# 21st Golden Raspberry Awards

The 21st Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 24, 2001, at the Radisson-Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica, California, USA, to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 2000.
Science fiction film Battlefield Earth swept the awards, claiming victory in all seven categories in which it was nominated (from a total of eight nominations, with its double nomination in the Supporting Actor category). J.D. Shapiro later accepted his Worst Screenplay award in a radio program. The record was then beaten by Jack and Jill (with the total of 12 nominations and 10 wins).
Following the 21st Golden Raspberry Awards on March 24, 2001, the film production and distribution company, Franchise Pictures, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 18, 2004.

## Awards and nominations

| Category | | Recipient |
| Worst Picture | | Battlefield Earth (Warner Bros.) |
| Worst Picture | | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (Artisan) |
| Worst Picture | | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (Universal) |
| Worst Picture | | Little Nicky (New Line) |
| Worst Picture | | The Next Best Thing (Paramount) |
| Worst Actor | | John Travolta in Battlefield Earth and Lucky Numbers as Terl and Russ Richards (respectively) |
| Worst Actor | | Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach as Richard |
| Worst Actor | | Adam Sandler in Little Nicky as Nicky |
| Worst Actor | | Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the real Adam Gibson) in The 6th Day |
| Worst Actor | | Sylvester Stallone in Get Carter as Jack Carter |
| Worst Actress | Madonna | Madonna in The Next Best Thing as Abbie Reynolds |
| Worst Actress | Madonna | Kim Basinger in Bless the Child and I Dreamed of Africa as Maggie O'Connor and Kuki Gallmann (respectively) |
| Worst Actress | Madonna | Melanie Griffith in Cecil B. Demented as Honey Whitlock |
| Worst Actress | Madonna | Bette Midler in Isn't She Great as Jacqueline Susann |
| Worst Actress | Madonna | Demi Moore in Passion of Mind as Martha Marie "Marty" Talridge |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Barry Pepper | Barry Pepper in Battlefield Earth as Jonnie Goodboy Tyler |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Barry Pepper | Stephen Baldwin in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as Barney Rubble |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Barry Pepper | Keanu Reeves in The Watcher as David Allen Griffin |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Barry Pepper | Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the clone of Adam Gibson) in The 6th Day |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Barry Pepper | Forest Whitaker in Battlefield Earth as Ker |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Kelly Preston | Kelly Preston in Battlefield Earth as Chirk |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Kelly Preston | Patricia Arquette in Little Nicky as Valerie Veran |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Kelly Preston | Joan Collins in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas as Pearl Slaghoople |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Kelly Preston | Thandiwe Newton in Mission: Impossible 2 as Nyah Nordoff-Hall |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Kelly Preston | Rene Russo in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle as Natasha Fatale |
| Worst Screen Couple | | John Travolta and anyone sharing the screen with him in Battlefield Earth |
| Worst Screen Couple | | Any two actors in Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 |
| Worst Screen Couple | | Richard Gere and Winona Ryder in Autumn in New York |
| Worst Screen Couple | | Madonna and either Rupert Everett or Benjamin Bratt in The Next Best Thing |
| Worst Screen Couple | | Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the real Adam Gibson) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (as the clone of Adam Gibson) in The 6th Day |
| Worst Remake or Sequel | | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (Artisan) |
| Worst Remake or Sequel | | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (Universal) |
| Worst Remake or Sequel | | Get Carter (Warner Bros.) |
| Worst Remake or Sequel | | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Universal) |
| Worst Remake or Sequel | | Mission: Impossible 2 (Paramount) |
| Worst Director | Roger Christian, director of Battlefield Earth | Roger Christian for Battlefield Earth |
| Worst Director | Roger Christian, director of Battlefield Earth | Joe Berlinger for Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 |
| Worst Director | Roger Christian, director of Battlefield Earth | Steven Brill for Little Nicky |
| Worst Director | Roger Christian, director of Battlefield Earth | Brian De Palma for Mission to Mars |
| Worst Director | Roger Christian, director of Battlefield Earth | John Schlesinger for The Next Best Thing |
| Worst Screenplay | | Battlefield Earth – screenplay by Corey Mandell and J. David Shapiro, based on the novel by L. Ron Hubbard |
| Worst Screenplay | | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 – written by Dick Beebe and Joe Berlinger |
| Worst Screenplay | | How the Grinch Stole Christmas – screenplay by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman, based on the book by Dr. Seuss |
| Worst Screenplay | | Little Nicky – screenplay by Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler and Steven Brill |
| Worst Screenplay | | The Next Best Thing – written by Tom Ropelewski |

## Films with multiple nominations

These films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Films |
| 8 | Battlefield Earth |
| 5 | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 |
| 5 | Little Nicky |
| 5 | The Next Best Thing |
| 4 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas |
| 3 | The 6th Day |
| 2 | Get Carter |
| 2 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible 2 |

## Dissolution of Franchise Pictures

On August 18, 2004, the film production and distribution company, Franchise Pictures, was sued by its investors and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after it emerged that it had fraudulently overstated the Battlefield Earth budget by $31 million.