The Official Razzie Movie Guide

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The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst
OCLC
56033390
Preceded byEverything I Know I Learned at the Movies 

The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst is a 2005 book about the

Warner Books, the same year as the 25th Golden Raspberry Awards.[3]

The book includes an introduction by Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers, a brief history of the Golden Raspberry Awards, and entries on films organized thematically which include plot summaries and reviews by Wilson. Wilson comments on and discusses his picks for the worst films of all time. It was on the Los Angeles Times best-seller list.[4]

Contents

The introduction was written by Travers, who is a voting member of the Golden Raspberry Awards Foundation.[5] The book begins with selected quotes from the reviewers of such critically panned films as The Blue Lagoon, From Justin to Kelly, and Color of Night.[6] The book also includes a brief history of the Golden Raspberry Awards.[5] Wilson lists and discusses his picks of the 100 worst films of Hollywood.[7]

The chapters deal with bad movies, and are organized thematically with titles such as "Disasters ... In Every Sense." and "Can't Stop the Musicals".[8] Each movie entry includes credits of the cast and crew, excerpts of dialogue from the movie, and a plot summary and review by Wilson.[8] Wilson's picks of the ten worst films include The Adventurers (1970), Battlefield Earth (2000), Body of Evidence (1993), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Glen or Glenda (1953), The Lonely Lady (1983), Mommie Dearest (1981), The Oscar (1966), Showgirls (1995) and Xanadu (1980).[9]

Marketing

Pat Nason of

The Toledo Blade described the book as "a merchandising tie-in" to the Golden Raspberry Awards.[10] Wilson announced the nominees for the 25th Golden Raspberry Awards at a book signing for The Official Razzie Movie Guide at Brentano's in Century City, California.[11]

Reception

"For each film, Wilson provides cast and crew credits, a wonderfully droll review, dialog excerpts, and his own acerbic plot summary."

 —Library Journal[8]

The Official Razzie Movie Guide received generally positive reviews from critics.

Barry X. Miller reviewed the book for

Long Beach Press-Telegram noted "Wilson, creator of the Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, has become the authority for all movies so dreadful, they're laughable, so excruciating, they're, well, award-winning."[6]

Catherine Shoard of

The Evening Standard took a less enthusiastic approach to the book, describing it as "a companion book to the annual Golden Raspberry awards", and saying that "it's a shame elderly duds get more space than recent winners, and Wilson's style, though amusing, is never really more than descriptive. Still, that's all some films require."[12]

See also

References

  1. OCLC 56033390
    .
  2. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Official Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst". Publishers Weekly.
  3. ^
    Wilmington Star-News
    . p. 25.
  4. ^ USC Cinematic Arts|School of Cinematic Arts Events
  5. ^ a b c d e f Nason, Pat (January 25, 2005). "Feature: Silver bells for Golden Raspberry". UPI News. United Press International.
  6. ^
    Long Beach Press-Telegram
    . p. A–1.
  7. ^
    South Florida Sun-Sentinel
    . Sun-Sentinel Company. p. 7D.
  8. ^
    Reed Business Information
    : 116.
  9. Long Beach Press-Telegram
    . p. A15.
  10. The Toledo Blade
    . p. D1.
  11. ^ City News Service staff (January 24, 2005). "Razzies". City News Service. City News Service, Inc.
  12. The Evening Standard
    .

Further reading

  • Levin, Martin. "Movie mania – Shelf Life: 5 books about the movie industry". The Globe and Mail. p. D25.

External links

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