The official Razzie movie guide : enjoying the best of Hollywood's worst / by John Wilson ; [foreword by Peter Travers].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, John, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Catalogs.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Plots, themes, etc.

filmographies.

Genre:

catalogs (documents)

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

xix, 380 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Razzie movie guide

Place of Publication:

New York : Warner Books, ©2005.

Summary:

- This book features an introduction by Peter Travers of Rolling Stone.- The Razzie Awards are reported every year in the Los Angeles Times, Variety, and Newsweek. They have also been featured on CNN, The Tonight Show, and Good Morning America, among others. The official Razzies Web site, www.razzies.com, has received over two million hits since its inception in March 2000 and will prominently feature the book upon publication.- Published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Razzies and in stores prior to the 77th Academy Awards ceremony, this book will benefit from increased media attention surrounding both events.- John Wilson is a graduate of UCLA's prestigious Film and Television Studies program and is the author of Everything I Know I Learned at the Movies (General Publishing Group, 1995).

Contents:

A brief history of the Razzies and foreword.

Chapter 1: All God's creatures large & small:

ANACONDA

A*P*E

BEACH GIRLS & THE MONSTER

GIANT SPIDER INVASION

GOLIATH & THE DRAGON

JAWS: THE REVENGE

KING KONG LIVES

TROG

Chapter 2: Can't stop the musicals:

BODY ROCK

CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC

FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY

GLITTER

LOST HORIZON (1973)

THE PIRATE MOVIE

RHINESTONE

ROLLER BOOGIE

SPICE WORLD

STAYIN' ALIVE!

Chapter 3: Disasters, in every sense:

AIRPORT 1975

AVALANCHE

THE CONCORDE: AIRPORT '79

ON DEADLY GROUND

THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE

THE SWARM

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956)

Chapter 4: Doofy twosomes:

THE BODYGUARD (1992)

INDECENT PROPOSAL

THE JAYNE MANSFIELD STORY

SHINING THROUGH

SINCERELY YOURS

THE SPECIALIST (1994)

SWEET NOVEMBER (2001)

WHITE COMMANCHE

Chapter 5: Now that's a dumb idea!:

THE CAR

COCKTAIL

COLOR OF NIGHT

EEGAH!

FEVER PITCH

HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL

IMPULSE

PERFECT

ROAD HOUSE (1989)

SINBAD OF THE 7 SEAS

YOR

ZARDOZ

Chapter 6: The roles that made them shameless:

THE BETSY

BEYOND THE FOREST

THE CONQUEROR

GODFATHER III

HARUM SCARUM

THE JAZZ SINGER (1980)

JULIE

RAMBO II

SHE (1935)

STRAIT JACKET

Chapter 7:

SHOW-BIZ LAID BARE ... :

BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS

THE CARPETBAGGERS

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE

THE LOVE MACHINE

VALENTINO

VALLEY OF THE DOLLS

WILD WILD WORLD OF JAYNE MANSFIELD

CHAPTER 8: They came from Planet Razzie®:

THE ASTOUNDING SHE MONSTER

BARBARELLA

THE CREEPING TERROR

DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS

THE GREEN SLIME

MAC & ME

ROBOT MONSTER

SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS

SUPERGIRL

Chapter 9: Well, someone thought it was sexy!:

BARB WIRE

BLUE LAGOON (1980)

DUEL IN THE SUN

GHOSTS CAN'T DO IT

KITTEN WITH A WHIP

LOVE CRIMES

THE NAKED KISS

A NIGHT IN HEAVEN

ORGY OF THE DEAD

THE SCARLET LETTER (1995)

SEXTETTE

SHEENA

WHERE LOVE HAS GONE

Chapter 10: When mad scientists go bad:

THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE

FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER

THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (1996)

MANIAC (1934)

THE TINGLER

Chapter 11: The very best of the berry worst:

THE ADVENTURERS

BATTLEFIELD EARTH

BODY OF EVIDENCE

EXORCIST, TOO

GLEN OR GLENDA

THE LONELY LADY

MOMMIE DEAREST

THE OSCAR

SHOWGIRLS

XANADU.

Appendix 1: How to get your hands on the films.

Appendix 2: Complete Razzie® Award history.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0446693340

9780446693349

OCLC:

56033390