The 18th AVN Awards ceremony, presented by Adult Video News (AVN), took place January 8, 2001 at the Venetian Hotel Grand Ballroom, at Paradise, Nevada, U.S.A.[3] During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 77 categories honoring the best pornographic films released between Oct. 1, 1999 and Sept. 30, 2000. The ceremony was produced by Gary Miller and directed by Mark Stone.[2] Adult film star Jenna Jameson[1] hosted the show for the second time.
| 18th AVN Awards | |
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 DVD cover art of the recording of the 18th AVN Awards. | |
| Date | January 8, 2001 |
| Site | The Venetian Las Vegas at Paradise, Nevada, U.S.A. |
| Hosted by | Jenna Jameson[1][2] |
| Preshow hosts | Chi Chi LaRue[2] |
| Produced by | Gary Miller[2] |
| Directed by | Mark Stone[2] |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Watchers (Best Film) |
| Most awards | Dark Angels (6) |
| Most nominations | Dream Quest (20) |
The year's biggest winner was Dark Angels with six awards, including best Video Feature and Best Director—Video for Nic Andrews, however, Watchers won for Best Film while capturing three additional trophies. Other multiple winners included: Les Vampyres with five awards, Dream Quest with four and Raw and West Side each with three.[3]
Winners and nominees
editThe nominees[4] for the 19th AVN Awards were announced in November 2000. Dream Quest led the way with 20, followed by Watchers with 18, Les Vampyres with 17, West Side with 16, Raw with 15, Dark Angels with 14, Jekyll and Hyde with 12 and A Midsummer Night's Cream, Artemesia and In the Days of Whore with 10 apiece.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 8, 2001.[3]
Major awards
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Winners[1][2] are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
| Best Film | Best Video Feature |
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| Best DVD | Best New Starlet |
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| Male Performer of the Year | Female Performer of the Year |
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| Best Actor—Film | Best Actress—Film |
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| Best Actor—Video | Best Actress—Video |
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| Best Director—Film | Best Director—Video |
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| Best Supporting Actress—Video | Best Sex Comedy |
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| Top Selling Tape | Top Renting Tape |
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| Hot Video Award (Best U.S. Release in France) | Best Foreign Release |
| Best All-Sex Film | Best All-Sex Video |
| Best Gonzo Release | Best Gonzo Series |
| Best Ethnic-Themed Series | Best Sex Scene in a Foreign Release |
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| Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Film | Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video |
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| Best Couples Sex Scene—Film | Best Couples Sex Scene—Video |
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Additional Award Winners
edit- Best All-Girl Feature: Hard Love/How to Fuck in High Heels
- Best All-Girl Series: The Violation of...
- Best Alternative Video: Dream Girls: Real Adventures 18
- Best Anal Sex Scene—Film: Randy Spears, Inari Vachs; Façade
- Best Anal Sex Scene—Video: "Kristi Myst's Anal Gang Bang" (Kristy Myst, Anthony Crane, Arnold Schwartzenpecker, Brandon Iron, Brian Surewood, Dick Nasty, Gino Greco, John Strong, Rod Fontana, Trevor Thompson, Valentino), In the Days of Whore
- Best Anal-Themed Feature: Rocco's True Anal Stories 11
- Best Anal-Themed Series: Rocco's True Anal Stories
- Best Art Direction—Film: Jekyll and Hyde
- Best Art Direction—Video: Shayla's Web
- Best Box Cover Concept: Les Vampyres, Cal Vista Films/Metro
- Best Cinematography: Ralph Parfait, Jake Jacobs; Dream Quest
- Best Classic Release on DVD: Chameleons Not the Sequel
- Best Continuing Video Series: Pick Up Lines, Hollywood Hardcore (tie)
- Best Director—Foreign Release: Tanya Hyde; Hell, Whores and High Heels (Pirate Video 10)
- Best DVD Extras: All Star
- Best Editing—Film: Michael Raven, Sammy Slater; Watchers
- Best Editing—Video: Nic Andrews, Dark Angels
- Best Ethnic-Themed Release: Panochitas 5
- Best Foreign Vignette Series: Private XXX
- Best Foreign Vignette Tape: Hell, Whores and High Heels (Pirate Video 10)
- Best Group Sex Scene—Film: Violet Luv, Wendi Knight, Brandon Iron; Les Vampyres
- Best Group Sex Scene—Video: Hakan Serbes, Alisha Klass, McKayla Matthews; Mission to Uranus
- Best Interactive DVD: Virtual Sex With Tera Patrick
- Best Music: Derik Andrews, Inversion 89; Dark Angels[1][3]
- Best Non-Sex Performance—Film or Video: Rob Spallone, The Sopornos
- Best Oral-Themed Feature: Blowjob Adventures of Dr. Fellatio 26
- Best Oral-Themed Series: Blowjob Adventures of Dr. Fellatio
- Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Company Image: Vivid Entertainment Group
- Best Overall Marketing Campaign—Individual Title or Series: Les Vampyres, Cal Vista Films/Metro
- Best Packaging: Dream Quest, Wicked Pictures
- Best Pro-Am or Amateur Series: Up and Cummers
- Best Pro-Am or Amateur Tape: California College Student Bodies 16
- Best Screenplay—Film: Michael Raven, George Kaplan; Watchers
- Best Screenplay—Video: Antonio Passolini, Raw
- Best Solo Sex Scene: Devinn Lane, In Style
- Best Special Effects: Intimate Expressions
- Best Specialty Tape—Bondage and S/M: Humiliation of Heidi
- Best Specialty Tape—Big Bust: Harem Hooters
- Best Specialty Tape—Other Genre: Barefoot Confidential 8
- Best Specialty Tape—Spanking: Public Canings
- Best Supporting Actor—Film: Randy Spears, Watchers
- Best Supporting Actor—Video: Wilde Oscar, West Side
- Best Supporting Actress—Film: Chloe, True Blue
- Best Tease Performance: Jessica Drake, Shayla's Web
- Best Transsexual Tape: Rogue Adventures: Big Ass She-Males 7
- Best Videography: Nic Andrews, Jake Jacobs; Dark Angels
- Best Vignette Tape: Terrors From the Clit 2
- Best Vignette Series: Perverted Stories
- Most Outrageous Sex Scene: “The Detached Cock” with Bridgette Kerkove, Tyce Bune; In the Days of Whore[1][3]
Honorary AVN Awards
editReuben Sturman Award
editHall of Fame
editAVN Hall of Fame inductees for 2001 were: Kaitlyn Ashley, John T. Bone, Asia Carrera, Bud Lee, Shayla La Veaux, Clive McLean, Earl Miller, Tiffany Mynx, Reb Sawitz, Sunset Thomas, Bob Vosse, Honey Wilder, Sam Xavier[1][3]
Multiple nominations and awards
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The following releases received the most nominations.
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The following 15 releases received multiple awards:
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Presenters and performers
editThe following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers or comedy. The show's trophy girls were Haven and Lacey.[3]
Presenters (in order of appearance)
edit| Name(s) | Role |
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| Chloe Crystal Knight Lee Stone |
Presenters of the awards for Best Couples Sex Scene—Film and Best Couples Sex Scene—Video |
| Dee Mikko Lee |
Presenters of the awards for Best Gonzo Series and Best Ethnic-Themed Series |
| Dayton Nicole Sheridan |
Presenters of the awards for Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video and Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Film |
| Ron Jeremy | Presenter of the awards for Best Renting Tape and Best Selling Tape |
| Brittany Andrews Mike Saccone |
Presenters of the award for Best Sex Comedy |
| Jewel De'Nyle Shyla Fox |
Presenters of the award for Best DVD |
| Taylor Hayes Ben Dover |
Presenters of the awards for Best Sex Scene in a Foreign Release and Best Foreign Release |
| Sydnee Steele Dascha Dillion Day |
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress—Video |
| Paul Fishbein | Presenter of the Hall of Fame honors and first Reuben Sturman Memorial Award |
| Al Goldstein | Presenters of the second Reuben Sturman Memorial Award |
| Alexa Raylene Dale DaBone |
Presenters of the awards for Best Actor—Video and Best Actress—Video |
| Bridgette Kerkove | Presenter of the Best New Starlet Award |
| Mickey G. Lola Charlie |
Presenters of the awards for Best Actor—Film and Best Actress—Film |
| Alec Metro Cassidey Mikayla Matthews |
Presenters of the awards for Male Performer of the Year and Female Performer of the Year |
| Mark Davis Juliet Cariaga Ashley Degenford |
Presenters of the award for Best Director—Film and Best Director—Video |
| Midori Kid Vegas |
Presenters of the awards for Best All-Sex Film, Best All-Sex Video and Best Gonzo Video |
| Jessica Drake Ava Vincent Evan Stone |
Presenters of the awards for Best Video Feature and Best Film |
Performers
edit| Name(s) | Role | Performed |
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| Mike Saccone | Performer | Standup comedy segment |
| Planet Eater | Performers | Musical numbers |
Ceremony information
editThe awards show marked the premiere of its new trophy design, which Adult Video News called "an original 3-D Lucite monolith that hailed the long awaited Demise of the Golden Bitch."[3]
The year's show featured a "Pussy Cam", a floor-level camera near the stage's podium, which offered attendees an infrequent glimpse of female stars lingerie or lack thereof. In his moment at the podium, actor Mark Davis offered female attendees equal time by dropping his trousers for the audience's supposed benefit.[2][3][5]
The show was recorded and a DVD of the show was published and distributed by VCA Interactive.[2][6][7][8][9]
Performance of year's movies
editDream Quest was announced as the adult movie industry's top selling movie and was also the top renting movie of the previous year.[2][3]
Critical reviews
editThe show received a negative reception from Adult DVD Talk. An article by Groundskeeper Willie was titled, "The Adult Video Snooze Awars" and besides having found the show slow and monotonous with occasional gaffes, he also took organizers to task for not using film or video clips during the show, even in the major categories.[10]
Hustler magazine agreed that "the ceremony dragged on for what seemed like an eternity but still managed to entertain, despite the shaky hositn gskills of cock-shy Jenna Jameson" and also decried the $195 fee for admission tickets.[5]
Notes
edit- ^ 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 "AVN Adult Expo 2001". Adult Cinema Review. Vol. 19, no. 2. New York, New York: Global Media Group, Ltd. April 2001. pp. 6–13. ISSN 0277-2914.
- ^ 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 Stone, Mark (Director) (2001). 2001 AVN Awards Show (DVD). Chatsworth, California: VCA Interactive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Ehrlich, Susie (March 2001). "Dark Angels, Les Vampyres and Watchers Reap Souls and Trophies at the 18th Annual AVN Awards". Adult Video News. Vol. 17, no. 3. Chatsworth, California: AVN Publications, Inc. pp. 48–83. 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 "2001 AVN Awards Nominations List". AVN.com/Archive.org. AVN Media Network/Archive.org Wayback Machine. November 2000. Archived from the original on March 9, 2001. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ a b "Trophy Cunts: The AVN Adult Expo's Vegas Weekend". Hustler. Beverly Hills, California: L.F.P., Inc. June 2001. p. 34.
- ^ Pipe, Roger T. (September 10, 2001). "Adult Video News Awards 2001". RogReviews.com. RogReviews. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ Kate (November 28, 2001). "2001 AVN Awards". AdultDVDTalk. AdultDVDTalk.com. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ Riley, Patrick (October 11, 2001). "Adult Video News 2001 Awards". RAME.net. Rec.Arts.Movies.Erotica newsgroup. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ Recob, Den (July 12, 2001). "AVN 2001 Awards Show". Cyberspace Adult Video Reviews. Denny Recob. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ Groundskeeper Willie. "The Adult Video Snooze Awards". Adult DVD Talk. AdultDVDTalk.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2006. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
References
edit- "Porn Goes to Vegas: Sluttin' Out In Sin City!". Adam Film World Guide XXX Movie Illustrated. Vol. 14, no. 5. July 2001.
- "Our 2001 Hall of Fame Profiles". Adult Video News. Vol. 17, no. 2. Chatsworth, California: AVN Publications, Inc. February 2001. ISSN 0883-7090.
- Fodem, Jeff F. (June 2001). "Porn Awards: Gash Bash!". XES.
- Garfinkel, Nathan (Director) (2003). Fluffy Cumsalot, Porn Star (DVD). Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: United Nathan Productions/Guillotine Films.
- "AVN Awards 2001 - Flashback". AVN.com. AVN Media Network. January 2013. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- "AVN Awards Show". Bachelor (in Japanese). Japan. April 2001.
- "AVN Awards: List of the winners". Young Dick (in Japanese). Vol. 1. Japan. April 2001.
External links
edit- AVN Awards
- 2001 AVN Award nominees (archived at Wayback Machine, March 9, 2001)
- 2001 AVN Awards Winners (archived at Wayback Machine, February 3, 2001)
- Adult Video News Awards Archived January 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Movie Database
- Adult Video News Awards 2001 (2001 Documentary) at IMDb
- Adult Video News Awards 2001 at the Internet Adult Film Database
- 2001 AVN Awards at the Adult Film Database