8th AVN Awards explained

Number:8
Award:AVN Awards
Site:Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Paradise, Nevada
Host:Tom Byron[1]
Best Picture:House of Dreams (Best Film)
Most Wins:House of Dreams (7)
Last:7th
Next:9th

The 8th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN) took place on January 12, 1991, at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Paradise, Nevada.[2] During the ceremony, AVN Awards were presented in 60 categories honoring pornographic films released the previous year in the United States. The ceremony was videotaped for later pay-per-view broadcast. Actor Tom Byron hosted with seven co-hosts throughout the show.[3]

House of Dreams won seven awards, the most of any feature, including Best Film. Other winners included Beauty and the Beast, Part 2 with five awards, while gay movie More Of A Man took four. Three movies took three awards: The Last X-Rated Movie, The Masseuse and Pretty Peaches 3, while Buttman’s Ultimate Workout and The Rise each won two trophies.[4]

Winners and nominees

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 12, 1991. Besides being named Best Film, House of Dreams also won Best Director—Film for Andrew Blake and the Best Sex Scene in a Film Award.

Major awards

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

Best FilmBest Shot-on-Video Feature
  • Beauty and the Beast, Part 2
    • All That Sex
    • Fantasy Nights
    • Forbidden Games
    • The Last X-Rated Movie
    • Never Enough
    • The New Barbarians I & II
    • Out For Blood
    • Shadow Dancers I & II
    • Steal Breeze
    • Strange Curves
    • A Touch of Gold
Best Actor—FilmBest Actress—Film
Best New StarletBest Actress—Video
Best Supporting Actor—FilmBest Supporting Actress—Film
Best Supporting Actor—VideoBest Supporting Actress—Video
  • Nina Hartley, The Last X-Rated Movie
    • Lauren Brice, Shadow Dancers I & II
    • Sabrina Dawn, Beauty and the Beast, Part 2
    • Patricia Kennedy, Steal Breeze
    • Sharon Mitchell, The Last X-Rated Movie
    • Samantha Strong, Fantasy Nights
    • Susan Vegas, All the Right Motions
Best Director—FilmBest Director—Shot-on-Video Feature
Best All-Sex FeatureBest All-Girl Video
  • Buttman's Ultimate Workout
    • Bend Over Babes
    • Buttman Goes to Rio
    • Sporting Illustrated
    • Total Reball
    • Unauthorized Biography of Rob Blow
  • Ghost Lusters
    • Anal Annie’s All-Girl Escort Service
    • Cat Lickers
    • Girls Gone Bad 2: The Breakout
    • Kittens
    • Rock Me
    • Wet ’n Working
    • Where The Boys Aren’t 3
Best Specialty Tape—Big BustBest Specialty Tape—Bondage
  • Breast of Britain #8
    • Breast of Britain #10
    • Breaststroke 3
    • Girls of Double D XII
    • Tit Tales
  • House of Dark Dreams I & II
    • The Challenge
    • Daddy Gets Punished
    • Face of Fear
    • Journey Into Submission
    • Nancy Crew Meets Dr. Friedenstein
    • Tantala’s Fat Rack
    • Warehouse Slaves Discipline
Best Selling Tape of 1990Best Renting Tape of 1990
  • House of Dreams
Best Sex Scene—FilmBest Video Sex Scene—Couple
  • Victoria Paris, Randy West; Beauty and the Beast 2
    • Chantelle, John Stagliano; Bend Over Babes
    • Debi Diamond, T. T. Boy; Caught From Behind 13
    • Eric Edwards, Brandy Alexandre; Making Tracks
    • Joey Silvera, Sabrina Dawn; Never Enough
    • Tori Welles, Eric Price; Out For Blood
    • Victoria Paris, Jerry Butler; Sam’s Fantasy
    • Sabrina Dawn, Joey Silvera; Swedish Erotica Featurettes IV
    • Ashlyn Gere, Randy West; Total Reball
    • Sunny McKay, Randy West; A Touch of Gold
Best Video Group Sex SceneBest All-Girl Video Sex Scene
  • Sunny McKay, Alexandria Quinn, Rocco Siffredi; Buttman's Ultimate Workout
    • Sabrina Dawn, Rachel Ryan, Randy Spears; Beauty and the Beast, Part 2
    • Debi Diamond, Blake Palmer, James Lewis, Tom Byron, T. T. Boy; Between the Cheeks 2
    • Ashlyn Gere, Selena Steele, Tom Byron; The Last Resort
    • Debi Diamond, Buck Adams, Sean Michaels, T. T. Boy, 2 more guys; Nasty Girls
    • Casey Williams, Ashley Dunne, Randy West, Joey Silvera; Sexual Intent
    • Bridgette Monroe, Randy West, Sabrina Dawn; Trick Tracey
  • Victoria Paris, Sabrina Dawn; The New Barbarians
    • Victoria Paris, Sabrina Dawn; Beauty and the Beast, Part 2
    • Tianna, Lois Ayres; Between the Cheeks 2
    • Madison, Angela Summers; Cat Lickers
    • Tianna, Bionca, Victoria Paris; Ghost Lusters
    • Alice Springs, Barbara Dare; L. A. Stories
    • Cassandra Dark, Alexandria Quinn; Rock Me
    • Niki Wilde, Celia Young, Champagne; Wet ’n Working

Additional award winners

These awards were also presented at the awards show:

Honorary AVN Awards

Special Achievement Award

Hall of Fame

AVN Hall of Fame inductees for 1991 were: Barbara Dare, Christy Canyon, Randy West, Tom Byron, Hyapatia Lee, Shanna McCullough, Sharon Kane, Eric Edwards, Jim and Artie Mitchell

Multiple nominations and awards

The following eight movies received multiple awards:

Presenters and performers

The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed music or comedy. The show's trophy girl was Alexandria Quinn.

Presenters

Name(s)Role

and two actresses 		Presenters of the award for Best All-Girl Video

Wayne Summers
Cheri Taylor 		Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actress—Film and Best Supporting Actor—Film

and two actresses 		Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actress—Video Feature and Best Supporting Actor—Video Feature

Holly Ryder 		Presenters of the award for Best All-Sex Tape
Presenter of the awards for Best Renting Tape of 1990 and Best Selling Tape of 1990
Presenters of the AVN Hall of Fame honors

Victoria Paris 		Presenters of the award for Best New Starlet

Jose Duval 		Presenters of the award for Best Director—Film

Danielle Rogers 		Presenters of the award for Best Director—Shot-on-Video Feature
Presenters of the awards for Best Specialty Tape—Bondage, Best Specialty Tape—Big Bust, Best Sex Scene—Film, Best All-Girl Video Sex Scene and Best Group Sex Scene—Video

Madison 		Presenters of the award for Best Video Sex Scene—Couple
Presenter of the award for Best Actress—Video Feature
Presenters of the award for Best Film

Missy 		Presenters of the award for Best Shot-on-Video Feature

Performers

Name(s) Role Performed
Performers Musical numbers
Performer Opening number: “I Just Wanna Make Love To You”
Performer Standup comedy
Performer Musical number: “Me So Horny”

Ceremony information

Actor Tom Byron hosted the show for the first time. He had several co-hosts: Jeanna Fine in Part 1, Nina Hartley and Gloria Leonard for the Hall of Fame entrants portion, Ashlyn Gere and Chi Chi LaRue for the next portion and Britt Morgan and Rick Savage for the final awards.

The show was videotaped for later pay-per-view broadcast and a VHS video release by VCA Pictures.

House of Dreams was announced as the Best Selling Tape of 1990 while Pretty Peaches 3 was announced as the Best Renting Tape of 1990.

Critical reviews

Inside X-Rated Video called the awards show “marvelous” and more tranquil than the Consumer Electronics Show, which many adult entertainment companies had booths at.

See also

Notes

The AVN Awards Show Official Program says Bi and Beyond V was the nominee in the Best Director—Bisexual Video category. However, AVN magazine, in listing the show's award winners, had Bi and Beyond IV as the winner. There is no record of which is the typographical error. Both movies were released in 1990, so either could be correct.

External links

Notes and References

  1. 1991 . The 8th Annual Adult Video News Awards . videotape . .
  2. . The 1991 Adult Video News Awards Show . Official Program . Upper Darby, Pennsylvania . AVN Publications, Inc. . January 12, 1991 .
  3. Ross . Gene . Sights & Sounds at the 1991 AVN Awards. Adult Video News . Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. AVN Publications, Inc. . March 1991 . 6 . 4 . 34–35. 0883-7090 .
  4. The 1991 Adult Video News Awards Winners . Adult Video News . Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. AVN Publications, Inc. . March 1991 . 6 . 4 . 33 . 0883-7090 .
  5. Jarvis . William Henry . The Jarvis Report . Velvet Presents: Inside X-Rated Video . United States . October 1991 . 68–69 .

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