14th AVN Awards

14th AVN Awards
1997 AVN Awards Show VHS box cover
Date	January 11, 1997 (1997-01-11)
Site	Riviera Hotel & Casino, Winchester, Nevada
Hosted by	Bobby Slayton Nici Sterling Kylie Ireland [1]
Produced by	Gary Miller
Directed by	Mark Stone
Highlights
Best Picture	Bobby Sox (Best Film)
Most awards	Shock (11)
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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. ^[1] 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. ^[1]

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. ^[1]

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. ^[1]

Major awards

Missy, Female Performer of the Year and Best New Starlet

T. T. Boy, Male Performer of the Year winner

Jamie Gillis, Best Actor—Film winner

Melissa Hill, Best Actress—Film winner

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). ^{[1] [5] [6]}

Best Film	Best Shot-on-Video Feature
Bobby Sox‡ [1] [6] 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 [5]	Shock‡ [1] [6] 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 [5]
Best New Starlet
Missy‡ [1] [6] Farrah Houston Kristy Myst Julie Rage Ruby Jasmin St. Claire Stephanie Swift Tatiana Nikki Tyler Stacy Valentine [5]
Male Performer of the Year	Female Performer of the Year
T. T. Boy ‡ [1] [6] Tom Byron Mark Davis Sean Michaels Rodney Moore Jonathan Morgan Ed Powers Steven St. Croix Alex Sanders Rocco Siffredi Jake Steed Max Steiner Vince Vouyer [5]	Missy‡ [1] [6] Juli Ashton Alex Dane Jeanna Fine Melissa Hill Jenna Jameson Jill Kelly Christi Lake Shayla LaVeaux Caressa Savage Nici Sterling Nikki Tyler [5]
Best Actor—Film	Best Actress—Film
Jamie Gillis, Bobby Sox‡ [1] [6] Buck Adams, Sexual Healing Christoph Clark, Hamlet Mark Davis, Oral Addiction Mike Horner, Lust and Desire Steven St. Croix, Gangland Bangers Steven St. Croix, The Show Tony Tedeschi, Party House Randy West, Expose Me Again [5]	Melissa Hill, Penetrator 2: Grudge Day‡ [1] [6] 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 [5]
Best Actor—Video	Best Actress—Video
Jon Dough, Shock‡ [1] [6] Tom Byron, Gregory Dark's Flesh Jonathan Morgan, Silver Screen Confidential Alex Sanders, Stacked Deck Carter Stone, Whackers Tony Tedeschi, Heinie's Heroes Tony Tedeschi, Sue Vince Vouyer, Hard Evidence T. T. Boy, NYDP Blue [5]	Jeanna Fine, My Surrender‡ [1] [6] Lisa Ann, Entangled Kaitlyn Ashley, Anal Inquisition Juli Ashton, Nightshift Nurses 2 Sindee Cox, Pristine Melissa Hill, Mindset Kylie Ireland, Twist of Fate Jenna Jameson, Silver Screen Confidential Jill Kelly, This Year's Model Christi Lake, Director's Wet Dreams Dyanna Lauren, Hard Feelings Shayla LaVeaux, Head Trip Tiffany Million, Shock [5]
Best Supporting Actor—Film	Best Supporting Actress—Film
Tony Tedeschi, The Show‡ [1] [6] T. T. Boy, Lust and Desire Jamie Gillis, Goldenrod Tony Montana, Gangland Bangers Jonathan Morgan, Penetrator 2: Grudge Day Alex Sanders, Dangerous Games [5]	Shanna McCullough, Bobby Sox‡ [1] [6] Kaitlyn Ashley, Penetrator 2: Grudge Day Chelsea Blue, Bobby Sox Jeanna Fine, Dreams Tracy Love, The Show Lovette, Gregory Dark's Sex Freaks [5]
Best Supporting Actor—Video	Best Supporting Actress—Video
Tony Tedeschi, Silver Screen Confidential‡ [1] [6] Brad Armstrong, Conquest Steve Hatcher, Stacked Deck Jonathan Morgan, Anal Inquisition Jonathan Morgan, Heinie's Heroes Alex Sanders, Valentina Joey Silvera, Nightshift Nurses 2 Jake Steed, Valentina [5]	Juli Ashton, Head Trip‡ [1] [6] Davia Ardell, Silver Screen Confidential Juli Ashton, Twist of Fate Sindee Coxx, XXX Jenna Jameson, Hard Evidence Kiss, Sue [5]
Best Director—Film	Best Director—Video
Paul Thomas, Bobby Sox‡ [1] [6] Andrew Blake, Unleashed Stuart Canterbury, Dreams Nic Cramer, Penetrator 2: Grudge Day Joe D’Amato, Gangland Bangers Greg Dark, Gregory Dark's Sex Freaks Mike Horner, Dreams of Desire Robert McCallum, Lust and Desire Ralph Parfait, Oral Addiction Michael Santangelo, The Palace of Pleasure Paul Thomas, The Show Michael Zen, Expose Me Again T. T. Boy, NYDP Blue Tom Byron, Gregory Dark's Flesh [5]	Michael Ninn, Shock‡ [1] [6] Nic Cramer, Pristine Gregory Dark, Gregory Dark's Flesh Alex de Renzy, Virgin Dreams Teri Diver, Generation Sex Veronica Hart, The Right Connection Jim Holliday, Car Wash Angels Kris Kramski, SexHibition 3 John Leslie, Fresh Meat 3 Candida Royalle, My Surrender Joey Silvera, Kink 3 Police Chronicles Greg Steel and Brad Armstrong, Conquest Justin Sterling, Head Trip Pierre Woodman, The Pyramid 1–3 [5]
Best Sex Comedy	Best All-Sex Video
The Show‡ [1] [6] Best Butt in the West 2 Car Wash Angels Gangbusters Heinie's Heroes Nightshift Nurses 2 Silver Screen Confidential [5]	Fresh Meat 3‡ [1] [6] Beyond Reality Dirty Tricks 2 Fresh Meat 2 Friends in Sex SexHibition 2 [5]
Best Selling Tape of the Year	Best Renting Tape of the Year
Shock‡ World's Biggest Gang Bang 2‡ (tie) [1] [5] [6]	Shock‡ [1] [5] [6]
Best Gonzo Tape	Best Gonzo Series
Buttman's Bend Over Babes 4‡ [1] [6] American Tushy Anabolic World Sex Tour Ben Dover's Alley Cats Ben Dover's Fresh Cheeks [5]	Butt Row‡ [1] [6] Anabolic World Sex Tour Ben Dover Buttman Tom Byron's Cumback Pussy [5]
Best Couples Sex Scene—Film	Best Couples Sex Scene—Video
Jenna Jameson, Rocco Siffredi; Jenna Loves Rocco‡ [1] [6] Nikki Tyler, Steven St. Croix; Bobby Sox Jeanna Fine, Vince Vouyer; Dreams Melissa Hill, Mike Horner; Dreams Infidel Lethal Affairs [5]	Jenna Jameson, Vince Vouyer; Conquest‡ [1] [6] Ben Dover's Different Strokes Ben Dover's Little Big Girls Blue Saloon Buttman's Bend Over Babes #4 Fresh Meat #2 [5]
Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Film	Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video
Jill Kelly, Melissa Hill; Dreams of Desire‡ [1] [6] Lethal Affairs Lunachick Nightclub Party House Return Engagement The Show [5]	Caressa Savage, Missy, Misty Rain; Buttslammers: The Thirteenth‡ [1] [6] Anal Aristocrats Buttslammers 12: Anal Madness Everybody Wants Some Frendz 2: Friendlier [5]

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: ^{[1] [6]}

Best All-Girl Feature:The Violation of Missy Best All-Sex Film:Unleashed Best Anal Sex Scene—Film: Lovette and the Six Skeletons (John Decker, Michael J. Cox, Nick East, three others), Gregory Dark's Sex Freaks Best Anal Sex Scene—Video: Rocco Siffredi, Laura Turner, Danielle Louise Kelson; Buttman's Bend Over Babes 4 Best Continuing Video Series:The Voyeur Best Director—Gay Video: Jerry Douglas, Flesh and Blood Best European Release (the Hot Video Award):Torero (Italy) Best Gangbang Tape:Gangbang Girl 17 [1] [6]

Best Gay Video:Flesh and Blood Best Group Sex Scene—Film: Christy Canyon, Tony Tedeschi, Vince Vouyer, Steven St. Croix; The Show Best Group Sex Scene—Video: (tie) Hakan, Missy, Taren and Alex Sanders, Squirting Anal Orgy scene in American Tushy!; Ruby, Christi Lake, Rocco Siffredi, John Stagliano, Buttman's Bend Over Babes 4 Best Tease Performance: Janine Lindemulder, Extreme Close-Up Gay Video Performer of the Year: Kurt Young Most Outrageous Sex Scene: Shayla LaVeaux, T. T. Boy and Vince Vouyer, gargoyle scene in Shock [1] [6]

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: ^[1]

Best Advertisement: Changing the Face of Adult, Vivid Best Alternative Adult Feature Film:Scoring Best Alternative Adult Film Featurette or Specialty Tape:The Best of Anna Nicole Smith Best Alternative Adult Video:Buttman at Nudes ‘a Poppin 3 Best Amateur Series:Filthy First Timers Best Amateur Tape:Southern Belles 4 Best Anal Tape:American Tushy! Best Art Direction—Film:Unleashed Best Art Direction—Video:Shock Best Bisexual Video:Switchhitters VIII Best Box Cover Concept:Russian Model Magazine Best Box Cover Concept—Gay Video:Night Walk Best CD-ROM Graphics/Art Direction:Latex Best CD-ROM Photo Disk:Eric Kroll: Fetish Best Cinematography: Andrew Blake, Unleashed Best Compilation Tape:Sodomania: Smokin' Sextions Best Director—Bisexual Video: Gino Colbert, Switchhitters VIII Best Editing—Film: Barry Rose, Bobby Sox Best Editing—Gay Video: Michael Ninn, Night Walk Best Editing—Video: Michael Ninn, Shock Best Ethnic-Themed Video:Inner City Black Cheerleader Search 6 Best Explicit Series:Amazing Hard Best Featurette Tape:Sodomania 16 Best Foreign Release:The Pyramid 1–3 Best Foreign Featurette Tape:Prague by Night Best Gay Alternative Video Release:Nighthawken Best Gay Solo Video:Brad Posey's Hot Sessions 3 Best Gay Specialty Release:Orgy Boys 1 & 2 Best Interactive CD-ROM (Game):2069: Oriental Sex Odyssey Best Interactive CD-ROM (Non-Game):FantaScenes [1]

Best Music: Dino and Earl Ninn, Shock Best Music—Gay Video: Sharon Kane, Idol in the Sky Best Newcomer—Gay Video: Kurt Young Best Non-Sex Performance, Film or Video: Scotty Schwartz, Silver Screen Confidential Best Non-Sexual Role—Bi, Gay or Trans Video: Jeanna Fine, Flesh and Blood Best Original CD-ROM Concept:NetErotique Best Overall Marketing Campaign for an Individual Title or Series:Conquest, Wicked Pictures Best Overall Marketing Campaign for Company Image: Vivid Girl campaign, Vivid Video Best Packaging—Film:Chasey Saves the World Best Packaging—Gay Video:Idol in the Sky Best Packaging—Specialty:Wheel of Obsession Best Packaging—Video:XXX Best Performer—Gay Video: Kurt Young, Flesh and Blood Best Pro-Am Series:Cumm Brothers Best Pro-Am Tape:Up and Cummers 33 Best Screenplay—Film: Raven Touchstone, Bobby Sox Best Screenplay—Gay Video: Jerry Douglas, Flesh and Blood Best Screenplay—Video: Jace Rocker, Silver Screen Confidential Best Sex Scene—Gay Video: Derek Cameron, Kurt Young, Tradewinds Best Special Effects:Shock Best Specialty Tape—Big Bust:The Duke of Knockers 2 Best Specialty Tape—Bondage:Kym Wilde's on the Edge 33 Best Specialty Tape—Other Genre:High Heeled and Horny 4 Best Specialty Tape—Spanking:Hot Young Asses Best Supporting Performer—Gay Video: Dino Phillips, Happily Ever After Best Trailer:Conquest Best Trans Video:Red Riding She-Male Best Videography: Barry Harley, Shock Best Videography—Gay Video: Bruce Cam, Desert Train [1]

Honorary AVN Awards

Special Achievement Awards

• Mark Stone and Gary Miller on their 10th anniversary producing the AVN Awards Show ^[1]
• Berth Milton Jr. and Robert Tremont for their success with Private Video ^{[1] [5]}

AVN Breakthrough Award

Presented to Steve Perry for Ben Dover series ^{[1] [5]}

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 ^[1]

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. ^[1]

Presenters

Presenters

Name(s)	Role
Dyanna Lauren 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
Caressa Savage Angel Hart Jasmin St. Claire	Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Film and Best Supporting Actress—Film
Max Hardcore Barbie Angel Shyla Foxxx Morgan Fairlane	Presenters of the award for Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Video
Misty Rain Chi Chi LaRue Richard Williams Steve Hatcher Sunset Thomas Zach Thomas Missy	Presenters of the award for Best All-Girl Sex Scene—Film
Kristi Myst 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
David Chryso Lea Martini Vicka	Presenters of the Hot Video Award (Best European Release)
Tiffany Mynx Stacy Valentine Randy West Tricia Devereaux Coral Sands Felicia	Presenters of the awards for Best Supporting Actor—Video and Best Supporting Actress—Video
Robert Schimmel Rocki Roads Wet Man	Presenters of the award for Most Outrageous Sex Scene
Victoria Paris Shane Yvonne Rayveness Felicia	Presenters of the awards for Male Performer of the Year and Female Performer of the Year
Paul Fishbein	Presenter of the AVN Special Achievement Awards
Kylie Ireland	Announces winners in the winners-only segment
Jenna Jameson	Presenter of the award for Best New Starlet
Veronica Hart Shayla LaVeaux Carolyn Monroe Colt Steel Jon Dough Jenteal	Presenters of the awards for Best Director—Video and Best Director—Film
Nina Hartley Mark Davis Helen Duval Kobe Tai Shanna McCullough Porsche Lynn	Presenters of the awards for Best Actor—Video and Best Actress—Video
Jeanna Fine Kelly O'Dell Juli Ashton Jake Steed Heather Hunter T. T. Boy Janine Lindemulder	Presenters of the awards for Best Actress—Film and Best Actor—Film
Alex Sanders Nicole London Brittany O'Neill Sean Ryder Shelby Stevens	Presenters of the awards for Best Gonzo Series and Best Gonzo Tape
Wilde Oscar Micky Lynn Sindee Cox Melissa Hill Jonathan Morgan	Presenters of the awards for Best Sex Comedy and Best All-Sex Video
Monique Covét Houston Steven St. Croix Serenity Nikki Tyler	Presenters of the awards for Best Shot-on-Video Feature and Best Film

Performers

Performers

Name(s)	Role	Performed
The Stingers Serenity and Her Dancers	Performer	Opening number: “The World Sex Suite”
Bobby Slayton	Host	Standup comedy
Rich Williams	Performers	Bill Clinton impersonation
Robert Schimmel	Performer	Standup comedy segment
Scott Schwartz Serenity and Her Dancers The Stingers	Performer	Musical number: “Thank Heaven for Grown-Up Girls”
Scott Schwartz 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. ^[1]

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. ^[5]

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. ^{[1] [5]} 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." ^[1]

The ceremonies were published on VHS tape by VCA Pictures. ^{[5] [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." ^[6]

See also

• Erotica and pornography portal
• Biography portal
• Film portal

• AVN Award for Best Actress
• AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress
• AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year
• AVN Award for Male Foreign Performer of the Year
• AVN Award for Female Foreign Performer of the Year
• AVN Female Performer of the Year Award
• List of members of the AVN Hall of Fame

Notes

1. Ross, Gene (March 1997). "Shock, Bobby Sox Dominate the 14th Annual AVN Awards Show". Adult Video News. Vol. 13, no. 3. Van Nuys, California: AVN Publications, Inc. pp. 20–69. ISSN   0883-7090.
2. Paige, Cinnamon (August 1998). "Exxxtra! Exxxtra!". Adult Cinema Review. Vol. 16, no. 8. New York, New York: Princeton Publishing, Inc. pp. 6–10. ISSN   0277-2914.
3. "Porn Vixens in Vegas!". Club International . Vol. 22, no. 6. Sandy Hook, Connecticut: Paragon Publishing, Inc. June 1998. pp. 26–29. ISSN   0747-0819.
4. "The 1998 Adult Video News Awards!". High Society . Vol. 23, no. 8. New York, New York: Crescent Publishing Group Inc. August 1998. pp. 106–111.
5. Stone, Mark (Director) (1997). 1997 AVN Awards (videotape). VCA Pictures.
6. "1997 AVN". Swank's Video World. Paramus, New Jersey: Swank Publications, Inc. June 1997. pp. 66–67.
7. Recob, Den (August 25, 1997). "AVN 1997 Awards Show". Cyberspace Adult Video Reviews. Denny Recob. Retrieved 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. p. 32.

Bibliography

• "Backstage at the Flesh Film Awards". Cheri Magazine. July 1997.
• "Award Winning Pussy!". High Society magazine. July 1997. p. 90.
• "AVN Awards event report". Bachelor magazine (in Japanese). Japan. April 1997.
• "CES & AVN Awards show". Dick magazine (in Japanese). Japan. April 1997.

External links

• Official website
• Adult Video News Awards Archived January 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Movie Database
• Adult Video News Awards 1997 (1997 Video) at IMDb
• Adult Video News Awards 1997 at the Internet Adult Film Database
• 1997 AVN Awards at the Adult Film Database
• "1997 AVN Award Winners" and categories at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine