As expected, John Travolta's profit-free science fiction epic Battlefield Earth swept the board at the 21st Golden Raspberry awards, winning Worst Movie of the Year amid strong competition. Unlike hits Gladiator and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, which will do battle at Sunday's glitzy Academy Awards, Battlefield Earth failed to trouble the box office charts. It was actually a cake walk for jurors. Based on a science fiction novel by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, the film has actually won praise from some science fiction groups, despite the critical blasting it received. The worst actress of the year was Madonna for her performance in The Next Best Thing.
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