14th AVN Awards explained

Number:14
Award:AVN Awards
Site:Riviera Hotel & Casino, Winchester, Nevada
Host:
Producer:Gary Miller
Director:Mark Stone
Best Picture:Bobby Sox (Best Film)
Most Wins:Shock (11)
Last:13th
Next:15th

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 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. 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.

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.

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.

Major awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger .[6]

Best FilmBest Shot-on-Video Feature
  • Bobby Sox
    • 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
  • Shock
    • 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 Confidential
    • Temple of Poon
    • Virgin Dreams
    • XXX
Best New Starlet
  • Missy
Male Performer of the YearFemale Performer of the Year
Best Actor—FilmBest Actress—Film
  • Melissa Hill, Penetrator 2: Grudge Day
    • Kaitlyn Ashley, Penetrator 2: Grudge Day
    • Christy Canyon, Oral Addiction
    • Christy Canyon, The Show
    • Melissa Hill, Dangerous Games
    • Melissa Hill, Dreams of Desire
    • Nicole London, Lust and Desire
    • Jenteal, Dangerous Games
    • Nikki Tyler, Bobby Sox
    • Stacy Valentine, Expose Me Again
Best Actor—VideoBest Actress—Video
Best Supporting Actor—FilmBest Supporting Actress—Film
Best Supporting Actor—VideoBest Supporting Actress—Video
  • Juli Ashton, Head Trip
    • Davia Ardell, Silver Screen Confidential
    • Juli Ashton, Twist of Fate
    • Sindee Coxx, XXX
    • Jenna Jameson, Hard Evidence
    • Kiss, Sue
Best Director—FilmBest Director—Video
Best Sex ComedyBest All-Sex Video
  • The Show
    • Best Butt in the West 2
    • Car Wash Angels
    • Gangbusters
    • Heinie's Heroes
    • Nightshift Nurses 2
    • Silver Screen Confidential
  • Fresh Meat 3
    • Beyond Reality
    • Dirty Tricks 2
    • Fresh Meat 2
    • Friends in Sex
    • SexHibition 2
Best Selling Tape of the Year Best Renting Tape of the Year
  • Shock
  • World's Biggest Gang Bang 2 (tie)
  • Shock
Best Gonzo TapeBest Gonzo Series
  • Buttman's Bend Over Babes 4
    • American Tushy
    • Anabolic World Sex Tour
    • Ben Dover's Alley Cats
    • Ben Dover's Fresh Cheeks
  • Butt Row
    • Anabolic World Sex Tour
    • Ben Dover
    • Buttman
    • Tom Byron's Cumback Pussy
Best Couples Sex Scene—FilmBest Couples Sex Scene—Video
  • Jenna Jameson, Vince Vouyer; Conquest
    • Ben Dover's Different Strokes
    • Ben Dover's Little Big Girls
    • Blue Saloon
    • Buttman's Bend Over Babes #4
    • Fresh Meat #2
Best All-Girl Sex Scene—FilmBest All-Girl Sex Scene—Video
  • Jill Kelly, Melissa Hill; Dreams of Desire
    • Lethal Affairs
    • Lunachick
    • Nightclub
    • Party House
    • Return Engagement
    • The Show
  • Caressa Savage, Missy, Misty Rain; Buttslammers: The Thirteenth
    • Anal Aristocrats
    • Buttslammers 12: Anal Madness
    • Everybody Wants Some
    • Frendz 2: Friendlier

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:

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:

Honorary AVN Awards

Special Achievement Awards

AVN Breakthrough Award

Presented to Steve Perry for Ben Dover series

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

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.

Presenters

Name(s)Role

Sasha Vinni
Laura Palmer
Lori Michaels
Gina LaMarca
Bionca
Sahara Sands 		Presenters of the awards for Best Couples Sex Scene—Film and Best Couples Sex Scene—Video
Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Film and Best Supporting Actress—Film

Barbie Angel
Shyla Foxxx
Morgan Fairlane 		Presenters of the award for Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video

Chi Chi LaRue
Richard Williams
Steve Hatcher
Sunset Thomas
Zach Thomas
Missy 		Presenters of the award for Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Film

Gene Ross
Jill Kelly
Taylor Hayes 		Presenters of the AVN Breakthrough Award, Best Renting Tape of the Year and Best Selling Tape of the Year

Lea Martini
Vicka 		Presenters of the Hot Video Award (Best European Release)

Stacy Valentine
Randy West
Tricia Devereaux
Coral Sands
Felicia 		Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Video and Best Supporting Actress—Video

Rocki Roads
Wet Man 		Presenters of the award for Most Outrageous Sex Scene

Shane
Yvonne
Rayveness
Felicia 		Presenters of the awards for Male Performer of the Year and Female Performer of the Year
Presenter of the AVN Special Achievement Awards
Announces winners in the winners-only segment
Presenter of the award for Best New Starlet

Shayla LaVeaux
Carolyn Monroe
Colt Steel
Jon Dough
Jenteal 		Presenters of the awards for Best Director—Video and Best Director—Film
Presenters of the awards for Best Actor—Video and Best Actress—Video
Presenters of the awards for Best Actress—Film and Best Actor—Film

Nicole London
Brittany O'Neill
Sean Ryder
Shelby Stevens 		Presenters of the awards for Best Gonzo Series and Best Gonzo Tape

Micky Lynn
Sindee Cox
Melissa Hill
Jonathan Morgan 		Presenters of the awards for Best Sex Comedy and Best All-Sex Video
Presenters of the awards for Best Shot-on-Video Feature and Best Film

Performers

Name(s) Role Performed

Serenity and Her Dancers 		Performer Opening number: “The World Sex Suite”
Host Standup comedy
Performers Bill Clinton impersonation
Performer Standup comedy segment

Serenity and Her Dancers
The Stingers 		Performer Musical number: “Thank Heaven for Grown-Up Girls”

Serenity and Her Dancers
The Stingers 		Performer Macarena spoof: “Cockeranal”

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.

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.

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. 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."

The ceremonies were published on VHS tape by VCA Pictures.[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 glamorous night in the adult industry."

See also

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Ross . Gene . Shock, Bobby Sox Dominate the 14th Annual AVN Awards Show. Adult Video News . Van Nuys, California. AVN Publications, Inc. . March 1997 . 13 . 3 . 20–69 . 0883-7090 .
  2. Paige . Cinnamon . Exxxtra! Exxxtra!. Adult Cinema Review . New York, New York . Princeton Publishing, Inc. . August 1998 . 16 . 8 . 6–10 . 0277-2914 .
  3. . Porn Vixens in Vegas!. . Sandy Hook, Connecticut . Paragon Publishing, Inc. . June 1998 . 22 . 6 . 26–29 . 0747-0819 .
  4. . The 1998 Adult Video News Awards!. . New York, New York . Crescent Publishing Group Inc. . August 1998 . 23 . 8 . 106–111 .
  5. Stone, Mark (Director) . 1997 . 1997 AVN Awards . videotape . .
  6. 1997 AVN. Swank's Video World . Paramus, New Jersey. Swank Publications, Inc. . June 1997 . 66–67 .
  7. Web site: AVN 1997 Awards Show . Recob . Den . August 25, 1997 . Cyberspace Adult Video Reviews . Denny Recob . 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 . 32 .

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