14th AVN Awards

14th AVN Awards

1997 AVN Awards Show VHS box cover
Date January 11, 1997 (1997-01-11)
Site Riviera Hotel & Casino, Winchester, Nevada
Hosted by
Produced by Gary Miller
Directed by Mark Stone
Highlights
Best Picture Bobby Sox (Best Film)
Most awards Shock (11)

The 14th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN), took place January 11, 1997 at Riviera Hotel & Casino, Winchester, Nevada, beginning at 7:45 p.m. PST / 10:45 p.m. EST. During the show, AVN presented AVN Awards (the industry's equivalent of the Academy Awards)[2][3][4] in 41 categories honoring the best pornographic films released released between Oct. 1, 1995 and Sept. 30, 1996. The ceremony was produced by Gary Miller and directed by Mark Stone.[5] Comedian Bobby Slayton returned as host, with actresses Nici Sterling and Kylie Ireland as co-hosts.[1] At a pre-awards event held the previous evening, 60 more AVN Awards, mostly for technical achievements, were given out by hostess Dyanna Lauren and comedy ventriloquist Otto of Otto & George, however, the pre-awards event was neither televised nor distributed on VHS tapes as was the main evening’s ceremony.[1]

Shock won the most awards with 11, however, Bobby Sox, an "off-beat period piece comedy" that received six statuettes, won for best film. Flesh and Blood was next with five awards including best gay feature.[1]

Winners and nominees

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 11, 1997. Missy was the first actress to win both Starlet of the Year and the AVN Female Performer of the Year Award in the same year. Kurt Young, however, was second to win the major gay awards in the same year, taking Gay Video Performer of the Year and Best Newcomer.[1]

Major awards

MIssy, Female Performer of the Year and Best New Starlet
T. T. Boy, Male Performer of the Year winner
Jamie Gillis, Best Actor—Film winner
Melissa Hill, Best Actress—Film winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (double-dagger).[1][5][6]

Best Film Best Shot-on-Video Feature
  • Bobby Soxdouble-dagger[1][6]
    • Dangerous Games
    • Dreams of Desire
    • Expose Me Again
    • Gangland Bangers
    • Gregory Dark’s Sex Freaks
    • Lust and Desire
    • Oral Addiction
    • The Palace of Pleasure
    • Penetrator 2: Grudge Day
    • The Show[5]
  • Shockdouble-dagger[1][6]
    • Car Wash Angels
    • Conquest
    • Gregory Dark’s Flesh
    • Head Trip
    • Hollywood Boulevard
    • Kink 3 Police Chronicles
    • My Surrender
    • Pristine
    • The Pyramid 1 through 3
    • Silver Screen Confidentail
    • Temple of Poon
    • Virgin Dreams
    • XXX[5]
Best New Starlet
Male Performer of the Year Female Performer of the Year
Best Actor—Film Best Actress—Film
Best Actor—Video Best Actress—Video
Best Supporting Actor—Film Best Supporting Actress—Film
Best Supporting Actor—Video Best Supporting Actress—Video
Best Director—Film Best Director—Video
Best Sex Comedy Best All-Sex Video
  • The Showdouble-dagger[1][6]
    • Best Butt in the West 2
    • Car Wash Angels
    • Gangbusters
    • Heinie’s Heroes
    • Nightshift Nurses 2
    • Silver Screen Confidential[5]
  • Fresh Meat 3double-dagger[1][6]
    • Beyond Reality
    • Dirty Tricks 2
    • Fresh Meat 2
    • Friends in Sex
    • SexHibition 2[5]
Best Selling Tape of the Year Best Renting Tape of the Year
  • Shockdouble-dagger
  • World's Biggest Gang Bang 2double-dagger (tie)[1][5][6]
Best Gonzo Tape Best Gonzo Series
  • Buttman’s Bend Over Babes 4double-dagger[1][6]
    • American Tushy
    • Anabolic World Sex Tour
    • Ben Dover's Alley Cats
    • Ben Dover’s Fresh Cheeks[5]
  • Butt Rowdouble-dagger[1][6]
    • Anabolic World Sex Tour
    • Ben Dover
    • Buttman
    • Tom Byron’s Cumback Pussy[5]
Best Couples Sex Scene—Film Best Couples Sex Scene—Video
Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Film Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video

Additional award winners

These awards were also announced at the awards show, most in a winners-only segment read by Kylie Ireland during the event:[1][6]

  • Best All-Girl Feature: The Violation of Missy
  • Best All-Sex Film: Unleashed
  • Best Anal Sex Scene—Film: Lovette and the Six Skeletons (John Decker, Michael J. Cox, Nick East, three others), Gregory Dark’s Sex Freaks
  • Best Anal Sex Scene—Video: Rocco Siffredi, Laura Turner, Danielle Louise Kelson; Buttman’s Bend Over Babes 4
  • Best Continuing Video Series: The Voyeur
  • Best Director—Gay Video: Jerry Douglas, Flesh and Blood
  • Best European Release (the Hot Video Award): Torero (Italy)
  • Best Gangbang Tape: Gangbang Girl 17[1][6]

The previous night, January 10, 1997, during AVN's pre-awards cocktail reception, hostess adult film actress hostess Dyanna Lauren and comedy ventriloquist Otto of Otto & George handed out these awards, mostly for technical excellence:[1]

  • Best Advertisement: Changing the Face of Adult, Vivid
  • Best Alternative Adult Feature Film: Scoring
  • Best Alternative Adult Film Featurette or Specialty Tape: The Best of Anna Nicole Smith
  • Best Alternative Adult Video: Buttman at Nudes ‘a Poppin 3
  • Best Amateur Series: Filthy First Timers
  • Best Amateur Tape: Southern Belles 4
  • Best Anal Tape: American Tushy!
  • Best Art Direction—Film: Unleashed
  • Best Art Direction—Video: Shock
  • Best Bisexual Video: Switchhitters VIII
  • Best Box Cover Concept: Russian Model Magazine
  • Best Box Cover Concept—Gay Video: Night Walk
  • Best CD-ROM Graphics/Art Direction: Latex
  • Best CD-ROM Photo Disk: Eric Kroll: Fetish
  • Best Cinematography: Andrew Blake, Unleashed
  • Best Compilation Tape: Sodomania: Smokin' Sextions
  • Best Director—Bisexual Video: Gino Colbert, Switchhitters VIII
  • Best Editing—Fllm: Barry Rose, Bobby Sox
  • Best Editing—Gay Video: Michael Ninn, Night Walk
  • Best Editing—Video: Michael Ninn, Shock
  • Best Ethnic-Themed Video: Inner City Black Cheerleader Search 6
  • Best Explicit Series: Amazing Hard
  • Best Featurette Tape: Sodomania 16
  • Best Foreign Release: The Pyramid 1–3
  • Best Foreign Featurette Tape: Prague by Night
  • Best Gay Alternative Video Release: Nighthawken
  • Best Gay Solo Video: Brad Posey’s Hot Sessions 3
  • Best Gay Specialty Release: Orgy Boys 1 & 2
  • Best Interactive CD-ROM (Game): 2069: Oriental Sex Odyssey
  • Best Interactive CD-ROM (Non-Game): FantaScenes[1]
  • Best Music: Dino and Earl Ninn, Shock
  • Best Music—Gay Video: Sharon Kane, Idol in the Sky
  • Best Newcomer—Gay Video: Kurt Young
  • Best Non-Sex Performance, Film or Video: Scotty Schwartz, Silver Screen Confidential
  • Best Non-Sexual Role—Bi, Gay or Trans Video: Jeanna Fine, Flesh and Blood
  • Best Original CD-ROM Concept: NetErotique
  • Best Overall Marketing Campaign for an Individual Title or Series: Conquest, Wicked Pictures
  • Best Overall Marketing Campaign for Company Image: Vivid Girl campaign, Vivid Video
  • Best Packaging—Film: Chasey Saves the World
  • Best Packaging—Gay Video: Idol in the Sky
  • Best Packaging—Specialty: Wheel of Obsession
  • Best Packaging—Video: XXX
  • Best Performer—Gay Video: Kurt Young, Flesh and Blood
  • Best Pro-Am Series: Cumm Brothers
  • Best Pro-Am Tape: Up and Cummers 33
  • Best Screenplay—Film: Raven Touchstone, Bobby Sox
  • Best Screenplay—Gay Video: Jerry Douglas, Flesh and Blood
  • Best Screenplay—Video: Jace Rocker, Silver Screen Confidential
  • Best Sex Scene—Gay Video: Derek Cameron, Kurt Young, Tradewinds
  • Best Special Effects: Shock
  • Best Specialty Tape—Big Bust: The Duke of Knockers 2
  • Best Specialty Tape—Bondage: Kym Wilde’s on the Edge 33
  • Best Specialty Tape—Other Genre: High Heeled and Horny 4
  • Best Specialty Tape—Spanking: Hot Young Asses
  • Best Supporting Performer—Gay Video: Dino Phillips, Happily Ever After
  • Best Trailer: Conquest
  • Best Trans Video: Red Riding She-Male
  • Best Videography: Barry Harley, Shock
  • Best Videography—Gay Video: Bruce Cam, Desert Train[1]

Honorary AVN Awards

Special Achievement Awards

AVN Breakthrough Award

Presented to Steve Perry for Ben Dover series[1][5]

Hall of Fame

AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1997, announced during AVN's pre-awards event, were: Bunny Bleu, R. Bolla, Michael Carpenter, Desiree Cousteau, Duck Dumont, Jeanna Fine, Gail Force, Ken Gibb (posthumously), Victoria Paris, Jeannie Pepper, John Stagliano, Joey Stefano (posthumously), John Travis, Dick Witte[1]

Multiple nominations and awards

Shock won the most awards with 11; Bobby Sox was next with six, followed by gay video Flesh and Blood with five. Buttman’s Bend Over Babes 4, Conquest, The Show, Silver Screen Confidential and Unleashed had three apiece. American Tushy! Idol in the Sky, Night Walk and Switchhitters VIII had two each.

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers or comedy. The show's trophy girls were Midori and Stephanie Swift.[1]

Presenters

Performers

Ceremony information

Comedian Bobby Slayton made a return engagement as host of the show. This year the show was centered around an international theme, “the world of adult,” with added emphasis on European presenters and awards. This was the first year the awards ceremony was split over two nights, with a pre-awards event held January 10, 1997, where awards for technical achievements were distributed, while the main awards were presented January 11, 1997.[1]

Several other people were also involved with the production of the ceremony. Serenity was responsible for choreography and Mark Stone was musical director with original songs by Mark J. Miller.[5]

The top selling and renting tape of the year was Shock, although it was tied in the best-selling category with World’s Biggest Gang Bang 2.[1][5] There were several new awards categories this year including Best Advertisement and the AVN Breakthrough Award to acknowledge "those who were carving new niches and forging new territories in the adult business."[1]

The ceremonies were published on VHS tape by VCA Pictures.[5][7]

Critical response

The show received a negative reception from Hustler magazine, which said, “Long-winded speeches from several award winners threatened to bore everyone to death.” It went on to add that since AVN is a trade publication paid for by ads "from the same adult video companies it bestows awards upon, the critical value of such honors is subject to debate."[8] Swank Video World magazine was a bit more positive, calling the show "the most glamourous night in the adult industry."[6]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Ross, Gene (March 1997). "Shock, Bobby Sox Dominate the 14th Annual AVN Awards Show". Adult Video News. Vol. 13 no. 3. Van Nuys, California: AVN Publications, Inc. pp. 20–69. ISSN 0883-7090.
  2. ↑ Paige, Cinnamon (August 1998). "Exxxtra! Exxxtra!". Adult Cinema Review. Vol. 16 no. 8. New York, New York: Princeton Publishing, Inc. pp. 6–10. ISSN 0277-2914.
  3. ↑ "Porn Vixens in Vegas!". Club International. Vol. 22 no. 6. Sandy Hook, Connecticut: Paragon Publishing, Inc. June 1998. pp. 26–29. ISSN 0747-0819.
  4. ↑ "The 1998 Adult Video News Awards!". High Society. Vol. 23 no. 8. New York, New York: Crescent Publishing Group Inc. August 1998. pp. 106–111.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Stone, Mark (Director) (1997). 1997 AVN Awards (videotape). VCA Pictures.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 "1997 AVN". Swank's Video World. Paramus, New Jersey: Swank Publications, Inc. June 1997. pp. 66–67.
  7. ↑ Recob, Den (August 25, 1997). "AVN 1997 Awards Show". Cyberspace Adult Video Reviews. Denny Recob. Retrieved January 18, 2017. This is a well put together video. It shows who won the 1997 awards for best performances of 1996 videos.
  8. ↑ "Video News Awards: Winners Gather With Losers in Las Vegas". Hustler. LFP Publications, Inc. June 1997. p. 32.

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