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There's No Escape.

Nomination Year: 2013

SYNOPSIS: When an army of radioactive ants are unknowingly carted into a skyscraper, a group of people have to find a way out before they're eaten one by one.

Smithee Award Nominations

Most Ludicrous Premise
That's Not My Department A U.S. Department of Agriculture black ops task force so secret even the President doesn't know about them vs. giant angry radioactive terrorist ants.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Worst Cover Copy
Some Gi-Ant Mistakes As we saw in the MLP clip, the ants are irradiated, not genetically engineered, and it was an accident, not an experiment gone wrong.	Sorry, this cover has not yet been made available!

"Whoops!"
(Also, It's a Goose) He's wearing the headphones! No, he's not! Yes, he is! (Also, it's a goose.)	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

"WHAT?!"
The Power of Rock and Roll Defeating the ants with The Power Of Rock & Roll.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Worst Acting
And the Oscar Does NOT Go to Martin Kove (Martin Kove): Martin is unaccountably happy about the giant angry radioactive terrorist ants.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Fred Olen Ray	If there's a contender for worst, most prolific Bad Director ever to (dis)grace Hollywood, he might be second only to Roger Corman. His schlocky cinema sins are legion, too many to note here. Claims nearly every one of his absolutely ridiculous plots is true. Oh, AND he wrestles under the name "Fabulous" Freddy Valentine.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
C. Thomas Howell	Curtis	Rae Dawn Chong's ex-husband who was Ponyboy Curtis in The Outsiders; was also Soul Man and Tyler in E.T. . Has a massive portfolio of Bad Movies, several in the Smithees.
Stella Stevens	Joan Highsmith	She was born in Hot Coffee, Mississippi. Was famously Linda Rogo in The Poseidon Adventure and Stella Purdy in The Nutty Professor. The originals. Phyllis Blake on "Santa Barbara." And (my fave) the title role in The Granny.
Siri Baruc	Sharon	Born in a yoga commune. Played herself (more or less) on TV's "Writer's Block." Erin in Mega Snake.
Brent Huff	Dennis	These days, he kind of looks like a Poor Man's Lance Armstrong. Officer Smitty on "The Rookie."
Chick Venerra	Paolo	Does bit parts in forgettable movies as well as cartoon voices, including Pesto on "Animaniacs."
Andrew Prine	Sheriff Ed	In quite a lot of TV and movies, like James Keller in The Miracle Worker and Andre in Terror Circus. Also wrote a bit on Claws.
Peter Spellos	Howard Brunel	Does a lot of voice acting for anime series. Tracy's dad in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. Gus on "American Dreams."
Martin Kove	Corrigan	This ubiquitous bulbous-nosed slab of meat plays the beefy guy in almost EVERYTHING; you're almost certain to have seen him (e.g., as "Nero the Hero" in Death Race 2000).

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