9th AVN Awards

9th AVN Awards

The 9th Annual AVN Awards Show VHS box cover
Date January 1992 (1992-01)
Site Bally’s Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada
Hosted by
Produced by Anthony Devon[1]
Directed by Steven Austin[1]
Highlights
Best Picture
  • On Trial 1: In Defense of Savannah,
  • Wild Goose Chase (tie, Best Film)
Most awards On Trial 1: In Defense of Savannah (5)

The 9th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), honored pornographic films released in 1991 in the United States and took place in January 1992, at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada.[1][2][3] During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 59 categories. The ceremony was produced by Anthony Devon and directed by Steven Austin.[1] Actor Randy West hosted the show for the first time, with actresses Angela Summers and Hyapatia Lee as co-hosts.[1]

On Trial 1: In Defense of Savannah won the most awards with five, but tied for Best Film with Wild Goose Chase, which won four awards. Fetish was the gay movie with the most awards, also winning four.

Winners and nominees

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony in January 1992.

Major awards

Savannah, Best New Starlet winner
Buck Adams, Best Actor—Film winner
Jeanna Fine, Best Actress—Film winner
John Stagliano, Best Director—Film winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (double-dagger).[1][2]

Best Film Best Shot-on-Video Feature
  • On Trial 1: In Defense of Savannahdouble-dagger
  • Wild Goose Chase (tie)double-dagger[1][2][4]
    • Brandy and Alexander
    • Hothouse Rose Part 1
    • Imagine
    • Indian Summer
    • Lethal Passion
    • New Wave Hookers 2
    • Roxy
    • X Factor—The Next Generation[1]
  • Curse Of The Cat Womandouble-dagger[1][2]
    • An American Buttman in London
    • Buttman’s European Vacation
    • The Cockateer
    • Deep Inside Centerfold Girls
    • The Goddaughter
    • Hate To See You Go
    • Hunchback Of Notre Dame
    • Indiscretions
    • Maddams Family
    • Mirage
    • Only Game In Town?[1]
Best New Starlet
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 Screenplay—Video Best Tease Performance
Best Specialty Tape—Big Bust Best Specialty Tape—Bondage
Best Selling Tape—1991 Best Renting Tape—1991
Best Sex Scene, Film Best Sex Scene, Video (Couple)
Best Sex Scene, Video (Group) Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video
  • Misty McCaine, Carrie Jones; An American Buttman In Londondouble-dagger[1][2][4]
    • Tianna, K. C. Williams, Heather Lere, Missy Warner; Buttwoman[2]

Additional award winners

These awards were also announced at the awards show.[2]

  • Best Actor—Gay Video: Ryan Yeager, Jumper[2]
  • Best All-Girl Feature: Buttwoman[4]
  • Best All-Sex Feature: Buttman's European Vacation[4]
  • Best Alternative Adult Release: Love Scenes, Volume One[4]
  • Best Amateur Tape: The Hard Drive[4]
  • Best Anal-Themed Feature: Dr. Butts
  • Best Art Direction—Video: Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • Best Bisexual Video: Innocence Found
  • Best Boxcover Concept: Derrier, Coast to Coast
  • Best Boxcover Concept—Gay Video: Behind the Eight Ball, Vivid Video
  • Best Cinematography: John Stagliano, Wild Goose Chase[4]
  • Best Compilation Tape: Best of Buttman[4]
  • Best Director—Bisexual Video: Paul Norman, Innocence Found
  • Best Director—Gay Video: Jean-Daniel Cadinot, The Traveling Journeyman
  • Best Editing—Film: On Trial 1: In Defense of Savannah
  • Best Editing, Gay Video: Mark Tomas, Brad Braverman; Fetish
  • Best Editing—Video: Curse Of The Cat Woman
  • Best Featurette Tape: Scarlet Fantasy[2][4]
  • Best Gay Solo Tape: Men Who Work It Alone[2]
  • Best Gay Video Feature: Jumper
  • Best Music: Wild Goose Chase[4]
  • Best Music, Gay Video: “Rude Boy”, Fetish
  • Best Newcomer, Gay Video: Danny Sommers
  • Best Non-Sexual Performance: Carl Esser, On Trial 1: In Defense of Savannah[4]
  • Best Non-Sexual Performance, Gay Video: Sharon Kane, Majestic Knights
  • Best Overall Marketing Campaign (tie): Blow Out, Infinity Video; Mr. Peepers, the series; LBO Entertainment
  • Best Packaging—Film: New Wave Hookers 2, VCA Platinum[4]
  • Best Packaging—Gay Video: Behind the Eight Ball, Vivid Video
  • Best Packaging—Video: Obsession, CDI Home Video[4]
  • Best Pro-Amateur Tape: Mr. Peepers Volume 25[4]
  • Best Screenplay—Film: Carl Esser, On Trial 1: In Defense of Savannah[4]
  • Best Screenplay—Gay Video: Jim Steel, Prince Charming
  • Best Sex Scene—Gay Video: Jason Ross, Ryan Yeager; Fetish
  • Best Supporting Actor—Gay Video: Jason Ross, One Night Stands
  • Best Videography: Curse of the Cat Woman[4]
  • Best Videography, Gay Video: Mark Tomas, Fetish[2]

Honorary AVN awards

Hall of Fame

AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1992 were: Ron Vogel, Rick Savage, Candida Royalle, Porsche Lynn, Michael Morrison, Mike Horner, Samantha Fox, Herschel Savage, Chris Cassidy, Britt Morgan[4]

Multiple nominations and awards

The following twelve movies received multiple awards:

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.[1]

Presenters

Performers

Chi Chi LaRue and the Stingers performed a musical number during the show.[1]

Ceremony information

Portrait of a man in a black T-shirt.
Randy West hosted the 9th AVN Awards

Actor Randy West hosted the show for the first time. His co-host for the first half of the show was Angela Summers while Hyapatia Lee co-hosted the last half.[1] It was the seventh time the awards were presented live in Las Vegas[1] and the first time they were held in the Grand Ballroom of Bally's Casino.[2]

Several other people were involved with the production of the ceremony. The live show was produced by Gary Todd, Mark Stone and Paul Fishbein. A VHS videotape of the show was also published and sold by VCA Pictures, which was produced by Anthony Devon and directed by Steven Austin.[1]

New Wave Hookers 2 was announced as the Best Selling Tape of 1991 while the Best Renting Tape of the year was The Masseuse.[1]

Critical reviews

High Society magazine termed the awards banquet "awesome."[3] Hot Videos Illustrated said, "As usual, the parade of stars attracted every hot body in Vegas, much to the approval of a horny audience."[4]

See also

Notes

^1 Ashley Nicole was announced as one of the four winners of the Best Sex Scene—Film category,[1] however, this was an error as she was not in the movie. The correct actress, Taylor Wane, was reported in Adult Video News[2] and Hot Videos Illustrated[4] magazines.

References

  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 Austin, Steven (Director) (1992). The 9th Annual Adult Video News Awards (videotape). Chatsworth, California, USA: VCA Pictures.
  2. 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 Ross, Gene (March 1992). "The Adult Video News Awards, 1992". Adult Video News. Vol. 7 no. 4. Upper Darby, Pennsylvania: AVN Publications, Inc. pp. 73–79. ISSN 0883-7090.
  3. 1 2 Reynolds, J. R. (August 1992). "Live Sex From Las Vegas". High Society. Vol. 17 no. 8. New York, New York: High Society Magazine. pp. 24–27. The Sahara Hotel was the site of the electronics show, while Bally's hosted the awesome awards banquet.
  4. 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 "Vegas Sex-cess!". EFG Showcase (Hot Videos Illustrated). New York, New York: Eton Publishing Co. October 1992. pp. 34–37.

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