8th_AVN_Awards
8th AVN Awards
1991 American adult industry award ceremony
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.[1][3]
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The 1991 AVN Awards Show Official Program | |
| Date | January 12, 1991 (1991-01-12) |
| Site | Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Paradise, Nevada |
| Hosted by | Tom Byron[1] |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | House of Dreams (Best Film) |
| Most awards | House of Dreams (7) |
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House of Dreams won seven awards, the most of any feature, including Best Film.[3] 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]
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 12, 1991.[2] 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.[1][4]
Major awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
| Best Film | Best Shot-on-Video Feature |
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| Best Actor—Film | Best Actress—Film |
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| Best New Starlet | Best Actress—Video |
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| Best Supporting Actor—Film | Best Supporting Actress—Film |
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| Best Supporting Actor—Video | Best Supporting Actress—Video |
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| Best Director—Film | Best Director—Shot-on-Video Feature |
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| Best All-Sex Feature | Best All-Girl Video |
| Best Specialty Tape—Big Bust | Best Specialty Tape—Bondage |
| Best Selling Tape of 1990 | Best Renting Tape of 1990 |
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| Best Sex Scene—Film | Best Video Sex Scene—Couple |
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| Best Video Group Sex Scene | Best All-Girl Video Sex Scene |
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Additional award winners
These awards were also presented at the awards show:[4]
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Honorary AVN Awards
Special Achievement Award
- General Video of America[2][4]
- Philip Harvey and Adam & Eve[2][4]
- First Amendment Lawyers Association[2]
- Deep Throat—20th Anniversary[2][4]
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[2][4]
Multiple nominations and awards
The following eight movies received multiple awards:
- 7 - House of Dreams
- 5 - Beauty and the Beast, Part 2
- 4 - More Of A Man
- 3 - The Last X-Rated Movie, The Masseuse, Pretty Peaches 3
- 2 - Buttman’s Ultimate Workout, The Rise
The following individuals, in order of appearance, presented awards or performed music or comedy.[1][2] The show's trophy girl was Alexandria Quinn.[1]
Presenters
| Name(s) | Role |
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| Randy West and two actresses | Presenters of the award for Best All-Girl Video |
| Niki Wilde Wayne Summers Cheri Taylor | Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actress—Film and Best Supporting Actor—Film |
| Rocco Siffredi and two actresses | Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actress—Video Feature and Best Supporting Actor—Video Feature |
| E. Z. Ryder Holly Ryder | Presenters of the award for Best All-Sex Tape |
| Paul Fishbein | Presenter of the awards for Best Renting Tape of 1990 and Best Selling Tape of 1990 |
| Nina Hartley Gloria Leonard | Presenters of the AVN Hall of Fame honors |
| Tori Welles Victoria Paris | Presenters of the award for Best New Starlet |
| Christy Canyon Jose Duval | Presenters of the award for Best Director—Film |
| Randy Spears Danielle Rogers | Presenters of the award for Best Director—Shot-on-Video Feature |
| Rick Savage Britt Morgan | 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 |
| Ron Jeremy Madison | Presenters of the award for Best Video Sex Scene—Couple |
| Jennifer Stewart | Presenter of the award for Best Actress—Video Feature |
| Sean Michaels Zara Whites | Presenters of the award for Best Film |
| Hyapatia Lee Missy | Presenters of the award for Best Shot-on-Video Feature |
Performers
| Name(s) | Role | Performed |
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| Moonlight Entertainers | Performers | Musical numbers[2] |
| Tom Byron | Performer | Opening number: “I Just Wanna Make Love To You”[3][5] |
| Bobby Slayton | Performer | Standup comedy[2][3] |
| Chi Chi LaRue | Performer | Musical number: “Me So Horny”[2][3][5] |
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.[2][3]
The show was videotaped for later pay-per-view broadcast and a VHS video release by VCA Pictures.[1][3]
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.[1]
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.[5]
^1 The AVN Awards Show Official Program says Bi and Beyond V was the nominee in the Best Director—Bisexual Video category.[2] However, AVN magazine, in listing the show's award winners, had Bi and Beyond IV as the winner.[4] There is no record of which is the typographical error. Both movies were released in 1990, so either could be correct.
- The 8th Annual Adult Video News Awards (videotape). VCA Pictures. 1991.
- "The 1991 Adult Video News Awards Show". Official Program. Upper Darby, Pennsylvania: AVN Publications, Inc. January 12, 1991.
- Jarvis, William Henry (October 1991). "The Jarvis Report". Velvet Presents: Inside X-Rated Video. United States. pp. 68–69.
