1975 Harvard Lampoon Movie Worst Awards
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 8:17 pm
Other Awards:
Kirk Douglas Award for Worst Actor: Ryan O'Neal, Barry Lyndon
Natalie Wood Award for Worst Actress: Diana Ross, Mahogany
The Bratwurst Award (to that juvenile actor or actress who most convincingly presents a strong argument for compulsory education): Jodie Foster, Taxi Driver
The Wrong-Way Corrigan Flight Jacket (for worst direction): Steven Spielberg, Jaws, for turning Moby Dick into King Kong and attempting to pass this fish story off as great cinematic art
The Handlin Oscar (to the film that most distorts history): The Wind and the Lion, which was actually quite accurate if you can accept Sean Connery as a North African chieftan and Candice Bergen as having a mental edge over a five-year-old sufficient to be a governess
The Victor Mature Memorial Award (to the most embarrassing line of dialogue): Gable and Lombard, for the screen great's insouciant commentary following the incendiary demise of his beloved in a plane crash, as he gazes fondly over the twisted wreckage: "She should have taken the train"
The Roscoe Award: Karen Black, who crawls the gamut of human emotions in The Day of the Locust and Nashville
The Merino Award: Marino Berenson, whose name doesn't even come close to sounding like merino, Barry Lyndon
Kirk Douglas Award for Worst Actor: Ryan O'Neal, Barry Lyndon
Natalie Wood Award for Worst Actress: Diana Ross, Mahogany
The Bratwurst Award (to that juvenile actor or actress who most convincingly presents a strong argument for compulsory education): Jodie Foster, Taxi Driver
The Wrong-Way Corrigan Flight Jacket (for worst direction): Steven Spielberg, Jaws, for turning Moby Dick into King Kong and attempting to pass this fish story off as great cinematic art
The Handlin Oscar (to the film that most distorts history): The Wind and the Lion, which was actually quite accurate if you can accept Sean Connery as a North African chieftan and Candice Bergen as having a mental edge over a five-year-old sufficient to be a governess
The Victor Mature Memorial Award (to the most embarrassing line of dialogue): Gable and Lombard, for the screen great's insouciant commentary following the incendiary demise of his beloved in a plane crash, as he gazes fondly over the twisted wreckage: "She should have taken the train"
The Roscoe Award: Karen Black, who crawls the gamut of human emotions in The Day of the Locust and Nashville
The Merino Award: Marino Berenson, whose name doesn't even come close to sounding like merino, Barry Lyndon