8th AVN Awards

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8th AVN Awards
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The 1991 AVN Awards Show Official Program
DateJanuary 12, 1991 (1991-01-12)
Site Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Paradise, Nevada
Hosted by Tom Byron [1]
Highlights
Best PictureHouse of Dreams (Best Film)
Most awardsHouse of Dreams (7)

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]

Contents

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]

Winners and nominees

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

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Randy Spears, Best Actor—Film winner

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 [1] [4] [3] [5]
    • 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 [2]
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 [1] [4]
    • 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 [2]
Best Director—FilmBest Director—Shot-on-Video Feature
Best All-Sex FeatureBest All-Girl Video
  • Buttman's Ultimate Workout [1] [3] [4]
    • Bend Over Babes
    • Buttman Goes to Rio
    • Sporting Illustrated
    • Total Reball
    • Unauthorized Biography of Rob Blow [2]
  • Ghost Lusters [1] [3] [4]
    • 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 [2]
Best Specialty Tape—Big BustBest Specialty Tape—Bondage
  • Breast of Britain #8 [1] [4]
    • Breast of Britain #10
    • Breaststroke 3
    • Girls of Double D XII
    • Tit Tales [2]
  • House of Dark Dreams I & II [1] [4]
    • The Challenge
    • Daddy Gets Punished
    • Face of Fear
    • Journey Into Submission
    • Nancy Crew Meets Dr. Friedenstein
    • Tantala’s Fat Rack
    • Warehouse Slaves Discipline [2]
Best Selling Tape of 1990Best Renting Tape of 1990
  • House of Dreams [1]
Best Sex Scene—FilmBest Video Sex Scene—Couple
Best Video Group Sex SceneBest All-Girl Video Sex Scene
  • Victoria Paris, Sabrina Dawn; The New Barbarians [1] [3] [4]
    • 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 [2]

Additional award winners

These awards were also presented at the awards show: [4]

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 [2] [4]

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. [1] [2] The show's trophy girl was Alexandria Quinn. [1]

Presenters

Presenters
Name(s)Role
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

Performers
Name(s)RolePerformed
Moonlight EntertainersPerformersMusical numbers [2]
Tom Byron PerformerOpening number: “I Just Wanna Make Love To You” [3] [5]
Bobby Slayton PerformerStandup comedy [2] [3]
Chi Chi LaRue PerformerMusical number: “Me So Horny” [2] [3] [5]

Ceremony information

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Tom Byron hosted the 11th AVN Awards

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]

See also

Notes

^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.

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