Editing 21st Golden Raspberry Awards (section)

{{short description|Award ceremony presented by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation in 2000}}
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{{Infobox film awards
| number           = 21
| award            = Golden Raspberry Awards
| date             = March 24, 2001
| site             = Radisson-Huntley Hotel, [[Santa Monica, California]]
| film             =''[[Battlefield Earth (film)|Battlefield Earth]]''
| most_wins        =''Battlefield Earth'' (7)
| most_nominations =''Battlefield Earth'' (8)
| last             = 20th
| next             = 22nd
}}

The '''21st Golden Raspberry Awards''' were held on March 24, 2001, at the Radisson-Huntley Hotel in [[Santa Monica, California]], USA, to recognize the worst the [[movie industry]] had to offer in [[2000 in film|2000]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.razzies.com/forum/2000-razzie-nominees-winners_topic350.html|title=Twenty-First Annual RAZZIE Awards (for 2000)|access-date=31 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513120507/http://www.razzies.com/forum/2000-razzie-nominees-winners_topic350.html|archive-date=2013-05-13|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=108995&page=1|title=Razzies Name Year's Worst Films|work=ABC News|date=6 January 2006|access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref>

[[Science fiction]] film ''[[Battlefield Earth (film)|Battlefield Earth]]'' swept the awards, claiming victory in all seven categories in which it was nominated (from a total of eight nominations, with its double nomination in the Supporting Actor category). [[J.D. Shapiro]] later accepted his Worst Screenplay award in a radio program.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/mar/30/battlefield-earth-jd-shapiro-apology|title=Battlefield Earth: writer JD Shapiro apologises|first=Ben|last=Child|date=30 March 2010|access-date=31 October 2016|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2010/03/battlefield-earth-scripter-pens-apology-29840/|title='Battlefield Earth' Scripter Pens Apology|first=Nikki|last=Finke|date=28 March 2010|access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref> The record was then beaten by ''[[Jack and Jill (2011 film)|Jack and Jill]]'' (with the total of 12 nominations and 10 wins).

Following the 21st Golden Raspberry Awards on March 24, 2001, the film production and distribution company, [[Franchise Pictures]], filed for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11 bankruptcy]] on August 18, 2004.