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'Battlefield Earth' named year's worst movie
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JUST one day before Hollywood named its best films at the Oscars, the science fiction epic ``Battlefield Earth'' swept almost all the awards on Saturday -- for worst movie of the year.
``Battlefield'', starring John Travolta as an alien, won seven Golden Raspberry or ``Razzies'' awards, tying the non-profit film humour group's record for most worst awards, set by ``Showgirls'' in 1996.
Calling ``Battlefield'' a ``big budget Sci Fi fiasco'' and Travolta a ``yellow-toothed, cackling psychotic alien'', the Razzies named the film the worst of the year and gave the actor its award for worst performance by a male actor in a starring role.
It also named Travolta and ``anyone who appeared with him'' the worst screen couple of the year.''
In a statement, the producer of the movie, Elie Samaha, said he was delighted: ``I welcome the free publicity. The more the critics hit 'Battlefield Earth', the more DVDS it sells.
Based on a science fiction novel by L Ron Hubbard, the film has won praise from some science fiction groups despite the critical blasting it received.
The Razzies also gave the film awards for worst supporting actress (Kelly Preston), worst supporting actor (Barry Pepper) and worst director (Robert Christian).
The worst actress of the year award went to Madonna for her performance as the single mom in ``The Next Best Thing'' .
(SD-Agencies)
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