18th Golden Raspberry Awards

18th Golden Raspberry Awards
DateMarch 22, 1998
SiteHollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Highlights
Worst PictureThe Postman
Most awardsThe Postman (5)
Most nominationsBatman & Robin (11)

The 18th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 22, 1998, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1997. This year, the film with the most nominations was Batman & Robin with 11, followed by Speed 2: Cruise Control with eight nominations, Anaconda with six nominations, The Postman with five nominations and Fire Down Below with four nominations. The film winning the most awards was The Postman, with all five categories for which it was nominated.[1][2][3]

Brian Helgeland, co-screenwriter of the Razzie-winning The Postman, also received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for L.A. Confidential in 1998. Helgeland became the second person, after composer Alan Menken in 1993, to receive a Razzie and Oscar in the same year, a feat not repeated until actress Sandra Bullock in 2010.

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  3. ^ "'Razzie' Award Voters Go Postal on Kevin Costner's Latest Effort". Los Angeles Times. March 23, 1998.