AP Entertainment 3/30/01
Pepper Laughs Off Raspberry Award LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Barry Pepper can laugh about winning a Golden Raspberry award as worst supporting actor in ''Battlefield Earth.'' Based on a novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, the film starring John Travolta was a box-office bomb. It earned seven Razzies, including worst picture and worst actor for Travolta.

''I was hoping somebody would invite me. I would've gone and accepted it,'' Pepper said. ''That would've been so much fun. My agent probably would have told me not to.'' The Razzie trophy is a gaudy, gold-painted, golf ball-sized plastic raspberry atop a film canister. It's worth $4.29.

Pepper, whose credits include ''The Green Mile'' and ''Saving Private Ryan,'' said the movie failed because of a weak script and poor production values.

''When I saw it, I just about wept,'' he said. ''I heard John say the other night, you're always one movie away from a hit or disaster. We just fell short on that one.'' end article

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