12th AVN Awards explained

Number:12
Award:AVN Awards
Site:Bally's Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada
Host:
Producer:Gary Miller
Director:Mark Stone
Best Picture:Sex (Best Film)
Most Wins:Sex (9)
Most Nominations:
  • Dog Walker (14)
  • Sex (14, tie)
Last:11th
Next:13th

The 12th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN) took place on January 7, 1995, at Bally's Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada beginning at 7:45 p.m. PST / 10:45 p.m. EST.[2] During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards (commonly referred to as the Oscars of porn)[3] [4] in 89 categories honoring the movies released during the period December 1, 1993 to November 30, 1994. The ceremony was produced by Gary Miller, Mark Stone and Marco Polo.[5] Actor Steven St. Croix hosted the show for the first time, with co-hosts Dyanna Lauren and Tera Heart.

Michael Ninn's Sex won nine awards, including Best Film. Other winners included Dog Walker and Shame with five each. Flashpoint and Idol Country were the top gay movies with four trophies apiece.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 12th AVN Awards were announced at the AVN nominations luncheon 30 days prior to the awards ceremony. Dog Walker and Michael Ninn's Sex earned the most nominations with fourteen. They were the most nominated movies since the awards began in 1984. Shame, an avant-garde western, earned ten nominations while Body & Soul and The Dinner Party had nine apiece.

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 7, 1995. John Leslie won best director in both the film and the video categories, the first time that had happened. He joined previous winners Cecil Howard and Henri Pachard as the only people to have won three best director awards. Ashlyn Gere won Best Actress in both the film and the video categories, just as she had done two years earlier. Asia Carrera became the first person to win the AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year in her first year in the industry. Kylie Ireland was crowned Starlet of the Year.[6] [7]

Major awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger .[8] [9]

Best FilmBest Shot-on-Video Feature
  • Sex
    • Bonny & Clyde 3 & 4
    • Climax 2000
    • Dog Walker
    • Erotika
    • Hustlers
    • Masseuse 2
    • No Motive
    • Steamy Windows
    • The Swap, Part 2
    • Up and Cummers the Movie
    • Who Killed Holly Hollywood?
  • Shame
    • Babewatch
    • Bad Girls 1 & 2
    • Bad Habits
    • Body and Soul
    • Blondage
    • The Face
    • Flesh for Fantasy
    • Jailhouse Cock
    • Pleasure Dome
    • R&R
    • Tommyknockers
    • Western Nights
Female Performer of the Year
  • Asia Carrera
Male Performer of the YearBest New Starlet
Best Actor—FilmBest Actress—Film
  • Buck Adams, No Motive
    • Buck Adams, Climax 2000
    • Buck Adams, Hustlers
    • Jon Dough, Affairs of the Heart
    • Jon Dough, The Swap Part 2
    • Jonathan Morgan, Who Killed Holly Hollywood?
    • Gerry Pike, Sex
    • Steven St. Croix, Dog Walker
    • Marc Wallice, The Swap Part 2
Best Actor—VideoBest Actress—Video
Best Supporting Actor—FilmBest Supporting Actress—Film
Best Supporting Actor—VideoBest Supporting Actress—Video
  • Jonathan Morgan, The Face
    • Mark Davis, Bad Habits
    • Nick East, Jailhouse Cock
    • Mike Horner, Body of Love
    • Jake Williams, Wendy Whoppers is the... Ninja CPA
    • Steven St. Croix
  • Kaitlyn Ashley, Shame
    • Kylie Ireland, Western Nights
    • Jasper, Paging Betty
    • Alex Jordan, Body and Soul
    • Tina Tyler, Big Town
    • Kelly Royce, The Face
    • Kelly Royce, The Girl in Room 69
Best Director—FilmBest Director—Video
Best All-Sex FilmBest All-Sex Video
  • The Dinner Party
  • Takin' it to the Limit 1 & 2
    • Anal Diary of Misty Rain
    • Beauties in Paradise
    • Pussyman 5 & 6
    • Virgin Treasures 1 & 2
Best Selling Tape of the Year Best Renting Tape of the Year
  • John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut
    • Blondage
    • Dog Walker
    • Sex
    • Up and Cummers the Movie
  • John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut
Best European Release (Hot Vidéo Award)Best Continuing Video Series
  • Le parfum de Mathilde (Mathilde's Perfume), France
    • Il Guardaspalle (Rocco Is The Bodyguard), Italy
  • Private Video Magazine
    • Breastman
    • Buttman
    • Pussyman
    • Sleaze Pleaze
    • Sodomania
    • Strap-on Sally
    • The Wonderful World of Wendy Whoppers
Best Couples Sex Scene—FilmBest Couples Sex Scene—Video
Most Outrageous Sex Scene
  • Bionca, Debi Diamond, Tammi Ann; the 'motor oil' scene, Depraved Fantasies
    • Annabel Chong, Marc Wallice, Ron Jeremy, Tom Byron, one more guy; quadruple penetration scene, Annabel Chong Anal Queen
    • Angela Summers, Bionca, Debi Diamond, Kaylan Nicole, Shayla LaVeaux, Summer Knight, Tiffany Mynx; the ass tasting contest, Stripper Nurses
    • Alexis Payne, Sydney Dance, Tom Byron; Tom Byron taking it anally, Takin' It to the Limit
    • Toilets on parade scene, Up and Cummers the Movie
Best Group Sex Scene—VideoBest All-Girl Sex Scene—Video
  • Lacy Rose, Leena, Alex Sanders, Tony Martino, Gerry Pike; Pussyman 5: Captive Audience
    • Janine Lindemulder, Debi Diamond, Asia Carrera, Tony Tedeschi, Alex Sanders; Bad Girls: Lockdown
    • Sara, Jessica, Gladys, Felipe, Rocco Siffredi; Bend Over Brazilian Babes 2
    • Nikki Sinn, Nick East, London Tomlin; Strippers Inc.
    • Brittania, Erika Bella, Kathy Kash, Kitty Yung, Sidonie Lamour, Alberto Rey, David Perry, Frank Gun; the closing orgy, Virgin Treasures
    • Krysti Lynn, Sheena, Guy DiSilva, Tim Lake; Buttman's Inferno

Additional award winners

These awards were also announced at the awards show, in two winners-only segments read by T. T. Boy, Dyanna Lauren and Tera Heart. Some of the gay awards were announced by Gender and Chris Green.

GAY AWARDS:[11]

Honorary AVN Awards

Special Achievement Award

Hall of Fame

AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1995 were: Robert Bullock, Karen Dior, Chi Chi LaRue, Scotty Fox, Ryan Idol, Sean Michaels, Kelly Nichols, Nikki Randall, Jim South, Sheri St. Clair, Samantha Strong

Multiple nominations and awards

The following five movies received the most nominations:

NominationsMovie
14Dog Walker
Sex
10Shame
9Body & Soul
The Dinner Party

The following ten movies received multiple awards:

AwardsFilm
9Sex
5Dog Walker
Shame
4Flashpoint
Idol Country
3John Wayne Bobbitt: Uncut
Revenge of the Bi Dolls
2Body & Soul
The Dinner Party
The Face

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers or magical acts. The show's trophy girls were Lexus Locklear and Lisa Ann.

Presenters

Name(s)Role

Asia Carrera
Ashlyn Gere
Colt Steele
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress—Video
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor—Video

Mark Davis
Alex Sanders
Krysti Lynn
Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actress—Film and Best Supporting Actor—Film
Presenters of the awards for Best Group Sex Scene—Video and Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video
Announced first winners-only segment

Gender
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor—Gay Video

Wendy Whoppers
Lisa Lipps
Tonisha Mills
Chasey Lain
Sindee Cox
Presenters of the awards for Best Selling Tape, Best Renting Tape and the first Special Achievement Award

Persia
Lana Sands
Presenters of the awards for Best Couples Sex Scene—Film, Best Couples Sex Scene—Video and Most Outrageous Sex Scene
Announced the Hall of Fame inductees

Rebecca Lord
N'J De Bahia
Presenters of the Hot Vidéo Award for Best European Release
Presenters of the award for Best Continuing Video Series
Presenters of the awards for Male Performer of the Year and Female Performer of the Year
Presenter of the second Special Achievement Award
Announced second winners-only segment
Presenter of the award for Best New Starlet

Tera Heart
Presenters of the award for Best Director—Video

Lilli Xene
Ariana
Presenters of the award for Best Director—Film
Presenters of the awards for Best Actor—Film and Best Actress—Film

Kaylan Nicole
Sunset Thomas
J. R. Carrington
Presenters of the awards for Best Actor—Video and Best Actress—Video

Shane
Jake Williams
Celeste
Sarah Jane Hamilton
Presenters of the awards for Best All-Sex Video and Best All-Sex Film

Nina Hartley
Shanna McCullough
Juli Ashton
Lacy Rose
Presenters of the award for Best Shot-on-Video Feature

Tera Heart
Presenters of the award for Best Film

Performers

Name(s) Role Performed

Déjà Vu Dreamgirls
La Raf
The Stingers
Performers Opening number: "The Show Must Go Off"

and dozens more
Performers "Great Moments in Adult History" video montage
Performers Magic act

Dyanna Lauren
The Stingers
Performers Closing number: "Nasty"

Ceremony information

Actor Steven St. Croix hosted the show for the first time following a three-year stint by actor Randy West. His co-host for the first half of the show was Dyanna Lauren while Tera Heart co-hosted the last half of the show.

Midway through the show, AVN executive editor Gene Ross introduced a montage of scenes of humorous moments from a variety of movies, "Great Moments in Adult Video History", featuring actor Randy West and dozens of others.

Several other people were involved with the production of the ceremony. Gary Miller and Mark Stone served as producer and director for the show while Marco Polo served as director of the broadcast. Stone also served as musical director.

There were several new categories for this year's awards show, including: Best Ethnic-Themed Video, Best Special Effects, the Hot Vidéo Award (Best European Release), Most Outrageous Sex Scene and a couple more awards in gay categories.

John Wayne Bobbitt: Uncut was announced as the movie with the most sales and also the most rentals over the 12 months.

A VHS videotape of the show was also published and sold by VCA Pictures, which had hardcore clips of the winning movies interspersed with the awards presentations. A softcore version was made available on VHS for promotional purposes by NightVision.[12]

Critical reception

The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Erotic X-Film Guide called the show "a gala, star-studded event equal in glitz and glamor to any mainstream film awards show". However, Oui magazine and Adult Cinema Review said the video montage didn't work and some of the other entertainment was long, boring and tedious.

In Memoriam

AVN publisher Paul Fishbein shared a moment of remembrance for industry performers who died over the past 12 months:

See also

Notes

The wrong winner was announced at the show. Adult Video News magazine corrected the mistake: "A program misprint and the fact that Tammi Ann's name was inadvertently dropped, might have caused some confusion in this category. Buttslammers 3 was announced from the program dais, however Buttslammers 4 is the official winner."

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Ross . Gene . Star Light, Star Bright, First Star We See Tonight.... Adult Video News . Los Angeles, California. AVN Publications, Inc. . March 1995 . 10 . 3 . 24–82 . 0883-7090 .
  2. Verlaine . Marc . East . Nick . Vegas Vice!. Erotic X-Film Guide . New York, New York. Eton Publishing Co., Inc. . July 1995 . 44–45 .
  3. Tsang . Michael . Ferguson . Bob . Sex on the Strip 3. High Society . New York, New York. Crescent Publishing Group . July 1995 . 20 . 7 . 72–77 . 1075-0800.
  4. B. . J. . It's Showtime! . New Rave . Beverly Hills, California. AmLon Publishing Group, Inc. . May 1995 . 1 . 9 . 28–32 .
  5. Stone, Mark (Director) . 1995 . The 12th Annual AVN Awards Show . videotape . .
  6. Verlaine . Marc . Verducci . Guido . Kylie Ireland: From Second String Sex Kitten To Starlet Of The Year!. Erotic X-Film Guide . New York, New York. Eton Publishing Co., Inc. . July 1995 . 14–17 .
  7. Tang . Warren . Adult Video Awards Best New Starlet Kylie Ireland. Cheri . New York, New York. Cheri Magazine, Inc. . July 1995 . 19 . 13 . 36–43. 1059-7131 .
  8. Roark . Howard . Porn Invades Sin City. Oui . New York, New York. Laurent Publishing, Ltd. . May 1995 . 26 . 5 . 20–30 .
  9. Roark . Howard . Porn Invades Sin City! . Adult Cinema Review . New York, New York. Adult Movie Review, Inc. . June 1995 . 13 . 5 . 38–43 .
  10. Ross . Gene . Star Light, Star Bright, First Star We See Tonight.... Adult Video News . Los Angeles, California. AVN Publications, Inc. . March 1995 . 10 . 3 . 54 . 0883-7090 . A program misprint and the fact that Tammi Ann's name was inadvertently dropped, might have caused some confusion in this category. Buttslammers 3 was announced from the program dais, however Buttslammers 4 is the official winner. .
  11. Skee . Mickey . Road Trip Love Stories Take Top Gay Honors . Adult Video News . Los Angeles, California. AVN Publications, Inc. . March 1995 . 10 . 3 . 82–83 . 0883-7090 .
  12. DeMercurio, Marco (Director) . 1995 . The 12th Annual AVN Awards Show . videotape . NightVision .