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1979 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

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The 1979 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 1980 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 1979.[1] The ballot was later revisited and the expanded version was released in late 2004.[2] Listed as follows are the original ballot's picks for Worst Picture and its dishonourable mentions, which are films that were considered for Worst Picture but ultimately failed to make the final ballot (17 total), and all nominees included in the expanded ballot. All winners are highlighted.

Original Ballot

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Worst Picture

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Film[1] Production company(s)
Nightwing Columbia Pictures
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure Warner Bros.
The Concorde... Airport '79 Universal Pictures
Hardcore Columbia Pictures
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Paramount Pictures

Dishonourable Mentions

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Expanded Ballot

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Worst Picture

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Film[2] Production company(s)
The Main Event Warner Bros.
1941 Universal Pictures
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! NAI Entertainment
Can I Do It... 'Til I Need Glasses? National American Films
The Concorde... Airport '79 Universal Pictures

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Worst Director

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Director Film
Howard Zieff The Main Event
John DeBello Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
David Lowell Rich The Concorde... Airport '79
I. Robert Levy Can I Do It... 'Til I Need Glasses?
Russ Meyer Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

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Worst Actor

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Actor Film
Robby Benson Walk Proud
James Brolin The Amityville Horror
Ryan O'Neal The Main Event
George C. Scott Hardcore
Sylvester Stallone Rocky II

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Worst Actress

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Actress Film
Barbra Streisand The Main Event
Linda Blair Roller Boogie
Erin Gray Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Margot Kidder The Amityville Horror
Brooke Shields Just You and Me, Kid and Wanda Nevada

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Worst Supporting Actor

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Actor Film
Ricky Schroder The Champ
John Belushi 1941
Richard Masur Hanover Street and Scavenger Hunt
Pepe Serna Walk Proud
Max Wright All That Jazz

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Worst Supporting Actress

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Actress Film
Margaux Hemingway Killer Fish
Zane Buzby Americathon
Ilah Davis Hardcore
Colleen Dewhurst Ice Castles
Helen Shaver The Amityville Horror

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Worst Screenplay

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Film Production company(s)
The Main Event Warner Bros.
1941 Universal
Americathon United Artists
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens Signal 166
The Concorde... Airport '79 Universal

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Worst Sequel

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Film Production company(s)
The Concorde... Airport '79 Universal
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure Warner Bros.
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days Fox
More American Graffiti Universal
Rocky II United Artists

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Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy

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Film Production company(s)
Can I Do It... 'Til I Need Glasses? National American Films
1941 Universal
The Jerk Universal
Love at First Bite American International
The Main Event Warner Bros.

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Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or Its End Credits

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Song and Artist Film
"Adios Yesterday" by Robby Benson Walk Proud
"Better Than Ever" by Candice Bergen Starting Over
"Don't You Ever Say No" by Zane Buzby Americathon
"Live (For Today)" by Dion Pride The Double McGuffin
"Puberty Love" by Matt Cameron as "Ronny Desmond" Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!

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Most Intrusive Musical Score

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Dishonourable Mentions

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  • Note: no nominees and winners were given for this category – just dishonourable mentions.

Worst On-Screen Couple

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Couple Film
Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal The Main Event
James Brolin and Margot Kidder The Amityville Horror
Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters The Jerk
Brooke Shields and George Burns or Peter Fonda Just You and Me, Kid and Wanda Nevada
Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford The Frisco Kid

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Least "Special" Special Effects

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Film Production company(s)
The Concorde... Airport '79 Universal
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Universal Pictures
City on Fire Astral Films
Love at First Bite American International
Nightwing Columbia Pictures

Worst Fake Accent (Male)

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Actor Film
Robby Benson Walk Proud
Greg Hodges The Double McGuffin
Richard Lawson The Main Event
Ricky Schroder The Champ
Gene Wilder The Frisco Kid

Worst Fake Accent (Female)

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Actress Film
Zane Buzby Americathon
Faye Dunaway The Champ
Linda Manz The Wanderers
Penny Marshall 1941
Lisa Whelchel The Double McGuffin

Worst On-Screen Group

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Group Film
The Accent-Challenged Teen Detectives The Double McGuffin
The Annoying Passengers The Concorde... Airport '79
The Greedy Heirs Scavenger Hunt
Kitten Natividad and the Ultra-Vixens Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
The World's Oldest Looking Gang Members Walk Proud, The Wanderers, and The Warriors

Most Annoying Non-Human Character

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Non-Human Film
Twiki (voice by Mel Blanc) and Dr. Theo Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Bob (voice by Slim Pickens) The Black Hole
C.H.O.M.P.S. the Robot Dog C.H.O.M.P.S.
Muffet the Robot Dagget Battlestar Galactica
V.I.N.C.E.N.T. (voice by Roddy McDowell) The Black Hole

Dishonourable Mentions

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Past Winners Database". August 15, 2007. Archived from the original on January 6, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "STINKERS BALLOT EXPANSION PROJECT: 1979". The Stinkers. Archived from the original on December 31, 2006. Retrieved September 5, 2024.