | Caddyshack II |
| 4 | Cocktail |
| 4 | Mac and Me |
| 2 | The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking |
| 2 | Rent-a-Cop |
| 2 | Sunset |
| 2 | Switching Channels |
| 2 | Willow |