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{{short description|Award ceremony presented by the Stinkers Bad Movie Awards in 1997}}
The '''20th [[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]]''' were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 1998 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 1997. This was the first year that the ballots would be open to the public, which is why percentages of votes for each candidate were listed besides most categories. To celebrate the 20th award ballot, the Lifetime Non-Achievement Award was given out to [[Chevy Chase]] and a multitude of other categories, including Worst On-Screen Couple and Worst Director, were introduced. Listed as follows are the different categories with their respective winners and nominees, including Worst Picture and its dishonourable mentions, which are films that were considered for Worst Picture but ultimately failed to make the final ballot (30 total). All winners are highlighted.
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 20
| award = Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
| date = 1998
| film =''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]''
| most_wins =''Batman & Robin'' (4)
| most_nominations =''Batman & Robin'' (5)
| last = 1996
| next = 1998
}}

The '''20th [[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]]''' were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 1998 to honor the worst films the film industry had to offer in 1997. This was the first year that the ballots would be open to the public, which is why percentages of votes for each candidate were listed besides most categories. To celebrate the 20th award ballot, the Lifetime Non-Achievement Award was given out to [[Chevy Chase]] and a multitude of other categories, including Worst On-Screen Couple and Worst Director, were introduced. Founder Ray Wright listed ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]'' and ''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]'' among his five worst movies of the 1990s, which also included ''[[It's Pat]]'', ''[[Pokémon: The First Movie]]'', and ''[[Nothing but Trouble (1991 film)|Nothing but Trouble]]''. While ''Batman & Robin'' was a preliminary target and took home several awards, ''Crash '' was largely ignored aside from the Founders Award because it was a low-key [[indie film]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Q & A with the Stinkers |url=http://thestinkers.com/qanda.html |website=The Stinkers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010413025218/http://thestinkers.com/qanda.html |accessdate=29 September 2019|archive-date=2001-04-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Gary |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19980228&id=Ae0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VwgGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3861,5389515 |title=Group Recognizes Stinkers |accessdate=2013-03-31 |publisher=[[The Free Lance-Star]]|date=February 28, 1998}}</ref> The founders also admitted that if they had expanded the Worst Picture ballot to 10 nominees, they would have included ''[[B.A.P.S.]]'', ''[[Excess Baggage (1997 film)|Excess Baggage]]'', ''[[Flubber (film)|Flubber]]'', ''[[Jungle 2 Jungle]]'', and ''[[McHale's Navy]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Press Release 2-1-98 |url=http://www.thestinkers.com/p_r.html |website=thestinkers.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981205021221/http://www.thestinkers.com/p_r.html |accessdate=11 June 2020|archive-date=1998-12-05 }}</ref>

Listed as follows are the different categories with their respective winners and nominees, including Worst Picture and its dishonorable mentions, which are films that were considered for Worst Picture but ultimately failed to make the final ballot (30 total). All winners are highlighted.


== Winners and Nominees ==
== Winners and Nominees ==
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=== Worst Picture ===
=== Worst Picture ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Film<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070103154753/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1997/1997st.htm</ref>
! Film<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1997/1997st.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070103154753/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1997/1997st.htm|archive-date = 2007-01-03|title = Awards}}</ref>
! class="unsortable"|Production company(s)
! class="unsortable"|Production company(s)
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'''''
| '''''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]'''''
| '''[[Warner Bros.]]'''
| '''[[Warner Bros.]]'''
| '''43%'''
| '''43%'''
|-
|-
| ''[[The Fifth Element]]''
| ''[[The Fifth Element]]''
| [[TriStar Pictures]]
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]
| 12%
| 12%
|-
|-
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|-
|-
| ''[[The Postman (film)|The Postman]]''
| ''[[The Postman (film)|The Postman]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| Warner Bros.
| 18%
| 18%
|-
|-
|- style="background:#eee;"
|- style="background:#eee;"
| ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]''
| ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]''
| [[TriStar Pictures]]
| [[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]]
| 19%
| 19%
|-
|-
|}
|}




==== Dishonourable Mentions ====
==== Dishonourable Mentions ====
{{div col|colwidth=32em}}
{{div col|colwidth=32em}}
* ''[[Alien Resurrection]]'' ([[20th Century Fox|Fox]])
* ''[[Alien Resurrection]]'' ([[Twentieth Century Fox|Fox]])
* ''[[An American Werewolf in Paris]]'' ([[Hollywood Pictures|Hollywood]])
* ''[[An American Werewolf in Paris]]'' ([[Hollywood Pictures|Hollywood]])
* ''[[Anaconda (film)|Anaconda]]'' ([[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]])
* ''[[Anaconda (1997 film)|Anaconda]]'' ([[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]])
* ''[[B.A.P.S.]]'' ([[New Line Cinema|New Line]])
* ''[[B.A.P.S.]]'' ([[New Line Cinema|New Line]])
* ''[[Bean (film)|Bean]]'' ([[Gramercy Pictures|Gramercy]])
* ''[[Bean (film)|Bean]]'' ([[Gramercy Pictures|Gramercy]])
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* ''[[Excess Baggage (1997 film)|Excess Baggage]]'' ([[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]])
* ''[[Excess Baggage (1997 film)|Excess Baggage]]'' ([[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]])
* ''[[Face/Off]]'' ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
* ''[[Face/Off]]'' ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
* ''[[Father's Day (1997 film)|Father's Day]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])
* ''[[Fathers' Day (1997 film)|Fathers' Day]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])
* ''[[Fire Down Below (1997 film)|Fire Down Below]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])
* ''[[Fire Down Below (1997 film)|Fire Down Below]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])
* ''[[Flubber (film)|Flubber]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]])
* ''[[Flubber (film)|Flubber]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]])
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* ''[[Free Willy 3]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])
* ''[[Free Willy 3]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])
* ''[[Gone Fishin' (film)|Gone Fishin']]'' ([[Hollywood Pictures|Hollywood]])
* ''[[Gone Fishin' (film)|Gone Fishin']]'' ([[Hollywood Pictures|Hollywood]])
* ''[[Home Alone 3]]'' ([[20th Century Fox|Fox]])
* ''[[Home Alone 3]]'' ([[Twentieth Century Fox|Fox]])
* ''[[I Know What You Did Last Summer]]'' ([[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]])
* ''[[I Know What You Did Last Summer]]'' ([[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]])
* ''[[Jungle 2 Jungle]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]])
* ''[[Jungle 2 Jungle]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]])
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* ''[[Mr. Magoo (film)|Mr. Magoo]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]])
* ''[[Mr. Magoo (film)|Mr. Magoo]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]])
* ''[[The Pest (1997 film)|The Pest]]'' ([[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]])
* ''[[The Pest (1997 film)|The Pest]]'' ([[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]])
* ''[[RocketMan]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]])
* ''[[RocketMan (1997 film)|RocketMan]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]])
* ''[[A Smile Like Yours]]'' ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
* ''[[A Smile Like Yours]]'' ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
* ''[[Speed 2: Cruise Control]]'' ([[20th Century Fox|Fox]])
* ''[[Speed 2: Cruise Control]]'' ([[Twentieth Century Fox|Fox]])
* ''[[Steel (1997 film)|Steel]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])
* ''[[Steel (1997 film)|Steel]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])
* ''[['Til There Was You]]'' ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
* ''[['Til There Was You]]'' ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
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{{div col end}}
{{div col end}}


=== Other Categories ===
=== Worst Director ===
⚫
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

==== Worst Director ====
⚫
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
! Recipient
! Recipient
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
|-
|-
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| '''[[Joel Schumacher]] for ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'''''
| '''[[Joel Schumacher]] for ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]'''''
| '''33%'''
| '''33%'''
|-
|-
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|}
|}


==== Worst Actor ====
=== Worst Actor ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Recipient
! Recipient
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
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|}
|}


==== Worst Actress ====
=== Worst Actress ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Recipient
! Recipient
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
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|}
|}


==== Worst Supporting Actor ====
=== Worst Supporting Actor ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Recipient
! Recipient
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
|-
|-
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| '''[[Jon Voight]] for ''[[Anaconda (film)|Anaconda]]'''''
| '''[[Jon Voight]] for ''[[Anaconda (1997 film)|Anaconda]]'''''
| '''31%'''
| '''31%'''
|-
|-
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|}
|}


==== Worst Supporting Actress ====
=== Worst Supporting Actress ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Recipient
! Recipient
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
|-
|-
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| '''[[Alicia Silverstone]] for ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'''''
| '''[[Alicia Silverstone]] for ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]'''''
| '''45%'''
| '''45%'''
|-
|-
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|}
|}


==== Worst Sequel ====
=== Worst Sequel ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Recipient
! Recipient
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
|-
|-
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| '''''[[Speed 2: Cruise Control]]'' ([[20th Century Fox|Fox]])'''
| '''''[[Speed 2: Cruise Control]]'' ([[Twentieth Century Fox|Fox]])'''
| '''31%'''
| '''31%'''
|-
|-
|''[[Alien Resurrection]]'' ([[20th Century Fox|Fox]])
|''[[Alien Resurrection]]'' ([[Twentieth Century Fox|Fox]])
| 10%
| 10%
|-
|-
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| 14%
| 14%
|-
|-
|''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])
|''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])
| 23%
| 23%
|-
|-
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|}
|}


==== Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing Over $100M Worldwide Using Hollywood Math ====
=== Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing Over $100M Worldwide Using Hollywood Math ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Recipient
! Recipient
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
|-
|-
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| '''''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])'''
| '''''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]]), written by [[Akiva Goldsman]]; based on characters created by [[DC Comics]]'''
| '''27%'''
| '''27%'''
|-
|-
|''[[Flubber (film)|Flubber]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]])
|''[[Flubber (film)|Flubber]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]), written by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]]; based on ''A Situation of Gravity'' / ''[[The Absent-Minded Professor]]''
| 17%
| 17%
|-
|-
|''[[George of the Jungle (film)|George of the Jungle]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]])
|''[[George of the Jungle (film)|George of the Jungle]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]), story by [[Dana Olsen]]; screenplay by Olsen and [[Audrey Wells]]; based on the TV series ''[[George of the Jungle]]''
| 21%
| 21%
|-
|-
|''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'' ([[Universal Pictures|Universal]])
|''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'' ([[Universal Pictures|Universal]]), written by [[David Koepp]]; based on [[Michael Crichton|Michael Crichton's]] novel ''[[The Lost World (Crichton novel)|The Lost World]]''
| 12%
| 12%
|-
|-
|''[[Speed 2: Cruise Control]]'' ([[20th Century Fox|Fox]])
|''[[Speed 2: Cruise Control]]'' ([[Twentieth Century Fox|Fox]]), story by [[Jan de Bont]] and Randall McCormick; screenplay by McCormick and [[Jeff Nathanson]]; based on characters created by [[Graham Yost]]
| 23%
| 23%
|-
|-
|}
|}


==== Worst Resurrection of a TV Show ====
=== Worst Resurrection of a TV Show ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Recipient
! Recipient
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
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|}
|}


==== Worst On-Screen Couple ====
=== Worst On-Screen Couple ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Recipient
! Recipient
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
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|}
|}


==== The Sequel Nobody Was Clamoring For ====
=== The Sequel Nobody Was Clamoring For ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Recipient
! Recipient
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
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| '''39%'''
| '''39%'''
|-
|-
|''[[Alien Resurrection]]'' ([[20th Century Fox|Fox]])
|''[[Alien Resurrection]]'' ([[Twentieth Century Fox|Fox]])
| 6%
| 6%
|-
|-
|''[[Home Alone 3]]'' ([[20th Century Fox|Fox]])
|''[[Home Alone 3]]'' ([[Twentieth Century Fox|Fox]])
| 24%
| 24%
|-
|-
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|}
|}


==== Most Annoying Fake Accent ====
=== Most Annoying Fake Accent ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Recipient
! Recipient
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
|-
|-
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| '''[[Jon Voight]] for ''[[Anaconda (film)|Anaconda]]'' and ''[[Most Wanted (1997 film)|Most Wanted]]'''''
| '''[[Jon Voight]] for ''[[Anaconda (1997 film)|Anaconda]]'' and ''[[Most Wanted (1997 film)|Most Wanted]]'''''
| '''31%'''
| '''31%'''
|-
|-
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|}
|}


==== Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy ====
=== Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Recipient
! Recipient
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
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| '''26%'''
| '''26%'''
|-
|-
|''[[Father's Day (1997 film)|Father's Day]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])
|''[[Fathers' Day (1997 film)|Fathers' Day]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])
| 25%
| 25%
|-
|-
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| 19%
| 19%
|-
|-
|''[[RocketMan]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]])
|''[[RocketMan (1997 film)|RocketMan]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]])
| 14%
| 14%
|-
|-
|}
|}


==== Most Unwelcome Direct-to-Video Release ====
=== Most Unwelcome Direct-to-Video Release ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Recipient
! Recipient
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
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|}
|}


==== Lifetime Non-Achievement Award - The Hall of Shame ====
=== Lifetime Non-Achievement Award - The Hall of Shame ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Recipient
! Recipient
! Percentage of Votes
! Percentage of Votes
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|}
|}


==== The Founders Award - What Were They Thinking and Why? ====
=== The Founders Award - What Were They Thinking and Why? ===
* '''''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])'''
* '''''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'' ([[Warner Bros.]])'''
* '''''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]'' ([[Fine Line Features|Fine Line]])'''
* '''''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]'' ([[Fine Line Features|Fine Line]])'''
* '''''[[Jungle 2 Jungle]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]])'''
* '''''[[Jungle 2 Jungle]]'' ([[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]])'''
* '''''[[Year of the Horse]]'' ([[Universal Pictures|Universal]], [[October Films|October]])'''<ref>{{cite web |title=1997's Biggest Studio Disgraces |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991010130006/http://thestinkers.com/founders_award.html |website=The Stinkers |accessdate=6 October 2019}}</ref>
* '''''[[Year of the Horse]]'' ([[Universal Pictures|Universal]], [[October Films|October]])'''<ref>{{cite web |title=1997's Biggest Studio Disgraces |url=http://thestinkers.com/founders_award.html |website=The Stinkers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991010130006/http://thestinkers.com/founders_award.html |accessdate=6 October 2019|archive-date=1999-10-10 }}</ref>


==Films with multiple nominations and wins==
⚫
== References ==
The following films received multiple nominations:
⚫
{{Reflist}}


{| class="wikitable sortable" rowspan=2 border="2" cellpadding="4" style="text-align: center; background: #f6e39c"
|-
! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations
! scope="col" align="center"| Film
|-
| 5
| ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center| 4
| ''[[Alien Resurrection]]''
|-
| ''[[The Fifth Element]]''
|-
| 3
| ''[[McHale's Navy (1997 film)|McHale's Navy]]''
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center"| 2
| ''[[Anaconda (1997 film)|Anaconda]]''
|-
| ''[[Excess Baggage (1997 film)|Excess Baggage]]''
|-
| ''[[Gone Fishin' (film)|Gone Fishin']]''
|-
| ''[[Lost Highway (film)|Lost Highway]]''
|-
| ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]''
|-
| ''[[Mr. Magoo (film)|Mr. Magoo]]''
|-
| ''[[Paradise Road (1997 film)|Paradise Road]]''
|-
| ''[[The Postman (film)|The Postman]]''
|-
| ''[[That Old Feeling (film)|That Old Feeling]]''
|}


The following films received multiple awards:

{| class="wikitable sortable" rowspan=2 border="2" cellpadding="4" style="text-align: center; background: #f6e39c"
|-
! scope="col" width="55" | Wins
! scope="col" align="center"| Film
|-
| 4
| ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 2
| ''[[Anaconda (1997 film)|Anaconda]]''
|-
| ''[[McHale's Navy (1997 film)|McHale's Navy]]''
|}

⚫
== References ==
⚫
{{Reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 02:43, 9 September 2024

20th Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
Date1998
Highlights
Worst FilmBatman & Robin
Most awardsBatman & Robin (4)
Most nominationsBatman & Robin (5)
  • ← 1996
  • Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
  • 1998 →

The 20th Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 1998 to honor the worst films the film industry had to offer in 1997. This was the first year that the ballots would be open to the public, which is why percentages of votes for each candidate were listed besides most categories. To celebrate the 20th award ballot, the Lifetime Non-Achievement Award was given out to Chevy Chase and a multitude of other categories, including Worst On-Screen Couple and Worst Director, were introduced. Founder Ray Wright listed Batman & Robin and Crash among his five worst movies of the 1990s, which also included It's Pat, Pokémon: The First Movie, and Nothing but Trouble. While Batman & Robin was a preliminary target and took home several awards, Crash was largely ignored aside from the Founders Award because it was a low-key indie film.[1][2] The founders also admitted that if they had expanded the Worst Picture ballot to 10 nominees, they would have included B.A.P.S., Excess Baggage, Flubber, Jungle 2 Jungle, and McHale's Navy.[3]

Listed as follows are the different categories with their respective winners and nominees, including Worst Picture and its dishonorable mentions, which are films that were considered for Worst Picture but ultimately failed to make the final ballot (30 total). All winners are highlighted.

Winners and Nominees

[edit]

Worst Picture

[edit]
Film[4] Production company(s) Percentage of Votes
Batman & Robin Warner Bros. 43%
The Fifth Element Columbia 12%
Lost Highway Universal Pictures, October Films 8%
The Postman Warner Bros. 18%
Starship Troopers TriStar 19%

Dishonourable Mentions

[edit]

Worst Director

[edit]
Recipient Percentage of Votes
Joel Schumacher for Batman & Robin 33%
Luc Besson for The Fifth Element 7%
Kevin Costner for The Postman 22%
Jan de Bont for Speed 2: Cruise Control 29%
David Lynch for Lost Highway 9%

Worst Actor

[edit]
Recipient Percentage of Votes
Tom Arnold for McHale's Navy 37%
John Leguizamo for The Pest 17%
Joe Pesci for Gone Fishin' 12%
Steven Seagal for Fire Down Below 24%
John Travolta for Mad City 10%

Worst Actress

[edit]
Recipient Percentage of Votes
Alicia Silverstone for Excess Baggage 30%
Halle Berry for B.A.P.S. 28%
Lauren Holly for Turbulence 18%
Bette Midler for That Old Feeling 13%
Sigourney Weaver for Alien Resurrection 11%

Worst Supporting Actor

[edit]
Recipient Percentage of Votes
Jon Voight for Anaconda 31%
Robert Downey Jr. for Hugo Pool 17%
Roddy McDowall for The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo 20%
Dean Stockwell for McHale's Navy 10%
Chris Tucker for The Fifth Element 22%

Worst Supporting Actress

[edit]
Recipient Percentage of Votes
Alicia Silverstone for Batman & Robin 45%
Milla Jovovich for The Fifth Element 19%
Frances McDormand for Paradise Road 15%
Sarah Jessica Parker for 'Til There Was You 7%
Winona Ryder for Alien Resurrection 14%

Worst Sequel

[edit]
Recipient Percentage of Votes
Speed 2: Cruise Control (Fox) 31%
Alien Resurrection (Fox) 10%
An American Werewolf in Paris (Hollywood) 14%
Batman & Robin (Warner Bros.) 23%
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Universal) 22%

Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing Over $100M Worldwide Using Hollywood Math

[edit]
Recipient Percentage of Votes
Batman & Robin (Warner Bros.), written by Akiva Goldsman; based on characters created by DC Comics 27%
Flubber (Disney), written by John Hughes; based on A Situation of Gravity / The Absent-Minded Professor 17%
George of the Jungle (Disney), story by Dana Olsen; screenplay by Olsen and Audrey Wells; based on the TV series George of the Jungle 21%
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Universal), written by David Koepp; based on Michael Crichton's novel The Lost World 12%
Speed 2: Cruise Control (Fox), story by Jan de Bont and Randall McCormick; screenplay by McCormick and Jeff Nathanson; based on characters created by Graham Yost 23%

Worst Resurrection of a TV Show

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Recipient Percentage of Votes
McHale's Navy (Universal) 43%
Bean (Gramercy) 19%
Mr. Magoo (Disney) 38%

Worst On-Screen Couple

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Recipient Percentage of Votes
Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dennis Rodman in Double Team 46%
Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley in For Richer or Poorer 12%
Bette Midler and Dennis Farina in That Old Feeling 8%
Alicia Silverstone and Benicio Del Toro in Excess Baggage 18%
Mark Wahlberg and his fake 13-inch appendage in Boogie Nights 16%

The Sequel Nobody Was Clamoring For

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Recipient Percentage of Votes
Free Willy 3: The Rescue (Warner Bros.) 39%
Alien Resurrection (Fox) 6%
Home Alone 3 (Fox) 24%
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (Sony) 21%
Vegas Vacation (Warner Bros.) 10%

Most Annoying Fake Accent

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Recipient Percentage of Votes
Jon Voight for Anaconda and Most Wanted 31%
Richard Gere in The Jackal 19%
Frances McDormand in Paradise Road 10%
Viggo Mortensen in G.I. Jane 13%
Brad Pitt in The Devil's Own and Seven Years in Tibet 27%

Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy

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Recipient Percentage of Votes
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (MGM, Orion) 26%
Fathers' Day (Warner Bros.) 25%
Gone Fishin' (Hollywood) 16%
Mr. Magoo (Disney) 19%
RocketMan (Disney) 14%

Most Unwelcome Direct-to-Video Release

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Recipient Percentage of Votes
Pamela Anderson Lee's Homemade Porno Video 35%
Another 9 1/2 Weeks 24%
Casper: A Spirited Beginning 10%
Ernest Goes to Africa 16%
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island 15%

Lifetime Non-Achievement Award - The Hall of Shame

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Recipient Percentage of Votes
Chevy Chase 37%
Mel Brooks 13%
Whoopi Goldberg 26%
Burt Reynolds 24%

The Founders Award - What Were They Thinking and Why?

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Films with multiple nominations and wins

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The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations Film
5 Batman & Robin
4 Alien Resurrection
The Fifth Element
3 McHale's Navy
2 Anaconda
Excess Baggage
Gone Fishin'
Lost Highway
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Mr. Magoo
Paradise Road
The Postman
That Old Feeling

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins Film
4 Batman & Robin
2 Anaconda
McHale's Navy

References

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  1. ^ "Q & A with the Stinkers". The Stinkers. Archived from the original on 2001-04-13. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  2. ^ Thompson, Gary (February 28, 1998). "Group Recognizes Stinkers". The Free Lance-Star. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  3. ^ "Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Press Release 2-1-98". thestinkers.com. Archived from the original on 1998-12-05. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Awards". Archived from the original on 2007-01-03.
  5. ^ "1997's Biggest Studio Disgraces". The Stinkers. Archived from the original on 1999-10-10. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
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