17th Golden Raspberry Awards

The 17th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 23, 1997 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognise the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1996.

Worst Picture

Striptease (Castle Rock/Columbia)
* "Barb Wire" (Gramercy Pictures)
* "Ed" (Universal)
* "The Island of Dr. Moreau" (New Line)
* "The Stupids" (New Line/Savoy)

Worst Actor

Tom Arnold in "Big Bully", "Carpool" and "The Stupids" (tie)

Pauly Shore in "Bio-Dome" (tie)
* Keanu Reeves in "Chain Reaction"
* Adam Sandler in "Bulletproof" and "Happy Gilmore"
* Sylvester Stallone in "Daylight"

Worst Actress

Demi Moore in "The Juror" and "Striptease"
* Whoopi Goldberg in "Bogus", "Eddie" and "Theodore Rex"
* Melanie Griffith in "Two Much"
* Pamela Anderson in "Barb Wire"
* Julia Roberts in "Mary Reilly"

Worst Supporting Actor

Marlon Brando in "The Island of Dr. Moreau"
* Val Kilmer in "The Ghost and the Darkness" and "The Island of Dr. Moreau"
* Steven Seagal in "Executive Decision"
* Burt Reynolds in "Striptease"
* Quentin Tarantino in "From Dusk Till Dawn"

Worst Supporting Actress

Melanie Griffith in "Mulholland Falls"
* Faye Dunaway in "The Chamber" and "Dunston Checks In"
* Jami Gertz in "Twister"
* Daryl Hannah in "Two Much"
* Teri Hatcher in "Heaven's Prisoners" and "2 Days in the Valley"

Worst Screen Couple

Demi Moore and Burt Reynolds in "Striptease"
* Beavis and Butt-Head in "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America"
* Marlon Brando and That Darn Dwarf in "The Island of Dr. Moreau"
* Matt LeBlanc and Ed (the mechanical monkey) in "Ed"
* Pamela Anderson's "Impressive Enhancements" in "Barb Wire"

Worst Director

Andrew Bergman for "Striptease"
* John Frankenheimer for "The Island of Dr. Moreau"
* Stephen Frears for "Mary Reilly"
* John Landis for "The Stupids"
* Brian Levant for "Jingle All the Way"

Worst Screenplayer

"Striptease", screenplay by Andrew Bergman, based on the book by Carl Hiaasen
* "Barb Wire", screenplay by Chuck Pfarrer and Ilene Chaiken, story by Chaiken, based upon the characters appearing in the Dark Horse comic
* "Ed", screenplay by David Mickey Evans, story by Ken Richards and Janus Cercone
* "The Island of Dr. Moreau", screenplay by Richard Stanley and Ron Hutchinson, based on the novel by H. G. Wells
* "The Stupids", written by Brent Forrester, based on characters created by James Marshall and Harry Allard

Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million

"Twister" (Warner Bros.), written by Michael Crichton & Anne-Marie Martin
* "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (Disney), animation screenplay by Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Bob Tzudiker & Noni White
* "Independence Day" (20th Century Fox), written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich
* "" (Paramount), based on the television series created by Bruce Geller, story by David Koepp and Steven Zaillian, screenplay by Koepp and Robert Towne
* "A Time to Kill" (Warner Bros.), screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, based on the novel by John Grisham

Worst New Star

Pamela Anderson in "Barb Wire"
* Beavis and Butt-Head in "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America"
* Ellen DeGeneres in "Mr. Wrong"
* 'Friends' cast members turned movie-star-wanna-be's (Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer)
* The new "serious" Sharon Stone in "Diabolique" and Last Dance

Worst "Original" Song

"Pussy, Pussy, Pussy (Whose Kitty Cat Are You?)" from "Striptease", written by Marvin Montgomery
* "Welcome to Planet Boom! (a.k.a. This Boom's for You)" from "Barb Wire", written by Tommy Lee
* "Whenever There is Love (Love Theme from Daylight) from "Daylight", written by Bruce Roberts and Sam Roman

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ee also

* 69th Academy Awards