6th AVN Awards
Adult industry award ceremony in 1989
The 6th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN), took place on January 9, 1989,[ 1] Tropicana Hotel and Casino [ 2] Paradise, Nevada . During the ceremony, AVN Awards were presented in 41 categories, plus several extra awards, honoring pornographic films released between January 1, 1988, and December 31, 1988.[ 1]
Cat Woman , a shot-on-video feature, won the most awards, with five, while Best Film went to Pretty Peaches II , which won four awards.[ 2]
Winners and nominees
The nominees for the 6th AVN Awards were announced in the January 1989 issue of Adult Video News magazine.[ 1] Amanda by Night II , Portrait of an Affair and Pretty Peaches II , each had 10 nominations, the most for the year.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 9, 1989.
Awards
Aja, Best New Starlet winner Ona Zee , Best Actress—Feature Film winnerWinners are listed first, highlighted in boldface , and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
Best Feature Film
Best Shot-on-Video Feature
Pretty Peaches II[ 2] Amanda by Night II Deep Inside Trading Miami Spice II Portrait of an Affair [ 1]
Cat Woman [ 2] Addicted to Love Black Widow Case of the Sensuous Sinners The Final Taboo Ghostess with the Mostess Maxine Raw Talent III Sinners Taboo VI [ 1]
Best New Starlet
Best Actor—Gay Video
Kevin Glover, The Next Valentino ‡[ 2] Tom Brock, They Grow ‘Em Big
Randy Cochran, Making It Big
Steve Hammond, Touch Me
Jon Vincent , Heavenly [ 1]
Best Actor —Feature Film
Best Actress—Feature Film
Robert Bullock, Portrait of an Affair ‡[ 2]
Best Actor—Shot-on-Video Feature
Best Actress—Shot-on-Video Feature
Jon Martin, Case of the Sensuous Sinners ‡[ 2]
Barbara Dare , Naked Stranger [ 2] Tracey Adams , Talk Dirty To Me, Part VI Eva Allen, Ghostess with the Mostess
Champagne, Dreams in the Forbidden Zone
Nina Hartley , Taboo VI Angel Kelly , Addicted to Love Ariel Knight, Candy’s Little Sister Sugar
Porsche Lynn , Maxine Shanna McCullough , Babylon Pink II Laurie Smith, Sinners [ 1]
Best Supporting Actor —Feature Film
Best Supporting Actress—Feature Film
Best Supporting Actor—Shot-on-Video Feature
Best Supporting Actress—Shot-on-Video Feature
Jacqueline Lorians, Beauty and the Beast ‡[ 2]
Best Director—Feature Film
Best Director—Shot-on-Video Feature
John Leslie , Cat Woman [ 2] Alex de Renzy , Ghostess with the Mostess Scotty Fox , Case of the Sensuous Sinners Cecil Howard , Sinners Robert McCallum , Taboo VI Henri Pachard , Talk Dirty to Me, Part VI Jay Paul, Raw Talent III
Candida Royalle , Gloria Leonard , Per Sjostedt; Sensual Escape Anthony Spinelli , The Last Condom Paul Thomas , Addicted to Love [ 1]
Best Director—Bisexual Video
Best Director—Gay Video
Paul Norman, Bi and Beyond ‡[ 2] Richard Mailer, Switch Hitters III
Paul Norman, Bi and Beyond II [ 1]
Jim West, The Next Valentino ‡[ 2]
Best All-Sex Video
Best Compilation Tape
Angel Puss [ 2] Black Fox Caught from Behind 8 Dreams in the Forbidden Zone Matched Pairs [ 1]
Only the Best of Men's and Women's Fantasies [ 2] All My Best, Barbara The Big Sleazy Eroticism in Black Forbidden Worlds No Man’s Land Only the Best of Breasts Rachel Ryan [ 1]
Best Foreign Release
Best Specialty Tape
Devil in Mr. Holmes [ 2] Bored Games Cocktail Party Insatiable Janine Outrageous Games [ 1]
Loose Ends IV [ 2] Anal Pleasures Barbii Bound Caught from Behind 8 Loose Ends V [ 1]
Best Softcore Film
Best Made-for-Video Softcore Release
Playboy Playmate Calendar—1989[ 2] Drive-in Matinee Encounters III Sheer Heaven Sizzling Spring Break Girls [ 1]
Best Bisexual Video
Best Gay Video
Bi and Beyond [ 2] Bi and Beyond II Split Decision Switch Hitters III [ 1]
Touch Me [ 2] Minute Man, Series 3 The Next Valentino Northwest Passage Top Man [ 1]
Best Featurette Tape (Series)
Best Selling/Renting Adult Tapes of the Year
Star Director's Series—Sensual Escape ‡[ 2] Parliament Video Magazine LineTeasers Home Video—First 6 Vol.[ 1]
Plaques were awarded for Best Selling Adult Tape of the Year to Miami Spice II Devil in Mr. Holmes [ 2]
Best Non-Sexual Performance
Best Sex Scene—Feature Film
Jose Duval, Pillowman ‡[ 2]
Best Sex Scene—Shot-on-Video Feature (Couple)
Best Sex Scene—Shot-on-Video Feature (Group)
Nina Hartley , Richard Pacheco ; Sensual Escape [ 2] Angel Kelly , Joey Silvera ; Addicted to Love Janette Littledove, Buck Adams ; Amorous Adventures of Littledove
Kathleen Jentry, Joey Silvera; Bar scene, Cat Woman
Kathleen Jentry, John Stagliano ; Dance Fire
Eva Allen, Tom Byron ; Ghostess with the Mostess
Barbara Dare , Tom Byron; Naked Stranger Alicia Monet, Joey Silvera; Suzie Superstar—The Search Continues
Nina Hartley, Joey Silvera; Taboo VI
Samantha Strong, Mike Horner; Watch Me Sparkle [ 1]
Aja, Dana Lynn, Lisa Bright, Blake Palmer, Joey Silvera ; Seance/orgy scene, Ghostess with the Mostess ‡[ 2] Shanna McCullough , Peter North , Tom Byron , Joey Silvera; Angel Puss Trinity Loren, Nina DePonca, Shane Hunter; Dream sequence, Dreams in the Forbidden Zone
Shanna McCullough, Ariel Knight, John Leslie ; Dy Nasty
Stephanie Rage, Damien Cashmere, bikers; Heiress
Shanna McCullough, Mike Horner, Megan Leigh; Love Lies
Stephanie Rage, Ona Zee , Rick Savage; Raw Talent III
Jerry Butler , others; Subway sequence, Raw Talent III Barbara Dare , Jennifer Miles, Stephen Ray; Sex in Dangerous Places Aja, Peter North, Trinity Loren; Surfside Sex [ 1]
Best Screenplay—Feature Film
Best Screenplay—Shot-on-video Feature
Mark Weiss, John Leslie ; Cat Woman ‡[ 2] Mark Cushman, Paul Thomas ; Addicted to Love
Paul Thomas, Black Widow
Cash Markman , Chad Randolph; Case of the Sensuous Sinners Michelle Stevens, The Final Taboo
John Leslie, Goin’ Down Slow
Guy Strangeways, Invasion of the Samurai Sluts from Hell
Michael Ellis, The Last Condom
Joyce Snyder, Raw Talent III
Anne Randall, Sinners [ 1]
Best Art Direction
Best Musical Score
Maxine [ 2] Dreams in the Forbidden Zone Miami Spice II Pillowman Sinners [ 1]
Taboo VI [ 2] Cabaret Sin Dreams in the Forbidden Zone Hawaii Vice Sensual Escape [ 1]
Best Film Editing
Best Video Editing
Alex de Renzy , Pretty Peaches II[ 2] Lucas Tele Productions, Amanda by Night II
Giorgio Grande, Devil in Mr. Holmes
Leon Gucci, Head Waitress
David Marsh, Miami Spice [ 1]
John Leslie , Cat Woman [ 2] Michael Cates, Addicted to Love
Gerard Damiano , Paula Damiano; Candy’s Little Sister Sugar James MacReading, Dreams in the Forbidden Zone
Alex de Renzy , Ghostess with the Mostess Marshall Dylan, Hard Core Cafe
Arthur King, Maxine
Adam Della, Pacific Intrigue
John Leslie, Pillowman
Gloria Leonard , James MacReading, Per Sjostedt; Sensual Escape [ 1]
Best Cinematography
Best Videography
Mr. Ed, Miami Spice II ‡[ 2]
Best Boxcover Concept
Best Overall Marketing Campaign
Screwdriver , Coast to Coast Video[ 2] Amateur Night , Coast to Coast VideoBroadway Brat , Vivid Video Conflict , VidcoHawaii Vice , CDI Home VideoHeiress , Vivid VideoLast Temptations of Kristi , Moonlight EntertainmentLoose Ends V , 4-Play VideoMiami Spice II , Caballero Home Video Where the Boys Aren’t , Vivid Video[ 1]
Hawaii Vice , CDI Home Video[ 2] Angel’s Back , Intropics VideoArrow Sell-Through Program, Arrow Films & Video
Caballero Sell-Through Program, Caballero Home Video
Conflict , VidcoDevil in Mr. Holmes , Paradise VisualsGood Morning Saigon , Zane Entertainment Group Loose Ends V , 4-Play VideoVCA Sell-Through Program, VCA Pictures
Vidway's Debut, Vidway[ 1]
Best Packaging
Best Packaging—Gay Vide
Broadway Brat , Vivid Video [ 2] Back to Rears , Vivid VideoDebbie 4 Hire , AVCThe Final Taboo , Caballero Home Video Hawaii Vice , CDI Home VideoHeiress , Vivid VideoJamie Loves Jeff , Vivid VideoMiami Spice II , Caballero Home VideoScrewdriver , Coast to Coast VideoSex Lies , Fantasy Home Video[ 1]
In the Raw , In Hand Video[ 2] In the Black , In Hand VideoMannequin Man , Vivid VideoMy Best Buddy , Catalina VideoRanch Hand , In Hand VideoThe Rites of Summer , Vivid Video Streaks , In Hand VideoStryker Force , Huge VideoSuperhunks , Vivid VideoTaxi , In Hand Video[ 1]
Honorary AVN Awards
Special Achievement Award
AVN Special Achievement Awards were given to three industry members for their legal battles:
Marty Rothstein of Model Distributors
Steve Touchin of Bijou Video
Hal Freeman of Hollywood Video[ 2]
Hall of Fame
AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1989 were: Annette Haven , Tracey Adams , Nina Hartley , Sharon Mitchell , Amber Lynn , Paul Thomas , Alex de Renzy , Henri Pachard .[ 2] Adult Video News
Multiple nominations and awards
The following movies received the most nominations:
Nominations
Film
10
Amanda by Night II
Portrait of an Affair
Pretty Peaches II
9
Miami Spice II
8
Addicted to Love
Sensual Escape
7
Cat Woman
Dreams in the Forbidden Zone
Raw Talent III
Sinners
Taboo VI
6
Case of the Sensuous Sinners
Deep Inside Trading
Ghostess with the Mostess
Maxine
4
Hawaii Vice
Pillowman
The following nine movies received multiple awards:
Awards
Film
5
Cat Woman
4
Pretty Peaches II
3
Portrait of an Affair
Sensual Escape
2
Amanda by Night II
Bi and Beyond
Devil in Mr. Holmes
Miami Spice II
The Next Valentino
The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters
Among those presenting awards were: Samantha Strong, Angel Kelly , Tom Steele,[ 3] Megan Leigh and Jerry Butler .[ 4]
Actor John Leslie opened the show by singing and playing harmonica.[ 4] [ 2]
This was the fourth live AVN awards show (there was no show the first two years), and at the time, was the last show still known as the "AVNA Awards" show. It was also the first one that charged admission, with profits going to the Adult Video Association for a legal cause. The event ran 110 minutes.[ 2]
Hustler [ 4]
Plaques were awarded for Best Selling Adult Tape of the Year to Miami Spice II and for Best Renting Adult Tape of the Year to Devil in Mr. Holmes .[ 2]
See also
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar "The 1988 Adult Video News Awards". Adult Video News 64– 80. ISSN 0883-7090 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw "Huge Crowd Attends AVN Awards Bash". Adult Video News ISSN 0883-7090 . ^ Caits, Bill (March 1989). "1988 Adult Video News Awards—The Sights & Sounds". Adult Video News 38– 39. ISSN 0883-7090 . ^ a b c MacDonell, Allan (June 1989). "Wired for Sex: Jizz Biz Shines at Annual Consumer Electronics Show". Hustler Larry Flynt Publications . p. 112.
Bibliography
"Red-Hot Uncoverage of the Stars in Vegas!". Cinema Blue . United States. July 1989. p. 6. "Who Won What: The Adult Video News Awards". Erotic X-Film Guide . Vol. 7, no. 7. United States. July 1989. p. 15.
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